I was speaking with someone at one time and explaining to him what death really meant according to the Bible. The explanation didn't quite go down well with the person as he thought that death was simply the termination of life.
But is that it?
Death in God's word refers to a separation from life and not the end of life. From the time Adam fell, every other human born into the world was born dead - dead into sin. Sin itself caused the separation. This is why scripture says, "The wages of sin is death." In other words, sin causes a separation between us and God and that separation is death in itself. Sin and death are alike. Death (separation from the life of God) is caused by sin.
The Lost son we've been talking about, left his father's house, and went to spend his substance on a sinful lifestyle. When he returned his father said, *"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry"* (Luke 15:24, KJV). For goodness sake, this boy was alive (by all sense of the word. Doctors hadn't certified him dead) yet his father said he was dead and lost.
Anyone who is yet to be saved is DEAD in sin. Those who are saved are ALIVE in Jesus Christ. You have not truly began to live until you have the LIFE of God on your inside. This is why John could write, *"In him was life and the life was the light of men"* (John 1:4, KJV).
So, are you truly alive? Do you have the life of God within you? Your constant fellowship with the Father is the key to renewing the life of God within you.
Remain alive. Remain ever fresh.
*Prayer:*
Lord, I choose to have your life and to remain in constant fellowship with you. I never want to be lost or dead while yet living.
*Oluwatobi Adesanya
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