Most people, who are serious about being decent people and doing good to others, do not want to be habitually or intentionally doing wrong or nasty things. What a wonderful answer to such a heart desire,it is to discover and believe Jesus Christ and His message. 2 Thessalonians 2: 13 – 14 “From the beginning God, You chose me for salvation, through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. You called me to this through the gospel, that I might obtain the glory of my Lord Jesus Christ.”
For those of us living in a developed country and for many who do not, we have access to the gospel of Jesus Christ all around us, in word, song and music, delivered on and through many avenues. Oh how I wish more would go looking or avail themselves of what is already in their home, and once finding Jesus Christ, never let Him go. He says He is the answer to our every need and I have found Him to be so; even though in every way possible the devil has and is trying to obscure His presence and message. In my experience too many people buy his lies and delusions; and those of us who think we are wised up and in the know, get caught out all too often, by being self-complacent!
1 Corinthians 6: 9 – 11 “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, not idolaters, no homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” As said previously, Jesus truly has and is the answer for us personally and for our every need. None of us is left out, for many of these behaviours identified apply to most of us, especially when the subject is studied closely and broadened in context. For example, there are many ways of cheating (thieving) or being covetous of someone or for something; or even be drunk with too much food etc., and then reviling another for doing a different excess than the one that has us captive. 1 Corinthians 15: 57, 58 “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15: 56 “The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.”
We all know that our bodies’ age and finally death is the inevitable end, sooner or later. The Bible tell us that this was not always so, for it is recorded that in the Garden of Eden nothing decayed or got sick until after Eve and Adam sinned by disobeying God, because they responded to the lies of Satan and followed his word, not God’s instructions. The world that has Satan as the leader, in opposition to God, automatically has the curse of sin, sickness, decay and death upon every living thing upon the earth. This would have continued without change or hope, with every generation getting more afflicted, had not Jesus Christ come to earth, and allowed Himself to be put to death as our sin sacrifice.
Thank You God, the apostle Paul, is the herald of the result to us, of redemption through Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15: 50 – 55 “ Now this I say, brethren , that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall it be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.’ ‘O Death where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?’”