Personally Speaking
PERSONALLY SPEAKING
Not
long before his death in 1990, the British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge wrote,
“I see my ancient carcass, prone between the sheets, stained and worn like a
scrap of paper dropped in the gutter and, hovering over it, myself, like a
butterfly released from its chrysalis stage and ready to fly away. Are
caterpillars told of their impending resurrection?—How in dying they will be
transformed from poor earth-crawlers into creatures of the air, with
exquisitely painted wings? If told, do they believe it? I imagine the wise old
caterpillars shaking their heads—no, it can’t be; it’s a fantasy.”
And
so it is with us. We’ve been told in the Bible what happens—or at least what
can happen—to our souls, the “real us,” when we come to the end of this life
and shed our earthly bodies. And like those caterpillars, we have been given
the choice to believe it or not. That’s the crunch, the pivotal point, the one
condition on which the door to eternal life in Heaven hinges—belief. “I am the
resurrection and the life,” Jesus said. “He who believes in Me, though he may
die, he shall live” (John 11:25).
The
miracle of Easter is that because Jesus didn’t remain in the grave, we don’t
have to either. We don’t have to suffer eternal separation from God as the
payment for our sins. After taking that punishment for us, Jesus rose to life
again. And because He lives, we can live also (John 14:19). All it takes is
belief in Jesus’ redeeming sacrifice.
If
you believe, you’re good to go! If not, we hope this issue of Activated will
help you to believe. And you just might be surprised at how little faith it
takes. If all you can muster is the prayer of one desperate man in the Bible,
“Lord, help my unbelief” (Mark 9:24), you’re opening your mind and heart to
Jesus and giving Him a chance to prove Himself, and He will.
Keith
Phillips
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