The Choice of Life and Death

Deut.30:10-15  when you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.  "For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.  "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. Man's beginning: Gen.2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. Your life is not your own: Jer.10:23 NIV I know, O LORD, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps. You were ransomed: Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." You were bought with a price: 1 Cor.6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.Belief in God's Son is life: 1John 5:10-12 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. Wages of sin: Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Pass into life: John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. Deny God's Son: 1 John 2 : No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. Christ is our risen hope and death is destroyed: 1Cor.15:19-26 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.  For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.  But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. Salvation, in Christ alone: Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Repentance, turn from your sin: Luke 13:3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Faith, why God's word is key: Romans 10:7 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Father God, we have no excuse for our wickedness. Your word is true and we are in need of a Savior. We ask for mercy and forgiveness when we are willful and disobedient. We can not deny You. Open hearts to Your word. Amen