When my youngest son was about 12, we were at the mall and he wanted to go into the bookstore and look around. I waited outside for a while and then began to wonder why he was not coming out. So I went in the store and found him reading a book from the shelf. I said, "Christopher, what are you reading?" He smiled and said, "How to Survive a Zombie Attack". We both laughed.
Those without Christ may be very nice neighbors or coworkers but on the inside they are dead. You might say they are spiritual zombies. That was true of you and me before we had faith in Jesus. We were walking around on the earth in a body which was animated but deep inside we were spiritually dead. Ephesians 2:1 says it this way. "And you were dead in your trespasses and sins..."
When God saved you, He not only forgave you but you came alive for the very first time in your life! Ephesians 2:5 says, "when we were dead in our transgressions, (God) made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus."
Instead of being a Zombie, you are alive because Christ is your Life! Your marital status is not your life; your kids are not your life; your spouse is not your life; your work is not your life; your ministry is not your life; your financial status is not your life; your illness is not your life; your ethnicity is not your life; your favorite movie star is not your life. Only Jesus Christ is your Life! Colossians 3:4, "For when Christ, who is our life appears, then shall we also appear with Him in glory."
Say it out loud. Christ alone is my Life today!!!
Live Free In Christ,
Mark Maulding, President and Founder
GraceLifeInternational.com
All Content Copyright © 2012 Mark Maulding
Those without Christ may be very nice neighbors or coworkers but on the inside they are dead. You might say they are spiritual zombies. That was true of you and me before we had faith in Jesus. We were walking around on the earth in a body which was animated but deep inside we were spiritually dead. Ephesians 2:1 says it this way. "And you were dead in your trespasses and sins..."
When God saved you, He not only forgave you but you came alive for the very first time in your life! Ephesians 2:5 says, "when we were dead in our transgressions, (God) made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus."
Instead of being a Zombie, you are alive because Christ is your Life! Your marital status is not your life; your kids are not your life; your spouse is not your life; your work is not your life; your ministry is not your life; your financial status is not your life; your illness is not your life; your ethnicity is not your life; your favorite movie star is not your life. Only Jesus Christ is your Life! Colossians 3:4, "For when Christ, who is our life appears, then shall we also appear with Him in glory."
Say it out loud. Christ alone is my Life today!!!
Live Free In Christ,
Mark Maulding, President and Founder
GraceLifeInternational.com
All Content Copyright © 2012 Mark Maulding
