PEACE IN LIFE, SALVATION IN DEATH

PEACE IN LIFE, SALVATION IN DEATH

                God’s message to human being (mankind), through Jesus Christ is simple: I give you life that you may live; I give you Christ that you may have life eternal. There is no doubt that when a person is born you begin to live. With this life however, comes all you meet, systems, processes, taxes, education, skills, friendships, enemies, jealousy, ambition, goals, drives, motivation all to an endless list of insatiable human wants. People who are called Christians are those who believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, Messiah, Lord and Supreme commander as well as believe totally in the message He brings to all: Love God, Love Man.

            As we begin to grow, we see that things are not as straight-cut as we hoped it would be when we were children. We begin to see life through the eyes of income and expenses, assets and liabilities, wins and losses. We have now forgotten the simple message of just being happy to be alive and rejoicing in every single moment. The promise of God to us through Jesus Christ is to allow us live a life that destabilizes all human understanding or logic. The Bible states this clearly as Peace that passes all understanding, is what God has given to you in Jesus Christ. To grapple with and fully understand this, you need to be totally sold out to Jesus for without Him, you can never understand nor walk in this light.

            When you have surrendered and found this peace, that is not all you receive, you get a hope, an assurance to a life here-after: the eternal. Many people; rich or poor, old or young, subtle or active struggle with this thought, ‘is this all there is to life?’ The answer is simply this: we were created, came from somewhere and will return to the creator when our time here is up. What we do here or how we do it will be judged by the One who sent us. Something many people do not realize on time is that it is easier to obey than to sacrifice. If we simply abide by the rules given to us by our creator, we will surely arrive where He plans. Being Human, having free will and thinking we know everything or will soon know everything, we embark on an endless journey of self-discovery, only to end up right where we started, be it four months, ten years or a lifetime later.

            Many people who have gone long in years have observed and stated the obvious: life is simple. But being human, to us it just cannot be that simple. There must be something we can do on our own without God, something that makes us hate, something that makes us resent life for the hardship it brings as opposed to the simple joys ever present. Doing this will only bring collision, war, segregation, hatred, racism, envy, greed, ambition, violence, disregard, dishonor and so many situations that erode the human consciousness of peace. The life God has given us is blessed and adds no sorrow, a life beyond positions or possessions, which you can have because it has already freely been given to you and me.

           

            Peace in life and salvation in death is no fictional idea, it is a fact. If you believe and choose to seek this way through Jesus Christ, the only guarantee that I can give you is that you will find it and you will know peace like you have never known. I pray that God will reveal His Son, Jesus, to you and you can begin to have complete peace in all areas of your life; walking daily with the Blessed Assurance that you have salvation in death.

God Bless You.