POOR little girls, they had a robin confined in a cage and thought they would he able to keep it there for time indefinitely, but the little thing died in a short time after being put in the cage, and when they came to give it some more seed and fresh water, there they found it lying on the bottom of the cage, and when they took it out they had to cry. It was not only they were disappointed, but death is a sad thing, so both together caused them to cry.
“DEATH PASSED UPON ALL MEN, FOR THAT ALL HAVE SINNED.” ROM, 5:12
This is what we may be concerned about, and how sad it is to see death in the human family. What sorrow it brings to the loved ones! It must have been a dreadful thing to Adam and Eve when Cain killed Abel. They no doubt, felt it keenly, for they knew if they had not sinned, death would never have come in, and they saw there the awful results.
All the ruin and suffering in the world, as well as death, is the result of sin. God created all things beautiful, but these things have come in since, and one can readily see that such things are not a part of God’s creation. God has not left us under the power of it, for His beloved Son came down to this earth to “destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.” Death will in no sense hold the believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. We may die, like many Christians before us, but it cannot hold us, for the Lord will come and raise the sleeping saints, and take the living ones up with them to meet Him in the air and be forever with Him. The second death will have no power over such, but those who are unbelievers will have it in the lake of fire.
How is it with you, young friends? Are you believers in the Lord Jesus Christ? Are you among those who will not have the second death; or will you be overtaken by it? It rests with you, and if the second death, which will be in the lake of fire, overtake you, it will be because you have refused the only Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Messages of God’s Love 3/6/1921