{"id":310,"date":"2021-05-09T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/springhavenfellowship.com\/wp\/?p=310"},"modified":"2021-05-29T20:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T01:28:38","slug":"teaching-a-cadaver-to-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/springhavenfellowship.com\/wp\/a-thought-with-traveler\/teaching-a-cadaver-to-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching a Cadaver to Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

And you\u202fHe made alive,\u202fwho were dead in trespasses and sins.\u202f\u202f (Ephesians 2:1)<\/strong>

There is a pastor named Morris Venden who tells this parable:\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of medical students got together to study a cadaver (a cadaver is a dead body).\u202fThey gathered around the cadaver and began studying with alacrity and purpose. 

“He looks awfully pale,” said one. 

\u202f”I’m quite sure he’s not getting enough exercise to stay healthy,” said another. 

\u202f”I think our first objective should be to get him up and move him around to get his circulation going.” said the third.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So they spent their first whole lab day trying to teach a dead man to walk. 

Is that crazy?\u202fWell, of course it is.\u202fThe cadaver’s not dead because he is lying on the table, he’s lying on the table because he\u2019s dead.\u202fHe behaves like he\u2019s dead because he is dead.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that’s our problem.\u202fWe are all spiritually dead. 

We sin because we\u2019re basically sinful. If we were able to stop sinning right now, and never sin again the rest of our entire lives, would we be righteous?\u202f  

No, because we’re born sinful.\u202fWe are selfish and self-centered and hateful.\u202f  

Now you can wash a corpse and dress him up and put on makeup to try and make him look alive.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But is he alive?\u202fNo, he’s just ready for burial.\u202f 

You can do all sorts of wonderful window dressing to yourself: you can quote the Bible, wear conservative clothes, and follow all the rules of health, but you are still sinful.\u202fRight or wrong actions will not cost you heaven.\u202f Not getting rid of your sins will<\/em>, and that is all of our problem in one idea.\u202f 

We need a new sinless life.\u202fIt’s only available from God and nowhere else.\u202fNothing we do will make a difference, save asking God for a new start, asking His forgiveness, and asking Him to lead us from now on, into the life he wants us to have.  

Have you asked for a new life?\u202f 

\u201cIt is only deliberate, willful sin that has not been confessed and forgiven that makes us feel that God has forsaken us, for that sin causes Him to hide His face from us. \u201c  – Alan Redpath <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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