“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”
John 5:24
When I read the verse above the part that jumps off the page for me is “from death to life.” It makes me think about life or death situations or decisions that carry significant weight. There are incredible stories about the amazing things that people have overcome in order to stay alive. Often those stories have a climax decision that must be made in which the end will result in either life or death.
Normal day to day life doesn’t seem like a life or death matter, but according to the Bible life is not just a friendly game that we all play. In the verse above Jesus says that we must “hear” and “believe” in order to have eternal life. But how often do we really listen and even when we listen do we act according to the wisdom we have received?
My challenge this week is for us to be attentive to the messages we hear and wise in what we believe in. It’s easy for our thoughts to be plagued with false messages from the media and our surroundings. How have we been deceived and what does the Bible tell us? In a world filled with deception, Jesus is willing to offer us wisdom (James 1:5) that we can trust and in the end will make all the difference.
-Matt
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