Tragedy's Cure.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Tragedy’s Cure. Imagine with me for a moment that many years ago in a laboratory a cure was discovered. After all the tests and experiments, the scientists finally found a way to cure the disease that has taken so many lives. The answer that so many have donated to find, and the answer to the prayers of millions was seen before the eyes of these researchers. Yet the cure they discovered for cancer was kept a secret, and was only known by them. Would that enrage you – would it make you sick to your stomach?
Of course it would. I can tell you that I would be the first pressing for an investigation, and for penalties to the fullest extent of the law for those who knew how to prevent so many deaths and yet did nothing! I have known too many people whose lives have ended way too soon because of cancer. To know that someone had the remedy – the cure – and kept it to themselves? Cancer is a tragedy – keeping the cure to cancer to yourself is an outright injustice.
To the best of my knowledge there has been no such cure discovered and kept from us. Sure, there are conspiracy theories that say so, but I have a hard time giving them much credibility. There are still scientists pouring over research, conducting experiments, and working tirelessly to try to find that cure. But there is a reality that is just as tragic today.
Though all reading this may not have had personal ties to someone who fought cancer, all of us have certainly known someone who has died because of one thing or another. As tragic and widespread as cancer is, there’s another disease that touches the lives and well-being of every human being to ever live – sin.
The worst part about sin is that not only does it lead to death, its worst consequences come after death. We all have an “appointment” with death and “after this the judgment.” The Word is clear about this truth: sin brings death, and afterward we will stand before God. Because the word “all” is used in relation to those who have sinned, that involves the entire human race. This disease has infected everyone, everywhere, and only grows with time.
The good news is that there is a cure! Every single one of us that know Christ have that cure applied on our behalf already, and we know how to share it with others. People can be prepared to stand before God, having their sin forgiven and its penalty wiped away. The cure has been found, and is already packaged for mass distribution!
The only problem is that the very ones who possess its Truth have hidden it away from those who desperately need it. People are dying every single day without the cure. Scripture says that hell is “enlarging itself” to make room for all the new residents. The world is hopeless and dark, and we’ve got the answer.
People dying is tragic. Having the solution and cure and keeping it to ourselves is an outright injustice.
Share Him today, even if it’s as simple (as my pastor reminds us often) as asking, “Do you know who Jesus is?” Not everyone will be receptive, but if just one person is – you’ve been the vessel God used to save a life, forever.



That’s just a thought, and I welcome yours.
Until next time,
blake

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