Spiritual Coma

written on Wednesday, February 3, 2022

Thoughts:  We must be born again. You can be walking around physically but in a spiritual coma and not even realize it. We can be going about our daily lives, doing good works, visiting the sick, giving to charities, and being an upstanding citizen. And then when we stand before the Lord and he says “depart from me, I know ye not”, we’re like but Lord I did this and that…good works. But it’s not by works nor by might, but by power. If you were not born again and you never let God breathe his breath of life in you to be born again spiritually, then you are the walking dead. 

You need your pass to enter heaven. The pass is not what I did. The pass is not I visited the sick. The pass is not I lived a good life. The pass is not I’m a good person. The pass is I’ve been born again. I’ve been washed in the blood of the lamb. I’ve been redeemed. I gave my life to Christ. I let God breathe his spirit in me. I’ve been transformed. I’m walking around renewed doing the will of the Lord. That’s the pass. That’s your ticket because once you give your life to Christ, you belong to him. You let Him take control and your ticket was paid by the blood of Jesus, so by faith I believe in His blood, I believe in salvation. He saved me from the penalty of sin which we were all born in which is death. But I no longer have that penalty so long as I buy my ticket. That’s why I have to secure my ticket while I’m living here on earth. 

God loved us so much that our ticket was free. God provided this ticket for us to get eternal life and we have to share the news that anybody can get this ticket. You don’t have to have come from a certain class of people or from a certain side of town or from a certain educational background. Anybody can get this ticket to salvation. Reflecting on black history with regards to freedom rights and slavery, people went through great strains to gain freedom. Think about the story of Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad and how people risked their lives for freedom. The bible says “We were born in sin and shaped in iniquity”…headed to hell. We needed a savior. Jesus provided this free way to freedom, and what does it take? We must stand up for Jesus. People braved the dogs, the woods, the dark and the bad elements to get to physical freedom. What can we brave to get to spiritual freedom…our salvation freedom? That’s the most important freedom we can get to because we’re talking about our eternal destination where your soul will reside eternally.

Life is so short, but eternal is forever. Where do I want my soul to reside forever? I want it to reside where God made it to reside, with Him. When we die our physical body goes back to the dust, but the soul will go to its eternal home. If you do nothing, if you do not accept salvation, your eternal destiny won’t be heaven. I need my eternal destination for my soul to be heaven. Thank God salvation is available and it’s free.

It is important that I use every means God made for me to spread the good news that Jesus saves for we fight not against flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities. Satan is always out trying to either kill us or our influence. It’s important to protect your treasure. It’s important to protect your reputation. It’s important to protect your influence. If you want to be an influencer, the most important influencer is if you’re influencing for Jesus, spreading the good news of Jesus Christ, encouraging someone to give their life to Christ. That’s the best kind of influencer you want to be. We can influence people to buy our products, to join our businesses, etc., but when is the last time you influenced people to join up with Jesus? Who are you influencing? Don’t walk around in a spiritual coma. Let him breathe his breath of life into your body, into your soul, into your spirit so you can live. Hallelujah. Then what happens to this physical body won’t matter because you know that your soul has an eternal resting place in heaven. Not by works but because you accepted Jesus and repented of your sins. Won’t you choose Jesus this day? Repent of your sins and begin a new life in Jesus Christ. Somebody may be thinking, it’s too late for you, you’ve done too much wrong. But that’s not true. It’s not too late, you’re living, you’re hearing this word, you’re reading this word. God loves you. God’s giving you a chance to come to him. He’s giving you a chance to let him turn your life around. He’s giving you a chance to live, not just walk around physically, but live spiritually with a transformation of your mind, a transformation to not want to do wrong, but want to do right, want to obey his word, want to live a more fulfilling life because he is our creator and he made us and he knows what it takes for us to live a fulfilled life for him. Allow him to let you be the vessel that He uses to inspire and draw others to Him.

Song: I surrender all. I surrender all. All to Jesus, I surrender. I surrender all.