What happens when you die?

Apparently, Australians can only bear 6 seconds of silence in a conversation before they start to feel very uncomfortable and start to look for a new topic, or a way out. When this happens to you, before you remember that you left the iron on, pose this question: “What do you think happens when you die?”.

I’ve asked this question of friends, colleagues and taxi drivers (and not always because conversation was struggling!). Sure, it’s a heavier question than “seen any good movies lately?”, but I ask this question because it draws attention beyond the mediocrity that can be our daily lives, to consider the future.

Christian author, C.S. Lewis explains why it is important to give some consideration to what lies ahead:

“Christianity asserts that every individual human being is going to live for ever, and this must be either true or false. Now there are a good many things which would not be worth bothering about if I were going to live only seventy years, but which I had better bother about very seriously if I am going to live for ever.”

We’re daily faced with a barrage of questions of varying degrees of importance. To rent or own? Send the kids to a public or private school? Flat white or latte? Telstra or Optus?

At the more important end of the scale I’d list three questions:

1. “Will I live forever?”
2. “What will this existence look like for me?”
3. “Do my decisions now, impact my experience then?”

Every week new people join us at church, and if you are one of these people and reading this now – welcome! We’re really pleased you’re here with us. You might not be surprised to learn that the Bible speaks frequently about life after death. You might be surprised to discover that the Bible also explains that the decisions we make now have long-term consequences. We’d love to introduce you to Jesus, who offers you and I ultimate, eternal joy – starting now, and continuing on into the ever after.

Steve Kryger (Media and Communications Pastor)