What Do You Want On Your Tombstone?

If we were to write Jesus' epitaph according to what the people around him said about him, then we would have to at least consider the Epithah "Here lies the king of the Jews. But what would that epitaph mean to you. Would it be a proclimation of your surrenduring all to Jesus, or would it be a cruel joke, or would it still be a question in your own mind.

One of the most fameous tombstones in America is the tomb of the unknown soldier. This tomb is in Washington D.C. under 24 hour guard and it represents all the soliders lost in war. And yet the epithaf reads Unknown. If we were to take the words that Peter spoke about Jesus during those last days. Then Jesus' tombstone would have to read unknown. Because isn't that what Peter said about Jesus. After they took Jesus away Peter followed at a distance and when he was approached and asked "Aren't you one of the followers of Jesus?" Peter said No, not me." I don't know the man. To me he's unknown. Peter, denied that he knew Jesus not once, but three times, and the third time he got upset and cursed about it.

Peter, this is the same man who walked on water

Peter, the one who Jesus said "upon this rock I shall build my church

Peter, the one who swore that he would never leave or forsake Jesus

Peter's eptaph would have to read. Unknown.

And Jesus says in Luke 12:9 I Tell yo , whosoever acknowledges me before men and women, I will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. But he who denies me before men and women will be disowned before the angels of God!

I don't know if you heard it in the news. But sources say that they now know who the unknown soldier is. And that a special funeral service is being prepared. Well, in the same way that this unknown soldier is finally being recongized. One day this unknown Jesus will finaly be recognized on that great day of judgement all of the people who denied Jesus and said

I use to live right behind crown hill cemetary so I went there often. I once took a young lady on a bike ride through the cemetary. IT was a beautiful day and we sang songs and had a good time together and when it was time to leave we got back on our bikes and we rode to the main gates. And when we got there the gates where closed and locked. We turned around and there was not a care in the parking lot, and we realized that we were locked in the cemitary. Now what had been beautiful place in the day was quickly turning into a very scary place at night. We went around to the buildings and knocked on the doors. NO one answered. We rode our bikes to the other exit on and the gate was locked there also. I started to get real worried because we had borrowed my roommates bike and we could climb the fence but there was no way to get those bikes out I started to think to myself, well somebody's just going to have to come steal these bikes cuz I'm gone. But we!

finally got to a place where we could just barely slide ourselves and the bikes under that gate. I have to tell you that when we finally got out I felt such a sense of relief and release. And we were Outa there