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04.04.11

Code Blue

What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power
of the grave? - Psalm 89:48.

Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His
feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have
died." Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her
weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. And He said, "Where have
you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus wept. - John
11:32-35.

CODE BLUE ROOM ### CODE BLUE ROOM ### CODE BLUE ROOM ### CODE BLUE ROOM ###

It happened the last night of my stay in the hospital about 1:00 am. CODE
BLUE ROOM ### The person in the room across the hall was dead. They tried to
revive him, but it was too late, and death had come. Jeanie had spoken with
the family a few times, and enjoyed visiting with them. I had never met
them, because I was all tied down in my bed, and unable to even make it to
the doorway without help. But I had heard the family visiting across the
hall. I had heard them laughing, and enjoying each other's company. They
sounded much like my own family when we are all able to get together. Now
the laughter was replaced by tears, sobs. Those sobs seemed to go on
forever. I wanted to get up, and extend some comfort. I wondered where the
chaplain was. All I could do was pray - and so I prayed, and prayed, and
prayed until finally about 3:30am the sobbing finally stopped. My nurse
shared with me a few minutes later, that the chaplain was delayed by more
bad news somewhere else, before arriving at our hospital. After arriving
home, I read of another person who had also died that same day, in that same
hospital. Most likely, there were others who died as well.

Do you remember the death and resurrection of Lazarus? Lazarus too, came
from a good family. It was a family that enjoyed getting together with some
friends, and having a good time laughing, and talking with each other. But
in spite of the goodness of the family - death had still visited them. As
the Psalmist asks, "What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his
life from the power of the grave?" The fact is, that unless the Lord comes
in the clouds soon, we will all see death. Is there any person, in all the
world that can deliver themselves from death, from the power of the grave?

I searched to find how old the oldest person was when they died, but could
not find the record for sure. I did see several people who lived into their
120s. We know people are living longer these days, and I've personally known
of some people who lived beyond 100 years of age. In fact, there is
apparently a couple that was actually married 100 years before the husband
died. I've never heard of anyone living into their 140s in modern times. We
do know that life can to some extent be extended by good diets, and
miraculous medicines. We also know that in the Bible, in the book of
Genesis, there were several people who lived long lives. Methuselah was the
longest lived person of all. The Bible says, "So all the days of Methuselah
were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died." What happened to all
these long-lived people? They died.

We need to remember that we need a Savior. We cannot save ourselves. We need
to remember, that unless the rapture occurs, we shall all die. But the Good
News is that we have a Savior who is supernaturally able to give us eternal
life. As Jesus said to Martha, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who
believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and
believes in Me shall never die (John 11:25-26)." Jesus then asks Martha the
key question for her, and for you, "Do you believe this?" I'll ask you, "Do
you believe this?"

The apostle Paul writes of the mechanics of salvation in Romans 10 where he
says beginning in verse nine, "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord
Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you
will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness and with
the mouth confession is made unto salvation (verses 9-10). For whoever calls
on the name of the Lord shall be saved (verse 13)."

Friends, none of us will make it out of this world without our physical
bodies dying. How long before our family hears something similar to what I
heard just a few short days ago? CODE BLUE ROOM ### CODE BLUE ROOM ### Isn't
it time to call on the name of the Lord?

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