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Daily Devotion: Genesis 5:19-20

Genesis 5:19-20    "And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:  (20)  And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died."

This might seem an odd verse to use for a study; yet there is something very important to understand.  Jared is the sixth generation of humanity and there is something repeated in this verse for the sixth time. That which is repeated are the words, "... and he died."  We remember the command given by God to Adam concerning the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, "... in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."  (Genesis 2:17)  It isn't necessary to say this just now, but I will... God is serious about everything He says to us.  He says what He means and He means what He says.  Not only did the first six generations die; but every generation since then and until the end of time shall experience a physical death.  The only way that will not happen is when Jesus appears to call us home. Paul said, "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die a physical death), but we shall all be changed." (1 Corinthians 15:51) Those who are alive and remain at the Lord's appearance shall be changed from the physical to the spiritual and glorified body.

We have the sentence of death upon us as a result of sin. We can try to blame Adam for our sin and it's true that sin entered into the world because of Adam's transgression, but Paul stated the absolute truth concerning this subject.  "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that ALL HAVE SINNED." (Romans 5:12) We received the sentence of death because we have sinned. I received that sentence and you received that sentence because we have sinned. So, what is the remedy? How are we changed from that certainty of death to the certainty of life?  There is only one way and His name is Jesus.  Jesus tells us in John 14:6,  "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." There is no other way. We cannot save ourselves by our own works. False prophets cannot save themselves nor anyone else even though they are touted as being the way. There is only one way that anyone will enter into heaven's glory and that is by the blood of the Lamb of God, Jesus the Christ. Again I repeat, God says what He means and He means what He says. "... no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."  

I just can't stop writing at this point. How did Jesus provide eternal life for us? How was His life imparted to us?  "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)  Yes, the debt had to be paid in order for us to enter into our heavenly home. We could not satisfy the wrath of God, but Jesus did. The wages of sin is death. Jesus did not earn those wages - we did.  But Jesus paid our debt in full when He died for us. We are debt-free through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Thank you Jesus!!!

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