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Better Than That!
Term life insurance provides benefits to the family after one’s death. But not until. Fire, auto, and health insurance are great to have. But if you have no claim, you get absolutely nothing, no matter how much you’ve paid in.
In contrast, a sound financial investment pays dividends now—and hopefully for years to come. A good investment pays back much more than you put in! And yet you can’t take it with you.
What about our faith as Christians? Is it good in case of loss? Is it a sound investment for this life? Is it of benefit for the next life? All of the above (Hebrews 10:32-36).
The Christian life provides comprehensive coverage. Properly used, our faith is of value to us every moment we live—and for eternity! Could anything be better than that?
As with insurance and investments, there is a price. Is it worth it? Once Peter asked Jesus, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?” (Matt. 19:27).
Jesus replied, “. . . no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life” (Mark 10:29-30).
Any loss we experience as followers of Christ He will amply compensate—both now and in eternity. He also provides us with all the resources we need, such as: the Holy Spirit, prayer, the Scriptures, and fellowship with believers in God’s family, the church. All these strengthen and encourage us now and help us toward heaven.
Name one thing our Christianity does not affect. You can’t do it! It’s designed to govern the choices we make, our family life, our work, and our leisure time. It covers youth, middle age, and old age. It helps us deal with both life and death—and it enables us to triumph in the end.
No wonder the writer of Hebrews calls it “so great a salvation” (2:3).
