The week has unfolded with troubles continuing in Baltimore, Nepal has thousands dead, and politics in Washington D. C. remain the same. As a matter of fact most of the world is unaffected by the troubles we are seeing on the news. But we all watch our televisions and read the accounts of troubles on the internet and comment on Facebook. Can take this moment to write a line about what I truly believe. Every life matters.
But let me go a step further and say every soul matters. Death is a way of life. I do not want that to sound stupid, but we all live with the reality that one day each of us will die. None of us will live in this world forever. But I believe that there is eternal life to be found in Jesus Christ and this life This truth is far more important than anything else in this world.
"Black lives matter" is a cry coming from some communities and they are right. But so do white lives and brown lives and red man's lives and any and all colors and cultures that exist in the world. God loves us the same no matter the skin color, no matter the culture, no matter what we have in our past. But there is a reality the life that matters most is the Christ. We must realize that for life to matter we must believe in Him. Now many who will read this blog today know that this is true but will we be bold enough to say that all lives matter. There will be even fewer who will take action and plan to make a difference in others lives to perpetuate this truth. We have the testimony or the truth to be able to make the difference to every person who walks on earth but so many are afraid to speak up with even a word or two to encourage and or remind others of the fact that "Every Life Matters - Now and Forever."
1 John 5:1012 NASB 10The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son. 11And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
I am sorry for the life of Freddy Grey and for every one of the unnamed thousands in Nepal, and the ones who died last week on I-16 from GA Southern and the ones who are in Kennestone Hospital will likely die today, Every life matters. But read verse 12 again. You who have the Son of God in your life, you have a reason and a purpose to live because you have Son. The rest of the world who do know know Christ do not have life. And yet they are focused on life here and want to go to all cost to make it just, fair and comfortable for everyone. The one who matters most died for us. He gave up His life so we could live. I believe this and so I must talk, write and do whatever i can to get out this message.
This should be a sobering thought for all who have life.
I am going to preach a two part message starting this Sunday and ending the Next on Mother's day about what Parents should be doing. Toya Graham has become a household name this week by taking some action toward her son to stop his behavior in the street of Baltimore. She is being praised by some and criticized by some. But she took action on what she believed her son was in danger.
Every life matters and people are in danger. Do we who have life care enough to say and do something?
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