THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEATH - THE WORD OF LIFE

 

THE WORD OF LIFE

SUNDAY 29TH MAY, 2022

THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEATH

“The living know that they shall die”. (Eccl. 9:5).

By this we do not mean heart or circulatory troubles nor respiratory difficulties, not even cancer or strokes, neither road accidents nor suicide. All these causes must be regarded as merely secondary compared with the main reason for death.

The primary cause of death is very short word, but one that people avoid: sin. The Bible says: “Death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Rom. 5:12). Do not gloss over the word “all”! no-one has a recipe for avoiding death. By the time we notice what sin is, we already have the sting of death within us.

God brings the matter to its crux when He says, “The wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23). Afterwards judgement follows. Death is thus the result of serious misconduct. Just as in the world around us there is no effect without a cause, neither is there in our moral responsibility before God.

Nobody can talk sin out of existence. the only way to get free of it is to make an upright confession to God. We mustn’t deny it, but admit and regret it. There lies the solution to our problem. Then we can lay claim to God’s promise: “He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). That alone will preserve us from judgement.

 *PRAYER*
O Lord, let the Holy Spirit empower me to know what is right with you.