Proverbs 21:16 “The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
A lot of movies have been made in recent years dealing with the living dead, also called zombies. I do not need to go into any detail about them except to say that I do not watch them.
Halloween, no doubt, is a time when many horror movies are going to be shown. It seems that people love a good scare every now and then.
Anyway, the Bible declares that no biological virus is needed for people to be among the living dead. Many are there – in God’s eyes – and they do not even know it.
God says that when you know the truth, as found in the Bible – “the way of understanding” – and choose not to walk according to it, that you are among the living dead. It means that you are walking contrary to God’s known plan for humans and are living in sin. And living that way has a severe price tag attached to it – Hell – which is far scarier.
If you are living that way, although you have biological life, you do not have the spiritual life God wants you to have and says you must have to go to Heaven. He wants to forgive your sin (walking contrary to his will) and give you true life from the Holy Spirit. If you are not regenerated by God through what Jesus Christ did on the cross for you, you remain in the congregation of the dead to this day.
I am not talking about reform or obeying a bunch of rules. Those things will not save anyone. Only by asking God for forgiveness and receiving Jesus Christ as your only Savior to give you eternal life can you go from being in the “congregation of the dead” to become a child of God.
The Bible tells us, in John 1:12: “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” Putting simple faith in Christ to save you can take you from death unto eternal life – He promised it.
If you have never asked Jesus to forgive and save you from your sins and desire to live for Him – will you do it today?