They Are All Alive

Today’s reading: Luke 20:27-47

“So he is the God of the living, not the dead, for they are all alive to him.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭20:38‬ ‭NLT‬‬

God does not see some as dead and some as living. He sees all as living. Even better, those who have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior will pass from life to life when they take their last breath as they are now. Tragically, those who refuse to trust Jesus now, will be living in eternal death.

This is why it so important for us to read Ephesians 2:1-10, Romans 6:3-5, and Titus 3:3-7 on loop to get a better grasp on what it means to experience rebirth right now.

G.B. Caird says it well:
“...all life, here and hereafter, consists in friendship with God … Death may put an end to physical existence, but not a relationship that is by nature eternal. Men may lose their friends by death, but not God.”

The Apostle Paul drives it home:
“Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 5:8)