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

He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin     and live for what is right. By His wounds, you are healed.

1 Peter 2:24

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

As we live this life on earth, there could be no harrowing place to be than knowing you have a terminal illness of some form that is going to cause your death and there’s nothing that can be done about it.

How many people are in that place in any one day?

It’s estimated that 20 million people every day are living with end of life conditions, conditions for which there is no cure, just the assurance that their end is ever drawing near. And while we will always tend to look at this solely from a physiological standpoint, we do so at the risk of the immense mental health impact terminal illness brings to the afflicted person. Severe anxiety, depression, or a combination of the two is as certain as the death soon to come.

Now, while this is troubling and a truth that is discouraging, there’s one even more so. For here’s another number for us to consider:

5 billion, 37 million.

What does that represent?

It’s the number of the people who are unsaved in our world.

We come to that figure through statistics that show Christianity represents around 31 percent of the world’s population which stands at approximately 7.3 billion people. With that, it’s a simple math exercise, computing 69 percent (the percentage of non-Christians) of 7.3 billion.

That’s more than 5 billion people with a sure eternal destiny of Hell.

Let that sink in for a moment and then consider today’s scripture verse from 1 Peter, chapter 2, a verse that will exponentially amplify the blessed love that God had for the world more than 2,000 years ago when He gave His one and only Son so that anyone who would believe in Him wouldn’t perish but gain everlasting life (John 3:16).

He (Jesus) personally carried our sins in His body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By His wounds, you are healed. v.23

There has never been a person born besides Jesus who didn’t have a terminal spiritual disease. Not one.

All are destined for the penalty of Hell unless they are delivered and saved, and that deliverance and saving only comes through a simple, sincere belief in Jesus as Savior.

That’s it.

Unlike the assured death promise for those who are dealing with terminal illness, a person can be rescued from the death sentence of sin and “healed” by the wounds of Jesus, the wounds He gained while bearing the sins of all on Calvary’s cross. Through His sacrifice, He atones for the sinfulness of anyone who believes in Him and justifies them, making them sin-free and pardoned before the God of all Creation before which all will be judged for the life they lived.

Spiritual terminal illness is only healed by coming to Jesus, the Great Healer. My prayer today is that if you are reading this and have not placed your belief in Jesus, you will correct that problem right this moment, freely and gladly receiving God’s loving gift of salvation while committing yourself to become a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17) in Christ , living a right and righteous life by mirroring His.

For all Christians, more than 5 billion people on their way to Hell should bother you terribly. It’s time for the 31 percent of us to go after the 69 who haven’t accepted Jesus and help them become disciples, just as we’ve been called to do (Matthew 28:18-20).

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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