In God's Hands (7 of 7)
Series: Bucket List
James Merritt
Luke 23:46
Introduction
1. Sir Walter Raleigh, the famous explorer who helped to colonize North America, was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. When she was succeeded by King James I, he fell into disfavor. For a number of reasons, he ordered that this bold explorer be beheaded. When he arrived at the chopping block, the executioner advised him on how to best place his head so death would be quick. Sir Walter Raleigh looked at him and said, ''It matters little how the head lies, my friend, so long as the heart is right.'' That statement is true.
2. We are in a series called ''The Bucket List.'' We all have one whether it is written down or not. There are things we want to do, see, or experience before we die. There is a difference between what you may want to do before you die and what you had better do before you die. I believe there are seven things that ought to be on everybody's bucket list, because they were on the bucket list of Jesus. They are found in the seven last things He said before He died. I believe we should all want to die with a heart that is right.
3. We are not really prepared to live until we are prepared to die. Honestly, every day many of us go to war fighting this battle against death. We have an array of weapons at our side: diet, exercise, doctors, medicine, hospitals, vitamins, but we know deep down death wins in the end. Truly, no death is an accident, but every death is an appointment. When our appointment time comes, we had better be ready to meet it. Thankfully, Jesus Christ himself teaches us the last words He ever said that there is a way to die. To hear the very last words Jesus ever spoke while He was physically alive, we turn to a doctor named Luke. [Turn to Luke 23]
4. Luke is the only Gospel writer that records the very last words that Jesus ever spoke and you would expect that, because Luke is a doctor and doctors are intensely interested in death. As he ...
Series: Bucket List
James Merritt
Luke 23:46
Introduction
1. Sir Walter Raleigh, the famous explorer who helped to colonize North America, was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. When she was succeeded by King James I, he fell into disfavor. For a number of reasons, he ordered that this bold explorer be beheaded. When he arrived at the chopping block, the executioner advised him on how to best place his head so death would be quick. Sir Walter Raleigh looked at him and said, ''It matters little how the head lies, my friend, so long as the heart is right.'' That statement is true.
2. We are in a series called ''The Bucket List.'' We all have one whether it is written down or not. There are things we want to do, see, or experience before we die. There is a difference between what you may want to do before you die and what you had better do before you die. I believe there are seven things that ought to be on everybody's bucket list, because they were on the bucket list of Jesus. They are found in the seven last things He said before He died. I believe we should all want to die with a heart that is right.
3. We are not really prepared to live until we are prepared to die. Honestly, every day many of us go to war fighting this battle against death. We have an array of weapons at our side: diet, exercise, doctors, medicine, hospitals, vitamins, but we know deep down death wins in the end. Truly, no death is an accident, but every death is an appointment. When our appointment time comes, we had better be ready to meet it. Thankfully, Jesus Christ himself teaches us the last words He ever said that there is a way to die. To hear the very last words Jesus ever spoke while He was physically alive, we turn to a doctor named Luke. [Turn to Luke 23]
4. Luke is the only Gospel writer that records the very last words that Jesus ever spoke and you would expect that, because Luke is a doctor and doctors are intensely interested in death. As he ...
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