Death. I hated to put that word in the title of this post. Most of us are pretty good at not thinking about Death. We know it’s coming. We’d just rather not think about it.
In this post, I hope to give you one very good reason to keep Death in mind.
Man, as a living creature, has an earthly, physical existence. Every person is born, lives, and dies, like all other living creatures. But there are two things different about Man.
We have already discussed the main, and more important, difference…
Man can choose to Trade, not Take.
And to be truly Human is what it takes to attain an immortal soul.
The second unique thing about Man is that we have a conscious awareness of ourselves and of our mortality. We are aware that we are alive, and aware that we will die.
Awareness of our ever-looming mortality can provide powerful incentive to behave in ways that lead to the attainment of an immortal soul.
We cannot avoid physical death, but there is a simple, yet challenging path to immortality. TSNS.
“Thou Shalt Not Steal” (TSNS)
TSNS is a simple concept. Why would following it be such a challenging path to heavenly immortality?
TSNS, if fully embraced, covers much more than stealing someone else’s possessions:
- Thou Shalt Not Steal Life (Murder)
- Thou Shalt Not Steal Freedom (Slavery)
- Thou Shalt Not Steal Property (Theft)
No Man can avoid physical death, but to become truly Human and to attain an immortal soul, a Man may simply choose to Trade, not Take; to live by one simple commandment, “Thou Shalt Not Steal”.
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