REBORN…FROM DEATH TO LIFE

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

Elisha died and was buried.

Now Moabite raiders used to enter the country every spring. Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man's body into Elisha's tomb. When the body touched Elisha's bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.

2 Kings 13:20-21

This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

Think back to when you truly accepted Jesus into your heart, soul and mind fully as Savior. That day when your life changed forever…that day when you emerged reborn from death to life…a new creation with the hopeless past behind you and the full light of hope in front of you.

All it took was coming into contact with Jesus and receiving His saving, resurrecting power.

Well, in today’s scripture we are given some early insight into the resurrecting power that God the Father possessed, the same resurrecting power He would bestow on His Son as He sent Him to rescue all.

The passage starts with an end to the prophetic mission of Elisha, God’s faithful messenger who so ably followed in the footsteps of his predecessor, Elijah. Earlier in this chapter, God’s word told us Elisha was ill…and as we see in verse 20, the illness proved to be fatal as we’re simply told that Elisha died and was buried.

This was followed by a change in scenery…to another burial as the Israelites were burying a man during a time when Moabite raiders were known to enter the country. One such “band of raiders” came toward the Israelites as they were performing their burial. So the Israelites, needing to dispose of the body and flee, “threw the man's body into Elisha's tomb”. They had to be amazed when the man “came to life and stood up on his feet” after touching Elisha's bones. Such was the awesome, amazing life restoring power of the Lord…a power that still transforms and brings people from death to life.

My hope in writing this devotional is two fold.

First, I pray that those who have experienced the rebirth through their Savior, Jesus Christ, will revisit that moment and, if necessary, rekindle the flames of excitement that existed then. Please feel free to share your testimony by posting under this writing.

Secondly, my prayer is that anyone who has yet to accept and experience Christ’s invitation to eternal life through belief and trust in Him, will do so right this very moment…finding rebirth while emerging from death to life. If this message in some way has led you to choose Christ and change yourself forever, please feel free to post your testimony as well.

I look forward to your responses.

In Christ,

Mark

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