Whatever the wrong against us may be, the Christian’s default should be to forgive and hopefully restore broken relationships. 

We must never lose the focus of declaring man’s need of a Saviour in Jesus Christ alone.

Is the Lord truthfully and personally, your Shepherd?

Where do you seek satisfaction?

This woeful spiritual state has at its root a coldness in heart toward spiritual things, a lack of devotion to Christ, and usually results in a declining interest of meeting with God’s people.

The difference of course depends on where the departed one was with Lord when they died. 

But to “wait for the Lord” does not mean that we sit back and do nothing.

"Will we be held in any way accountable - are we responsible in way for our obedience to this commission?"

Let us see and understand that God is the sovereign ruler of the entire universe and nothing happens outside of His authoritative consent.

The cultivating of Christ-like thinking must be an ongoing work in our lives in order to have right attitudes.