Epitaphs are an old custom.Hebrews 11:4 - “Able being dead yet speaketh”Let us consider some good and bad epitaphsGood epitaphsDorcas – Acts 9:36-39 - “Full of good works and alms deeds”Enoch – Genesis 5:22-24 - “Walked with God”Noah – Genesis 6:9 - “A just man and upright in his generation … walked with God”Abraham – James 2:23 - “The friend of God”Apostle Paul – II Timothy 4:7 - “Fought the good fight, finished the course, kept the faith”Jesus ChristHebrews 4:15 - “Was without sin”Acts 10:38 - “Went about doing good”Every New Testament Christian – Revelation 14:13 - “Blessed … died in the Lord … at rest from their labors.”Bad epitaphsJudas Iscariot – John 18:2 - “One that betrayed the Lord Jesus Christ”Demas – II Timothy 4:10 - “Forsook Paul … a lower of this present world”A certain rich man – Luke 12:20-21 - “Layed up treasure for self, not rich toward God”Felix – Acts 24:24-25 - “A procrastinator”Any unfaithful individualI Timothy 1:19 - “Made shipwreck of the faith”Revelation 2:4 - “Left first love”I John 2:3; Revelation 22:14 - “Did not keep God’s commandments”James 4:4 - “A friend of the world”Matthew 10:22 - “Did not endure to the end”II Peter 2:20 - “Last state worse than the first”Hebrews 6:4-6 - “Impossible to renew them again unto repentance”Every unbeliever – Luke 16:25 - “Son … remember”Every epitaph might not be true. Acts 24:5-6; 17:6 but … Hebrews 9:27; I Corinthians 4:2-5
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