EX.9-11; Luke 24

These scriptures remind me that there are only two kinds of existence, the living and the dead. Not dead as in not breathing, but dead as in the absence of God. Pharaoh was the representative of the dead. He would not believe even to the death of his own son. God had raised him up for the purpose of showing God’s power and love for His people Israel. (Ex 9:16 “But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth”). I am always amazed at how people can see the power of God and still reject Him. The truth is as long as God gives people the ability to choose, there will always be, the living and the dead, Jesus told a story in Luke 16 about a rich man that was sent to hell. In the story the rich man begs Abraham to resurrect Lazarus and send him to the rich man’s brothers so they will understand and change their ways. Abraham says,” 'if they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'" Even after Jesus was raise from the dead people still will choose to not believe, they still choose death.

In Luke 24:5 the angels ask the women a very important question; we should always be asking ourselves. This is a daily question I ask myself, because I (we) still foolishly sometimes look for answers from those who do not know the truth. Books, TV, the world etc.... They have no answers for me (us) they do not even choose to save themselves from death. The angels asked this question “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

May God bless you this day with answers from the living.

Pastor Jack