Ignoring Death

       

I am continually amazed at how we ignore death. We pretend it isn’t there. When we do acknowledge it we revert to illusionary phrases such as, “He who dies with the most toys wins”; “He’s in a better place”; “Didn’t she look nice?”; “When you’re dead you’re dead”.

We spend more time and thought researching the purchase of a car than we do considering the certainty of death. If Jesus is who He claims to be then Good Friday and Easter mean everything; if He is not then they mean nothing. There is no middle ground. If we think that Easter is a hoax (and the evidence strongly suggests it is not a hoax) and we are wrong, we cannot return the purchase we made – we are stuck with the decision. Once we drive the car off the lot the deal is done and we cannot go back.