“Martha said to him,
“I know he will rise,
in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus told her,
“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Monday 29th July 2024 – JOHN 11:19-27.
So, the above assertion of Christ made to Martha, to anyone who doesn’t believe in God, it may seem gibberish to them.
“If you believe in me, even if you die, you will live and all those living will not die.”
It is such claims that make some people who haven’t permitted themselves the opportunity to personally experience God call the Holy Bible a history book of fairy tales.
Well, for those of us who still run with such opinion, if we still choose to take lightly the contents of the Book, we should possibly ask ourselves what becomes of life after death.
This ‘purported Book of myths’ says, that the period lived by Methuselah in this world is nothing compared to the life after death.
The same Book goes ahead to say that, there’s heaven and there’s hell.
Stating that, if we live according to the specifications of its contents, even if we die, we continue to live again in heaven.
However, if we do otherwise, our soul will perish in hell.
The Book, then spells out things to do and how to do them in order to make heaven.
And these things are not rocket science. They are just as simple as A, B, C.
Live right. Do good. Do the right and just thing, always. Live and let’s live. Love your neighbour as yourself.
Even if we still do not believe in the Book, what is not right in the above instructions?
How is it so difficult to live as prescribed in the Book and how would we feel in we happen to be on the wrong and receiving side of the wrath of not living rightly?
There are simply no theatrics about living right and wanting to change and start living so, once we have made up our mind.
God is more persuaded by our deliberate positive efforts to become better and live right.
Have a fantastic day and a fulfilled week ahead, folks.
#SAINTS_MARTHA_MARY_AND_LAZARUS! #Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo.
29th July 2024.