April 5, 2023
Wednesday
Life to the Fullest
Romans 6:20-23
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
An author wrote an op-ed in The New York Times entitled, “Would You Want to Live Forever?” She said, “Our time here is but a blip, and when we leave, the great world continues to spin. As such, the appreciation of our own lives has much to do with the ever-increasing awareness of its relative brevity. It is this—an awareness and acceptance of our own mortality—that makes us human. And it is the impetus, I’d argue, for living our lives to the fullest.”1
This is the viewpoint of secularism. We aren’t here long, and there is nothing beyond the grave. So accept it and live it up while you can.
Nothing could be further from the Gospel truth. According to Scripture, eternal life begins the moment a person enters a relationship with the everlasting God through Christ. The Bible says, “The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Notice the tense of the verb—is. The Bible doesn’t say, “The gift of God will be…” but “…is eternal life.”
We live life to the fullest, not because we are dying, but because we are truly living in Jesus.
A point to ponder…
Eternal life does not begin with death; it begins with faith.
Samuel Shoemaker
Read the Bible through in a year
I love you!!!
1www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/learning/would-you-want-to-live-forever.html
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