“It’s not often that you see your life pass in front of your eyes.” Those were the words of Irene Flynn of Bramalea, Ontario, after she and her husband Kenneth were rescued by the Peel Regional Police. The endured a sixteen hour ordeal adrift on their small boat in Lake Ontario. According to the Bible, there is a day coming when mankind will stand before God, their Maker, and their lives will pass in front of their eyes. John the Apostle, writing of that future date in the book of Revelation said: ”I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works.” But thankfully, though none of us can make heaven by our works, Paul the Apostle gave us the following great news, “By grace are you saved through and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.”

Pastor Alex Rockwell