Death, Sin and Jesus

Few days back, I found myself sitting next to a dead man and he stunk of sewage. He was in a high state of decomposition and tightly tied up with the ropes of Religion and a cellophane tape of Tradition was stuck over the ropes to ensure no escape.

Since dead do not speak, I had to look closer. A tattoo of a serpent coiled on the letter ‘M’ was sketched on his left arm. I knew whom he belonged to. The back of his shirt collar had the name of the city where he had come from, ‘City of Sin’.

The maggots, fungi, and larvae of pornography, sexual sin, lie, idolatry, murder, hatred, envy, drunkenness, selfish ambitions, sorcery, thefts, hypocrisy, love for money, traitor, etc. crawled and slithered all over him and gnawed at his soul.

Dead do not know that they are dead, so was the case with our dead man. He did not bother about the foul smell emanating from him. Instead, he was laughing and enjoying his status, oblivious of his impending doom. Soon, the day came when he was thrown into the eternal fire to burn forever.

Jesus said, "If the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." Jn 8: 36

Again He said, "You are of your father the devil. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me." Jn 8:44a, 45

Again He said, "If you do not believe that I am He (Saviour of the world), you will die in your sins." Jn 8:24b

Again He spoke, "Unless you repent you will all likewise perish." Lk 13:5

Sin and its Consequence

It was late in the evening when the corpse arrived. We were expecting it, for sooner or later, everybody ends up here. It’s just a matter of time. After all, this was Mortuary.

The corpse stank and the stench, unbearable and repulsive. It was an indication of the decay and highly decomposed state of the corpse. The corpse was laid on the examination table and as the body bag was zipped open, we were shocked to see of what lay before us. It was obvious at the outset that the victim had died a cruel death. The victim was tightly tied up with the ropes of Religion and the cellophane tape of Tradition was stuck over the rope to ensure death.

After hours of a painful slow process, the rope and tape were finally cut open and we were witness to a body ridden with maggots and fungi, the decomposition accelerated by the lack of oxygen caused by the ropes of Religion and tape of Tradition. The maggots of Sin and fungi of God-hater ate away the victim.

As we sliced open the cadaver, out spouted the worms and maggots of sexual immorality and adultery, idolatry, lie, murder, hatred, envy, drunkenness, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, heresies, sorcery, evil thoughts, thefts, blasphemies, hypocrisy, love for money, disobedient to parents, traitor, etc.

Having found the answers to how the victim died and what caused the death, the corpse was fit only to be thrown out in the furnace to be burned forever.

Sin corrodes, infects, erodes, destroys, corrupts, causes decay and decomposition. Sin impacts our countenance, health, well-being, relationships, everything that matters to life. It destroys God's relationship with us.

Jesus said, "Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man. Those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, for out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies."