CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 18, 2023
IN TODAY’S COMMENTARY I AM GOING TO DEPART FROM THE POLITICAL AND FOCUS ON THE SPIRITUAL.
THERE’S AN OLD STORY ABOUT THE LATE COMEDIAN RED SKELTON, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SAID THAT EACH DAY WHEN HE WAKES UP HE CHECKS THE OBITUARY PAGE IN HIS NEWSPAPER. IF HIS NAME ISN’T THERE, HE HAS BREAKFAST. IT’S A FUNNY JOKE, BUT IT SUGGESTS SOMETHING MORE PROFOUND.
MOST OBITUARIES CONTAIN THE CAUSE OF DEATH – A DISEASE, AN ACCIDENT, A MURDER. BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE REAL CAUSE OF EVERYONE’S DEATH IS? IT IS SIN. SIN BY OUR FIRST PARENTS BROUGHT DEATH INTO THE WORLD AND EVERYONE SINCE HAS DIED BECAUSE OF IT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION, OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS WHY SCRIPTURE SAYS “IT IS APPOINTED FOR MAN ONCE TO DIE AND AFTER THAT THE JUDGMENT.” AND YET PAUL REMINDS US FOR THOSE IN CHRIST, “THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION .” AND JESUS SAID THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM WILL NEVER DIE.
WE WILL BE JUDGED FOR OUR ACTS ON EARTH AND WHETHER THEY ADVANCED THE KINGDOM OF GOD, OR PROMOTED OUR OWN INTERESTS, BUT WE WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED TO HELL IF WE ARE SAVED.
AS PASTOR LON SOLOMON WOULD SAY: NOT A SERMON JUST A THOUGHT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
Amen. I would have liked a reference to the resurrection of the body. Since Christ rose from the dead, we have no need to grieve like those who have no hope, but we can rejoice in the resurrection of our bodies when Jesus comes in glory (1 Corinthians 15; 1 Thessalonians 4)
I shared this commentary. I copied it and pasted it in an email to all my friends and family. I also shared a link to your website in the same email.
https://calthomas.com/2023/07/the-cause-of-death/
I added this quote from the Gospel of John 11:26 within brackets where you alluded to it. [Jesus said, “…whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.” John 11:26]