"...AND
THEIR WORKS FOLLOW THEM"
Rev.
14:12-13 TEXT What
we do will follow us to the grave.
DORCAS
REMEMBERED AT HER DEATH FOR HER GOOD WORKS
Acts
9:36-39 Dorcas
- full of good works & charitable deeds (acts of love)
WHAT
WILL WE BE REMEMBERED FOR?
WE
MAY NOT BE REMEMBERED FOR GREAT
THINGS, BUT WE WILL
BE
REMEMBERED FOR GOOD
THINGS.
MARY
(MARTHA'S
SISTER)
ANOINTS JESUS. SHE IS REMEMBERED
FOR IT.
She
is be remembered "throughout
the whole world...wherever this gospel is preached."
Mk.
14;3-9 What
others viewed as a wasteful
act,
Jesus called a good
work.
"She
has done what she could" WHAT
CAN YOU DO?
Mt.
10:42 "And
whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water
in
the name of a disciple, assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no
means
lose his reward."
WE
ARE IDENTIFIED BY OUR FRUIT (Like
a fruit tree is recognized by its kind of fruit.)
Mt.
7:15-20 "You
will know them by their fruits" (vs.
16)
WE
CONTROL HOW WE WILL BE REMEMBERED:
...IN
REARING OUR CHILDREN "IN THE LORD"
HOW
WILL THEY REMEMBER US? WHAT EXAMPLE DID WE SET?
Eph.
6:4 "And
you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring
them
up in the raining and admonition of the Lord."
HOW
WILL WE BE REMEMBERED BY OTHERS THROUGH OUR
CHILDREN?
2
Tim. 1:5 "when
I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which
dwelt
first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am
persuaded
is in you also."
A
GOOD NAME CAN BE CARRIED ON FOR GENERATIONS
Eccl.
7:1 "A
good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death
than
the day of one's birth."
Prov.
22:1 "A
good name is to be chosen
rather than great riches, loving favor
rather
than silver and gold."
...BY
OUR CO-WORKERS
HOW
WILL THEY REMEMBER US? WHAT EXAMPLE DID WE SET?
Eph.
6:5-9 What
kind of employee were you? What kind of coworker were you?
Eccl.
9:10 "Whatever
your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no
work
or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are
going." (NOW
IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD)
...BY
OUR NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, BRETHREN
HOW
WILL THEY REMEMBER US? WHAT EXAMPLE DID WE SET?
Will
we be remembered like Dorcas?
Gal.
6:9-10 "And
let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we
shall
reap if we do not lose heart. [10]
Therefore, as we have
opportunity,
let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the
household
of faith."
WILL
WE BE REMEMBERED IN THE EXAMPLE OF THOSE WHOM
WE
INFLUENCED?
2
Cor. 3:1-3 No
need for letters of commendation from others.
"You
are our epistle written in our hearts, known
and read by all
men."
...IN
THE JUDGMENT
HOW
WILL GOD REMEMBER US?
WILL
HE CONFESS US TO THE FATHER, OR DENY KNOWING US?
Mt.
10:32-33 "Therefore
whoever confesses Me before men, him I will
confess
before My Father who is in heaven.
[33]
But whoever
denies
Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father
who
is in heaven."
Rev.
20:11-ff The
final judgment scene. Books opened - the record of our
deeds
for all to see. WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THAT BOOK?