
But the cancer that this photographer had in view was an illness much more debilitating than the worst conceivable cancer known to man. This type of cancer is woven into the genetic structure of every man, woman, and child.
Every person is slowly dying from this disease--regardless of whether they realize the presence and reality of it. The term for this profound illness is sin. As the Bible states in Romans 6:23 . . . For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. But the gift [deliverance from eternal death and brought into fellowship with the God of this universe and His Son Jesus Christ] is the cure for cancer spoken of by this photographer.
Jesus Christ came into this world to save people with sin. People who die and believe on the Lord Jesus will live [be with God] forever. Dying without believing and trusting in Jesus Christ will lead to a second death [eternal damnation and punishment--in the absence of God]. As Jesus Christ said in John 11:25-26 . . . Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
August 17, 1980 (Morning)
ReplyDeleteBethlehem Baptist Church
John Piper, Pastor
CHRIST AND CANCER
(Romans 8:18-28)
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