HAVE YOU EVER HEARD PEOPLE SAY THINGS LIKE “LIVE LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW,” “LIVE FREE,” “LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST,” AND FINALLY “YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE.” I’M SURE YOU MOST LIKELY HAVE. HOWEVER HAVE YOU EVER QUESTIONED THESE SAYINGS? HAVE YOU EVER CHALLENGED THE VALIDITY, THE TRUTHFULNESS, & THE ACCURACY OF THIS WAY OF THINKING. WELL I HAVE AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THESE SAYINGS ARE THE FURTHEST THING FROM THE TRUTH.
MOST OF THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE USE THESE SAYINGS YOU WILL FIND THAT THEY ARE DEFINDING THE ACTIONS THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN OR MAY SOON PARTAKE IN, OR EITHER THEY ARE ENCOURAGING THEMSELVES AND OTHERS TO LIVE LIFE WITHOUT REGULATION AND WITHOUT RESERVATION. IN OTHER WORDS THEY WILL TELL YOU LIKE THE SONG, “IT’S YOUR THING, DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO, I CAN’T TELL YA WHO TO SOCK IT TO.” THIS THOUGHT PROCESS SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD BE WILLING AND ABLE TO DO WHAT YOU FEEL WHEN YOU FEEL IT AND NO ONE ELSE HAS THE RIGHT TO LORD OR RULE OVER YOUR LIFE. NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE YOUR DECISIONS FOR YOU AND TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. SINCE YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE YOU SHOULD ENJOY IT REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO.
I GUESS IT DOES NOT FRUSTRATE ME SO MUCH THAT NORMAL PEOPLE THINK THIS WAY. IN ALL HONESTY IT SHOULD BE EXPECTED. RATHER IT IS THE FACT THAT CHRISTIAN (SAVED) INDIVIDUALS ARE AFFIRMING THIS BELIEF THAT IS SO FRUSTRATING. THE REASON IT IS DISAPPOINTING IS BECAUSE IT STANDS IN CONTRADICTION AND OPPOSITION OF THE TRUTH OF THE WORD OF GOD. BELIEVE IT OR NOT GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR US TO HAVE SO MUCH CONCERN WITH OUR NATURAL CARNAL LIFESTYLE. I DON’T CARE HOW MANY TIMES YOU’VE HEARD IT FROM A PREACHER OR HOW BIG THE PREACHER THAT YOU HEARD IT FROM, IT’ S NOT THE TRUTH.
CHRIST DID NOT DIE FOR YOU TO GET THINGS OR LIVE HOW YOU WANT TO LIVE BUT RATHER ACCORDING TO 1 COR.15:3, ROM. 8:5-6 & JOHN 10:10 CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE LIFE IN HIM. CHRIST SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A SIMPLE MECHANISM TO HELP US REACH OUR GOALS AND FULFILL OUR DREAMS. HIS MISSION, HIS PURPOSE IS SO MUCH GREATER THAN THAT. HE NEVER INTENDED FOR US TO BELIEVE THAT WE COULD DO WHAT WE WANT WITH THE LIFE THAT HE GAVE US BUT RATHER AS THE BRIDE OF CHRIST WE MUST SUBMIT OURSELVES, OUR WILL, OUR DESIRE TO THE ONE THAT LOVES US SO. HOW CAN I BE SO SURE OF THIS YOU ASK?
LUKE 9:24 TELLS US THAT “WHOSOEVER WILL SAVE HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT: BUT WHOSOEVER WILL LOSE HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL SAVE IT. IN JOHN 12:25 IT SAYS THAT, HE THAT LOVETH HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT AND HE THAT HATETH HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD SHALL KEEP IT UNTO LIFE ETERNAL. THE BIBLE IS EXPLICITLY CLEAR THAT THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THEN THE LIFE WE NOW LIVE. IN FACT THIS LIFE IS NOTHING IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, FOR JAMES 4:14 TELLS US THAT OUR LIFE IS JUST AS A VAPOUR WHICH APEARETH FOR A LITTLE TIME AND THEN VANISHETH AWAY.”
THE BIBLE ALSO TEACHES THAT NOTHING THAT WE GAIN ON THIS EARTH, WHETHER POSSESSIONS, RICHES, FAME, TITLES, ESTEEM, WE CAN’T TAKE THEM TO THE NEXT LIFE WITH US. WHAT IS OF MOST IMPORTANCE IS WHERE WILL YOUR SOUL END UP WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE. WOULDN’T IT BE A TRAGEDY IF YOU WAISTED YOUR SOUL ON TEMPORARY THINGS OF THIS EARTH. BUT THAT’S VERY POSSIBLE IF YOU FOLLOW THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THIS BLOG.
SO AS FAR AS THAT YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE THING I CONCLUDE WITH THIS. YOU CAN ONLY LIVE ONCE BUT THAT MEANS THAT YOU WILL DIE TWICE. OR YOU CAN DIE ONCE IN CHRIST AND LIVE LIFE ETERNALLY. HERE ARE THE SCRIPTURES TO PROOVE IT:
-MATT. 10:28
-REV. 20:6, 14,
-REV. 21:8
-JOHN 17:3
-MARK 10:28-3
-JOHN 11:26
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