Luke
24:5 KJV
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth,
they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
Gill writes:
"Nor is Christ to be found among dead sinners, or
lifeless professors, but among living saints, and among the churches of the
living God;
nor is life to be found among the dead works of the law,
or to be obtained by lifeless performances on the dead letter of the law."
People tend to seek for the spiritual in all the wrong
places: among the
- shamans
and
- philosopher's
and
- practitioners
of the world
among those who profess a sort of spirituality but who are
themselves yet dead in trespasses and sins.
The living only inhabit those places of life.
- In the
true churches of Christ
- Where
the Word is faithfully preached
- Among
people who through faith have met the living Saviour
It's not the first place you'll be drawn to go when you
look for life. Your own nature will lead you to large and beautiful places. But
they put the dead in whited sepulchers. You'll find the living where small
bands of generally outcast believers meet in obedience to the Lord.
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