Lessons

There isn’t much that I can say about my relationship with Levar that many of you don’t already know. We were twins and so inseparable that many people believed we were married in our adult life only to discover we were twins who were very close. He was many things a sweet, sweet man who was there for me through many difficult times and circumstances that only we knew about. I have never had a closer friend even to this day and never loved anyone but God more. No one could ever take his place or be who he was to me, and for that I will never be the same. And despite the fact that we talked very few times over the last five years I thank God we were able to repent to one another two years ago for things we had done and said that were wrong that caused the rift in our relationship. Right now my heart is broken but I know that God is still able so I praise Him and I know He is sovereign and Levar is no longer with us for that was the will of God. I praise Jesus that I was able to see him, kiss him, tell him I love him forever, say goodbye and pray blessings over him before he passed.

My heart is also heavy for Levar now because I cannot say with great assurance that he is with the Lord and that is destroying me right now. (I have many biblical reasons why I feel that way) However when I go through difficult situations I now ask the Lord in light of said suffering or pain… “Lord what are you trying to teach me through this situation?” I honestly believe it’s a lesson for many who are reading this today. My prayer is that you would be concerned about where you would be if you passed today. We sit in many many funerals listening to religious platitudes about people being in heaven who showed no real proof of salvation, no scriptural proof of good fruit in their lives to attest such statements, rebellion, and willful disobedience to God. We cannot witness people transgressing God’s Law habitually, living for themselves, living out of their own so called “goodness” (Rom 3:10 NO one is good no not one) and then when they pass assume they are in heaven because that is what we would like. How many of us have lied, stolen, used the Lord’s name in vain, dishonored our parents? We are all guilty of breaking the Law (Deut 5:6-21) and if you have broken one part of the Law you are guilty of breaking the whole law (James 2:10). So my questions to you AGAIN in light of Levar’s untimely death…if you left the earth today would you go to heaven or hell? Are you innocent or guilty before a holy God? And if you cannot say with total assurance that you are covered by the blood and your life is a testimony to that…does this fact concern you? And more importantly are you willing to admit that you need a Savior to stand in your place before a holy God that will judge you and find you guilty, for no one is able to keep the Law (1Jn 1:8,10)?

You are still here today reading this, alive and able to get right with God and put on the Lord Jesus. Pray earnestly that He may call you to repentance; call you to truly be one of His own and LIVE FOR HIM. Do it today because as you can see tomorrow is not guaranteed! And a man who everyone would say is a nice/good person, loved others, did good works, lived a healthy life-never drunk never smoked is now gone and we don’t know with great assurance if he is with the Lord or in Hell. Is that a chance that you want to take with your eternal destination? I love Levar I would say more than anyone else that will set eyes on this and I am sorry if what I have shared upsets you but the reality is this, the lesson we should take from this is to… assess our lives and be honest about if we are truly living for ourselves or living for Christ.

• Does your life reflect the life of someone that is a child of God?
• Children look and act like their parents, do you look, act, and live like your heavenly Father would want you to, according to the Holy Scriptures?
• Do you love what He loves and hate what He hates?
• Do you keep His commandments (John 14:15) or abuse His grace (Rom 6:1)?
• Do you say Lord Lord and do not do the things He says, hearers of the Word and not doers only deceiving yourself (James 1:22)?
• Did you walk an aisle one day and make a profession of faith and you think that covers you as you continue to live like you do not know the Lord (1J0hn 1:6)?
• Do you go to church every Sunday and live like you do not know Him the rest of the week?

Scripture says you will know my disciples by their fruit (Jn 15:18) and that a student will be like their teacher (Matt 10:25). Please I pray don’t let this lesson escape you today. Take time with the Lord, open a Bible, and be honest with Him about who you are and where you are with Him. Repent and believe the Gospel. Jesus is God and became flesh simply to deal with the sin problem, He was crucified, buried, rose again on the 3rd day so that by His sacrifice we one day could be redeemed and be His disciples (1 Corin 15:1-5, Matt 28:18-20). As you ponder these things, I pray that it would be the will of the Lord for you to be redeemed today.