A quick thought.

Children are also born with a conscience that is written on the heart, so that when anyone sins, they do it with full knowledge of wrong doing. It’s that sin that brought death into the world in the first place (Romans 5:12), the curse placed on mankind that separates us from eternal life with God.

What’s wonderful about God’s mercy is that we can escape death by the sacrifice offered on the cross, the attoning blood of Christ. The moment one does this (repentance and acceptance) they pass from the clutchs of a spiritual death to the comfort of eternal life through Jesus Christ. We pass from darkness to light.

“God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” (Romans 5:8,9)

What’s even more important than freedom from terror is freedom from death. And when one is truly free from death, terror has no claim on fear. It’s this freedom from the fear of death that causes non Christians to marvel at a Marytr willing to lay down his or her life for their faith in Christ. It’s that kind of sacrifice that changes lives. The kind that causes non Christians to long for that kind of freedom from their own fears of death.

“The church has been and always will be persecuted. Everyone watches us. If we die in faith, hope and love, it can change the history of nations. If we fail to stand in love and hope for our faith, nations often can reject Christ.”- From a missionary woh works in China and North Korea

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