11/09/2024
Dead Men Walking. Are you one?
Zombie movies are science fiction, but did you know that, spiritually speaking, there actually are dead men and women walking around on earth? They look like everyone else, but deep down inside, their spirit is dead. Truth be known, everyone begins life as a spiritual “zombie.”
Human beings are composed of a body by which they interact with the world around them, a soul with which they relate to themselves and others, and a spirit through which they can commune with God. If the spirit is dead in “trespasses and sins,” the person may still lead a successful earthly life, but he won’t be able to connect with God or make himself acceptable in the Lord’s sight. In that way, the dead can do nothing.
It’s easy to imagine how this is true of someone who has given himself fully to debasing sin. But sadly, there are many moral church-going folks who are spiritually dead even though they are externally religious. However, the good news is that no one has to stay dead. Whenever anyone turns from sin and trusts in Jesus Christ for forgiveness and salvation, God in His mercy makes that person alive with Christ.
And the change is permanent. In John 5:24, Jesus Himself says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.”
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And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
When our Spirit is united with Christ, we're brought to life.
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
(Romans 8:6; Romans 8:10; 2 Corinthians 4:3;Ephesians 2:1-5; 1 Corinthians 1:18; Jeremiah 21:8)