“Whoever believes in the Son has
eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life.”
John 3:36
What is the value of a human life?
There is enough phosphorous in the human body to tip twenty-two hundred
matches, enough iron to make a small nail, enough fat to make seven bars of
soap – (in some cases a few more than that), enough calcium to white-wash a
chicken coop, and enough sugar to fill a small bowl. But, is not life worth a
great deal more than a few elements from a periodic table?
Two thousand years ago, God
considered your life so important that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to
provide eternal life for you. There are some things that money cannot buy. When
you have a loved one in the hospital, you would spend all your money to save
that person’s life. We may be able to sustain life, but when the human heart
stops we cannot create life.
That is how God views your life. He
looked on your helplessness and inability to create eternal life, and God said,
“I’ll send my Son to provide eternal life. I’ll do for you what you can never
do.” What is the worth of the human soul? In God’s eyes it was worth the death
of His only Son.
Amidst the fantastic achievements of
the twentieth century, there is a tendency to minimize the individual. You are
one of 5 billion but in God’s eyes, you are an individual and He loves you just
as you are. You were born as an individual and you will die alone. Your life is
so important that God sent His Son to be your Savior.
Here is Christ’s invitation to you,
“Come to Me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew
11:28). May God help you to make faith in Christ your guidelines for living.
When it comes to life and death, nothing of material value is important as
human life.
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