You Will Notice!

You don't think they would have noticed? The death and decay of things that began the moment they ate of its fruit? You don't think they would have noticed? The sudden guilt and shame that flooded over their consciences the moment they realized they had done wrong?

You don't think they would have noticed?

How everything started getting old, started not working, started fighting. All the time. Everywhere. How life became a fight, a fight just to survive. For everything. The moment sin entered the world.

Of course they would have noticed.

You see, Adam and Eve knew life. They knew life, first. Before death, they knew life. So when death came, because of their sin, it's a guarantee they would have noticed the change from life into death.

Now, don't you think you should notice? The life and abundance of things that begins to happen the moment you eat of the Bread of Life? Don't you think you should notice? The sudden peace and assurance that floods over you the moment you realize the Truth will set you free?

Do you not think you will notice?

How everything that's eternal starts to matter, to become real, to be of value and worth. To you. The unseen, eternal things. More and more. In everything you do. When life becomes an abiding and a resting into overflowing. For eternity. The moment Christ enters into you.

Of course you will notice!

You see, you know death. Here on this earth, you know death. Already, all too well, you know death, first. Before life, you knew death. So, when life comes because of Christ's free gift, it's a guarantee you will notice the change from death into life.

Because it is no longer up to you to save yourself, to make yourself right, to clean yourself up. It is all up to Christ! And life will reign when you abide in Christ Jesus, the only One Who could conquer death, once for all!

So of course you should, and you will, notice! You will notice, in Christ, when life abounds!!

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"Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.... For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men." - Romans 5:12, 17-18