“Living Through Death”
“Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to the Spirit
and understand what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
Whoever is victorious will not be hurt by the second death.” (NLT)
Jesus Christ is our Lord
God and Savior; the One who defeated sin and death for us because we are
incapable of doing it on our own. He
accomplished what we cannot. He became our sin and was victorious over its
sting by becoming the first to be resurrected from the grave into eternal life. All people are cursed with sin and
death. We all sin and we all die because
of our sin—a very real reality that we must all face. If we are not taken out early in life, we can
count on our bodies growing old, wearing out, and finally dying. God made man
from the dust of the earth, and so shall we return in this present fallen
state. But we don't have to decompose in the darkness of the grave forever, for
there is Good News for those who embrace the the death of the Sacrificial Lamb
of God as their own. The Son of God grew into a man to die for the
sins of mankind—so that whosoever believed in the death and resurrection of Christ
Jesus our Lord would escape the second death of eternal condemnation. But for
those who have rejected the saving grace of Jesus' death, Judgment Day will be
a dreadful day indeed, for every non-believer will be raised from the darkness
of their grave to face the Lord and give a full account for how they lived
their lives, and then be thrown into the eternal burning Lake of Fire.
There are only two basic
choices you can make in this first leg of your life-journey. You can choose to live in the Light of God's
saving grace, or live in the darkness of this dying world. You can trust Jesus with your life and live
forever, or you can trust in the many gods of this evil world and forever
die. You can choose to take up your
cross and follow Jesus to receive the Crown of Life, or you can choose to
indulge in the sins of this wicked world while you can, and hope that God does
not exist. In the light of these choices
my friends, there is only One Choice that is wise. The Lord God, your Savior, has graciously
given you the opportunity to choose, but only in this life.
A Whisper of Hope
I give you a choice, dear child...a time to choose how to live
this life. It is not an easy decision to
make amidst the many voices of this fallen world that want your soul. All I ask is that you study your choices
carefully, weigh your options, and choose wisely—for your very life is at
stake.
1 John 5:11
For there are three who bear witness in Heaven: the Father,
the Word, and the Holy Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is
truth.
And this is the testimony: that
God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. (NLT)
what chance will the
godless and sinners have?”
(1 Peter
4:18)
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