" And He Died "

Ephesians 2:4-6  "But GOD, WHO is rich in mercy, for HIS great love wherewith HE loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with CHRIST, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in CHRST JESUS:"

     How did we so quickly move from this: "And GOD saw every thing that HE had made, and, behold, it was very good" (Genesis 1:31) to this: "And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died" (Genesis 5:5) ? Did you catch that ? He died ! Not only that but death became the end result for all. GOD emphasizes this surety of death by listing nine more men who begot sons and daughters but who then died. And now, we are all embarked on this journey that will end in death. "In Adam all die . . ." (1st.Corinthians 15:22). "It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27). It is this reality that has led many to despair. You are born, you live, you die, and this life offers nothing more. But this is not the reality that you are obliged to live. Hope exists. Yes, man sinned, and the whole human race was plunged into sin, which brings forth death - "But GOD" ! Indeed, "But GOD, Who is rich in mercy, for HIS great love wherewith HE loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with CHRIST, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in CHRIST JESUS" (Ephesians 2:4-6).

     GOD intervened and set in motion HIS plan of redemption so that men and women could be restored to a living relationship with HIM - a connection that was lost in the fall of man. GOD sent HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST, to bear the penalty of our sin upon the cross and to provide salvation for all who will believe in HIM. The message is clear: "Believe on the LORD JESUS CHRIST, and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:31). Death is swallowed up in victory, and man can have eternal life with GOD through faith in JESUS CHRIST. JED

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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