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Are you Spiritually Alive?
The
Hebrew Scriptures teach that there are three types of Life; Physical
life, Spiritual life, and Eternal life. Most people today are only
physically alive.
Starting
in the Book of Genesis:
Genesis
2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
According to the Scriptures mankind has been created in God’s
Image. He has a body, soul, and spirit. When Adam and Eve ate the
forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden… man died Spiritually.
Genesis
2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall
not eat of it: for in the day that you eat it you shall surely
die.
In
the poetic book of Job… Job asked the question; If a man die,
shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait,
until my change come. Job 14:14
Job
went on to affirm… that the answer is yes a man will live
again spiritually & eternally, because Job says he will wait
until his change comes. What change?
The
change that the later prophets spoke of. A new Heart.
Ezekiel
36:26-28 And I will give you a new heart with
new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit
in you. I will take out your stony heart of sin and give you a
new, obedient heart. And I will put my Spirit in you
so you will obey my laws and do whatever I command. "And
you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago.
You will be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 11:19-20 And I will give them singleness of heart and
put a new spirit within them. I will take away
their hearts of stone and give them tender hearts
instead, so they will obey my laws and regulations. Then they
will truly be my people, and I will be their God.
Jeremiah
32:39-41 And I will give them one heart,
and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them,
and of their children after them: And I will make an everlasting
covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them,
to do them good; but I will put my fear in
their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Yea, I
will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in
this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Have
you ever wondered why the Jewish Scriptures have so much prophesy
in them? Why are there so many predictions of the future and future
events concerning Israel?
Isaiah
44:6-7 "This is what the LORD, Israel's King and Redeemer,
the LORD Almighty, says: I am the First and the Last; there is no
other God. Who else can tell you what is going to happen in the
days ahead? Let them tell you if they can and thus prove their power.
Let them do as I have done since ancient times.
This
is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob proving he exists. Listen
to what he says will happen to Israel:
Jeremiah
31:31-34 "The day will come," says the LORD, "when
I will make a new covenant with the people of
Israel and Judah. This covenant will not be like the one I made
with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought
them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though
I loved them as a husband loves his wife," says the LORD.
"But this is the new covenant I will make
with the people of Israel on that day," says the LORD. "I
will put my laws in their minds, and I will write
them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will
be my people.
A New Covenant:
God
is preparing the world and he is preparing his people the Jews for
the eternity he has spoke of from the beginning of creation. The
Lord spoke to Daniel and said: Those who are wise will shine as
bright as the sky, and those who turn many to righteousness will
shine like stars forever. Daniel 12:3
The
Proverbs declare: The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
and he that wins souls is wise. Proverbs 11:30
A new
covenant. A new way in which God will interact with his precious
people. Are you spiritually alive? Do you have spiritual life? Have
you turned to the Lord God and asked him to give you this new heart?
Physical
life… Spiritual life… Eternal life. Where do you stand?
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