OT Promise 338: Life and no Death

Proverbs 12:28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

It is not fully possible for us to imagine life with no death, for in the midst of life we are in death: people around keep dying and are separated from us; we all live with death looming in front of us; we experience “little deaths” daily, and all the more so as we get a little closer to it every day. We can almost imagine life going on without end, but not quite; however, we cannot imagine what life would really be like without pain, sickness, sorrow, loss, discomfort, disappointment and sadness; and life with only youth, vigor, energy, vitality, perfect peace, pure joy, what love really feels like all the time. This is the promise for the righteous, the believers in Jesus who have been gifted with God’s perfect righteousness. This is the promise of the Word of Gospel.

We are on that path. Jesus is the Way. On the path of Jesus there is only life. That way is in us. But there is another path that we also walk on, the way of sin and death. “There is a way that seemeth right to a man, but the end thereof is the way of death.” We cannot walk on both paths at the same time, although we try to have it both ways. We end up limping back and forth. But we have the promise of the true life, the good life, around us and in us all the time. “Call upon Me!”

In Christ is my life. To me to live is Christ. My life is in Christ, and in Him is no death at all.