Bang, You Are Dead!

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In the past you were dead because you sinned and fought against God.  You followed the ways of this world and obeyed the devil. He rules the world, and his spirit has power over everyone who doesn't obey God.

Once we were also ruled by the selfish desires of our bodies and minds. We had made God angry, and we were going to be punished like everyone else.

But God was merciful! We were dead because of our sins, but God loved us so much he made us alive with Christ, and God's gift of undeserved grace is what saves you.  God raised us from death to life with Christ Jesus, and he has given us a place beside Christ in heaven.

Ephesians 2:1-6

When I was a very small boy, I remember playing pretend war. I don't think I ever had a toy gun that made any kind of noise, so we had to resort to pointing the stick (gun) at another child and shouting "bang, you're dead." Shooting other children, even with pretend guns soon became an outlawed activity in our family and I taught my six children the same thing!

What is it like to be dead? Do you see a bright light? Do you float above your body for a while as you are exiting? Well being dead is what you are right now if you are not a follower of Jesus Christ. Every man was born with an eternal death sentence written above his head. On your first day on this earth you are in the process of dying!

But that is what Jesus came to do. Jesus came to bring you eternal life instead of eternal death. Would you like to live forever sitting right beside Jesus in Heaven? Would you like no more pain, suffering, crying, sickness and death? Would you like joy and peace that are unimaginably wonderful?

So what do you do to get all these things? Nothing! That's right you can do nothing to deserve anything other than death. All you do is stop resisting the Holy Spirit's call on your life. Stop pushing Jesus away and let Him take all of you! Let Jesus fully engulf your life with His love. Mother Teresa said that she was simply God's pencil. When Jesus holds you tight your life will make a mark on this world that can never be erased!