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Eternal Life.

Life doesn't have to end When we Die.

No, I am not trying to trick you and maybe you feel a little uncomfortable with that statement. This is what Jesus offers all who die in the grace of God however. I used to think about this a lot throughout my life. I was always taught that Christianity offers something more than just a nice afterlife, it offers something called eternal life. In Christianity we believe in something called the resurrection as we believe our Saviour and Lord Jesus, died for our sins and was raised to Life by the Holy Spirit. We believe that one day that those of us who died in Christ, will come alive again physically and live on a resurrected New Heavens and Earth, where God Himself will dwell with us forever.

This is my Christian hope. When I am faced with death, my death or the death of others, I need not despair, because my Lord conquered death and in the same way, we will truly conquer death the same way Christ did. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. (1 Corinthians 15:26 | ESV) When people reject Christ, it makes me sad because I feel like they are saying death is all there is and there is no justice or heaven. Not to mention an eternal Hell (with fire, I believe in the traditional view of Hell) to punish people who refuse to accept forgiveness through Christ. Yes, I believe God is merciful, in fact that is one of His attributes.

The bible teaches that God is Love, but He is also merciful. He asks the same of the human race. God is not cruel or vindictive, He is Holy and He Created everything including you and me. In fact everything exists to give God Glory, so when we fail at doing that, Almighty God has to punish His Creation. Death is not a punishment for the weak, it is a result of Original Sin. The story of Adam and Eve is not just a metaphor, they are real people and as a result of Adam's sin, we all have inherited a sin nature or are stained with the sin of our first parents. Christ came to take away that sin, and when we are converted and baptized God gives us His grace to live like He exists.

What this generation is forgetting is basic to Christian doctrine and essential to believe in, in order for anyone to go to Heaven, after they die. We don't need to bring Christ down, or bring him up (Romans 10) we need to believe he is who he says he is, and then we can live forever. This is Mike.

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