Thursday, October 24, 2024

Listen to the Word

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.  (Romans 6:23)

Death is deserved - it is the payment we have earned with our sin. But life is a gift from God through Jesus Christ. Our giving God offers us eternal life. To say that the life he gives is eternal obviously says something about the duration of that life. It is life that never ends. It doesn’t cease with your last breath and your last heartbeat. It continues infinitely on the other side of the grave.

To say that the life God gives is eternal also says something about the quality of that life. It is God’s kind of life. It is life that is no longer dead to the ultimate reality of the universe. It is the life you were created for - life with ultimate meaning and significance - life connected to God.

Live the Word

Thank God for the gift of life - both physical life and eternal life.