MORNING MANNA         12/4/19

Trying to describe a sinner’s awful condition can be difficult because they have no understanding of God’s Word. They don’t realize what a terrible peril their unbelief puts them in. Tell them they are spiritually dead and they look at you like a calf looking at a new gate and assume you are crazy. But they don’t know what they don’t know. That reminds me of the story about the little boy who lived on a farm. One day he watched his dad cut a chicken’s head off and the chicken continued to jump, run, and flop around. The little boy said to his father, “Look daddy, he’s dead and doesn’t know it!”. Even so, the same could be said of lost sinners.

Years ago an old time open-air preacher was conducting a service when a young man cried out, “You tell us about the burden of sin, but I don’t feel any such burden! How much does sin weigh? 80 pounds? 10 pounds?” The wise preacher replied, “Tell me, if you laid a 400 pound weight on the chest of a dead man, would he feel it?” The young fellow said, “No, because he is dead”. The preacher then responded, “And the man who feels no load of sin is dead spiritually”.

Even so, regardless of how you feel, what you think, or what you’ve been told, without Christ you are spiritually dead. In other words you are separated from God. The good news is that Jesus said, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” ( John 10:10). Thank God that it true! What Jesus promised He provided. Due to His death, burial, and resurrection, eternal life is available for all who believe. As John the Baptist said, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” ( John 3:36). So, are you dead or alive? – HDS