We Must Die For Christ, Not Just Get Sick

We must die(spiritually) for the sake of the gospel,  not just become sickened. There are those that have died physically, but it had to be born first from the spiritual. From the time Abraham lifted the knife to the throat of Issac, we see the principle of what it takes to be fully committed to a blood covenant relationship with the Creator of All things. There can be only one response that is pleasing to the Lord, and that is a giving up of all we desire and hold dear. Our life exchanged for the life He gives. His life for my life, oh yes, the great exchange that produces the resurrected life of total commitment to the bedrock principles of righteousness. There can be no greater love than when a man lays down his life for a friend, we are Yahweh God's friend when we come to Him with a humble and pure heart that is broken to the point of death. Many times a talented person wants to change their life and comes to the Lord almost to the point of death, yet clinging to the talent that has given them identity and praise from men, they try to commit yet there is something not quite right, there has not been a true exchange of life. That person has yet to die and find the resurrected life of the Savior. They finally leave the attempt at a righteous life more frustrated than ever, because they only were sickened unto death for Christ, never truly dying for the sake of the gospel. A man of God once said," There is more in the resurrected life given from God, than in the original life." I think there is some paraphrasing of the quote, but the principle still holds true.

The commitment from Abraham allowed him to become the father of righteous faith, this act of obedience allowed God to send His only Son to be given as a ransom for us all. What are you being asked to do ?

Luke 17:32-33   Remember Lot’s wife. Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.