THE CAUSE OF DEATH
Written by on July 17, 2023
CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 18, 2023
IN TODAY’S COMMENTARY I AM GOING TO DEPART FROM THE POLITICAL AND FOCUS ON THE SPIRITUAL.
THERE’S AN OLD STORY ABOUT THE LATE COMEDIAN RED SKELTON, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SAID THAT EACH DAY WHEN HE WAKES UP HE CHECKS THE OBITUARY PAGE IN HIS NEWSPAPER. IF HIS NAME ISN’T THERE, HE HAS BREAKFAST. IT’S A FUNNY JOKE, BUT IT SUGGESTS SOMETHING MORE PROFOUND.
MOST OBITUARIES CONTAIN THE CAUSE OF DEATH – A DISEASE, AN ACCIDENT, A MURDER. BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE REAL CAUSE OF EVERYONE’S DEATH IS? IT IS SIN. SIN BY OUR FIRST PARENTS BROUGHT DEATH INTO THE WORLD AND EVERYONE SINCE HAS DIED BECAUSE OF IT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION, OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS WHY SCRIPTURE SAYS “IT IS APPOINTED FOR MAN ONCE TO DIE AND AFTER THAT THE JUDGMENT.” AND YET PAUL REMINDS US FOR THOSE IN CHRIST, “THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION .” AND JESUS SAID THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM WILL NEVER DIE.
WE WILL BE JUDGED FOR OUR ACTS ON EARTH AND WHETHER THEY ADVANCED THE KINGDOM OF GOD, OR PROMOTED OUR OWN INTERESTS, BUT WE WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED TO HELL IF WE ARE SAVED.
AS PASTOR LON SOLOMON WOULD SAY: NOT A SERMON JUST A THOUGHT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
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