Romans 6:23: "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Death is certain for all humans. It is a 1-to-1 ratio: 100% of all humans die. It is the inescapable reality of life, that it ends in death. All creation follows this same, seemingly intrinsic property and process of reality. However, we should not begin to think that death is the way that life should be. Sin and its effects should never be diminished in the equation.
It is sin that reckons all creation for death. It is because of sin that we will die. But in this death we find true love in Christ Jesus. Because of Jesus' life, His death, and His resurrection has done for humanity what no man could do for himself: He saved us from sin. Needless to say, there is far more to this than the scope of this blog but suffice to say that because Jesus has died, we have been blessed with life eternal through faith in Him.
Now the death we do die is but a shadow of death while the life we live is but a precursor for eternity. But consider the contrary for those who do not come to Christ in faith: the life lived is but a shadow of life while the physical death is but a precursor for the death that will be eternal. In the end, there is no greater gift to creation that Christ Jesus, for salvation from the reality of sin is found and made secure in no one else.
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