July 21, 2012 Vital Sign

Vital Sign Matthew 12:39-40 He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. I’VE BEEN listening lately to a podcast called Vital Signs. Each episode relates how medical doctors are challenged with severe medical emergencies that occur when someone’s body severely reacts to a virus, chronic or congenital disease. The doctors in each episode look at several vital signs to determine the patient’s survival chances, how fast to react to the problem and how it may be treated. When the death-dealing “sin virus” entered t he world, God watched his people perish as they were besieged with disbelief and pridefully rejected God’s life cure. But then God acted to bring an eternal cure. He sent his son to demonstrate a sin-free, vital life in his healing miracles. But tragically, many refused treatment. They failed to see how Jesus’ physical healings pointed to the world’s eternal healing. As a result Jesus keeps his sin-cure to himself. He holds back his healing grace because people doubt him and turn from his treatment. But there is one miracle he will do regardless of what people think—it is the healing miracle of his resurrection. Jesus’ resurrection is the ultimate vital sign to show the world there is an eternal sin-cure. Now I ask, “How are your eternal vital signs?” How do you respond to Jesus? Do you feel his life in you? Or do you need his healing resurrection to live in a humble, vital faith? It’s True! Jesus’ life is vital for your life.