BBD 03.27.09 Watch Out for the Zombies
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03.27.09
Watch Out for the Zombies!
We look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness, but we walk in
blackness! We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had
no eyes; we stumble at noonday as at twilight; we are as dead men in
desolate places. - Isaiah 59:9b-10.
But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the
light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should
shine on them. For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord,
and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake. - 2 Corinthians 4:3-5.
But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever
makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, arise
from the dead, and Christ will give you light." - Ephesians 5:13-14.
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He
who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies
through His Spirit who dwells in you. - Romans 8:11.
Did you know that it is very likely that there are zombies you will
encounter and that you will see walking around you every day? According to
Dictionary dot com, one definition of a zombie is "the body of a dead person
given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural
force, usually for some evil purpose." Now that would be somewhat
frightening to think that there may be dead people who look like they are
alive residing perhaps in the home next to yours. Just how are you to
determine when you go to the grocery store which checkout clerk is alive and
which one is dead - it is hard to determine just by looking at someone.
In December of 1979 it was published in the Journal of the Tennessee Medical
Association that there is a "Walking Zombie Syndrome." The condition was
defined as those in which depression and withdrawal lead these individuals
to unconsciously believe that they are dead. It is not really all that
surprising that when these zombies are told that they unconsciously believe
themselves to be dead, they persist in denying it even when their symptoms
and behavior affirm the diagnosis. It is strange, but there are apparently
thousands, maybe even millions of zombies walking around on the streets
every day.
Even more strange than the Tennessee Medical Association's zombie syndrome
is the spiritual fact of the walking dead who are spiritually blinded by the
god of this age (i.e. the devil - 2 Corinthians 4:3). Their condition is
described very well by the prophet Isaiah "We grope for the wall like the
blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes; we stumble at noonday as at
twilight; we are as dead men in desolate places." These walking dead are
those who are dead in their trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1). In other
words; they do not know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, they have not
been born again (John 3:3), and Jesus has not made them alive (Ephesians
2:1).
The good news is that there is an effective treatment for the spiritually
dead. All that a spiritually dead person needs to do to be made alive and
have eternal life is simply to believe upon Jesus Christ as their Savior
(John 3:16). So, if you have a zombie residing next door to you or even in
the same home with you, why not tell them the good news?
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