Ernest Hemingway said that every true story ends in death.
And He would have been right if Jesus had never been born. Because all that remains for sinners apart from Jesus’ atoning sacrifice is something that Revelation calls the second death – utter separation from God’s presence and taste of God’s eternal fury. That should be the end of all of our stories.
We are born once and we die twice.
But because Jesus came, He defied death and brought victory over death for all who would put their trust in Him. And those who come to Him find new life, rebirth in him. You are reborn as a child of God.
You are twice born and only die once.
So Hemingway was wrong about us. Our stories will not end in death, because Jesus’ true story did not end in death. His suffering and death were not the end of the story. Death could not hold him down -- the grave could not contain him. Jesus burst out of the tomb on the third day and is alive forever. And because he lives, we will live also.
So will you hear his call to life? Will you throw yourselves on this risen Christ, this King who has conquered evil and death by entering into them and turning them for our eternal joy?
Lord, help me to hear your call to life today and to follow you out of the tomb. Amen.
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