Is this how they felt when Henry Ford died?

Is this how they felt when Henry Ford died?

I read the news of Steve Jobs’ death last night on the monitor of my Apple computer.  It was surreal.  I imagined a man driving home from his factory job, in his Model A Ford, to hear about the death of Henry Ford on the radio.  These men are so distant from us, and yet have had a tremendous impact on our daily lives. By all accounts, Steve Jobs did not know Jesus.  I am confident that God could have saved him in the final moments of his life.  I am confident in a gospel that is able to save the thief on the cross as easily as it can save the person who spends his life growing up in church.  I don’t know who was with Jobs when he died and what they might have shared with him, but I know this: if he was saved, it was not because of all of his great accomplishments, it was not because of his great wealth, and it was not because of his creativity or his benevolence or his enthusiasm or his impact.  If he was saved, it was because he had surrendered himself in the end to his Creator and trusted in the provision of Christ on the cross as sufficient for salvation.  The gospel is the same for everyone. Death always provides opportunity to reflect and reevaluate.  Here are a few articles from around the Christian blogosphere remembering the life of Steve Jobs.  They remind us of the brevity of life, God’s common grace, the need for evangelism, and the hope of the gospel. Justin TaylorAl MohlerStephen Altrogge