Born to Die

Born to die, but it’s not what you might think. Ethan Hawke, a Christian Actor, was recently asked by Stephen Colbert during a late-night television interview, “What do you think happens after death?” Ethan answered, “I don’t think we die.” Ethan believes in life after death, as many do. However, there is a curse that hangs over all of us from birth that results in death, and it’s not what you may think it is. Do you believe you can approach this matter with the seriousness it deserves, rather than let your background and experiences lead you away from the truth?

According to the book of beginnings, Genesis, in the Bible, the curse of God on Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden affects all people, but this other curse of death is brought upon you through life. Here we go… You are brought into this world and get programmed by environmental nurturing not only to learn to function in society, but also deceived about life by the very folks who brought you into life, your family. How could that be?

Parents generally have good intentions for their kids. They want them to be successful, to lead a happy life, and to fit into society. Most people in the world are brought up in a certain religion. Whether Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, or Christian, most devout and obedient children honor their parents and follow their faith in God. True, some are atheists and many do reject belief in God altogether, but most of the world will live and die in the religion in which they were born, and there is nothing that can be done about it.

So, you may ask, what is wrong with that? Each person can live their life as they wish. True, but the end thereof may be a horrific death and eternity in hell. So, how can a devout religious person end up in hell? Easy answer, they were born into a certain religion and will die in it. If the religion is wrong, then they will miss heaven. They are stuck in the faith in which they were born, for the most part, and will die in it. We are therefore born to die in that faith in which we were born, and if it is wrong, we will go to hell.

This shocking truth is much more profound than you can imagine. Let’s say you were born in the Middle Ages. There was no printing press or copy of the Bible available for you to read. Even more obscure, let’s say you were born before Christ in some distant land, how could you possibly know how to be saved? Even those living today, born in Japan, India, China, Russia, Africa, the Middle East, or South Asia, will have some idea of God presented to them by society, but would likely be far from not only hearing the true Gospel of salvation, but would quickly reject it out of hand.

This is why we are born to die, stuck in a false belief system without even realizing it. When confronted with the truth of how to be saved from Hell since God “gave His Only beloved Son,” Jesus, they reject it based on their upbringing. In most cases, they were not raised by true Christians. According to John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” This means that the offer of salvation, eternal life, is offered to everyone in the whole world throughout time, yet most refuse to accept Christ. We are born into a false narrative, and we will die in it. We are born to die.

When I share Christ with those of faiths from distant lands, as well as those who were raised Christian but not born-again, if they don’t understand the Gospel based on how they were raised, there is a good chance they will reject it. They will die in their sins because they trust in how they were raised and what they have derived from that experience. They make serious decisions about passing through death based on false indoctrination, false premises, and entrenched religious or even atheist conclusions. They are born into life and end up dying without Christ. Those will end up in hell. This is what the Bible teaches. Revelation 20:15 states: “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” That’s hell, and that’s the Bible truth!

How can we escape if we are born to die and end up in hell? How can we stop the curse of having been “born to die?” What can we do to be saved from hell?

Many are wrapped in the teachings and beliefs of their parents. Some reject the religion that they were born into, but life can become very uncomfortable if they do. Their relatives may not appreciate that decision. I meet folks from around the world who sacrifice fruit to idols in their homes because they were raised that way or decided to try that religion. I see folks who wear turbans and go to the temple who are so chained by this faith that they will never get out of it. Just because a person was born Catholic doesn’t make it right. Just because they are born Muslim doesn’t mean it is correct. Yet, they are stuck in their false faith just because they were born that way. They are born to die and don’t care.

This is very sad. Just because a person is born into a certain faith doesn’t mean they can’t embrace the universal truth that only the Bible is correct and all other faiths are wrong. Where do all these false religions come from? The answer is that their most distant ancestor, that we are all related to, Noah, knew God. His sons, Ham, Shem, and Japhet, and their families, left the Ark and settled the world. They brought with them the memory of what happened, a worldwide Flood, Noah’s Flood, and in the teachings of most of these religions, there is an account of a flood.

Why? Because it is true. It was passed down through ancestral teachings around campfires through the ages because it is true. Even the very Earth itself, made out of thick, sorted layers of sediment, proves that there was a worldwide flood. Yet, when I try to tell folks from around the world about their great ancestor, Noah, and how God gave Jesus to pay for their sins, they fall back on their ancestral religions, their upbringing, or secular reasoning to reject Christ. That’s their loss.

So you see how folks from around the world are born trapped. They think that just because they were raised a certain way, their religion is true just because they were born into it. And those who finally reject their parents’ religion, or lack thereof, and become atheists or agnostics (they don’t know for sure), they end up rejecting Christ and going to hell forever!

Look, God sent your soul down here to earth so you could decide to accept His “Only Son” to save you from sin and deliver you from hell. But you are so prideful, you love your religion so much, that you will gladly reject the plan of salvation for you, and die in your sins, so you can spend eternity in hell. It’s frustrating watching folks, even well-meaning folks, end up dying without having accepted Christ.

Why do people do that? Well, somehow, they think they know better than God Himself, who sent us the master plan of how to be saved, the Bible. They think their world, into which they were born, is a guarantee of salvation when it is not at all so. Or they think that their good works and generally living honestly will hopefully get them there. Or, they don’t care because they think there is no God and they will take their chances.

Then there are those, no matter where they were born or what religion they may have been born into, who decide to steal from others, cheat, lie, and even kill to get their way in life. Those who believe there is absolutely no God do not believe God is watching them and hope there is no consequence for their evil behavior on earth. Whatever motivates them, it is absolute selfishness and a pathological deviation to rob, rape, or do drugs. They live for the gratification of the flesh only. Genesis 6:5, “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”

Yet, the religious folks are just as bad because they reject Christ. Don’t they know that their sins have separated them from God? Isaiah 64:6, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” “We have all sinned” (Romans 3:23), and we each must face God at death. Romans 6:23: “For the wages (consequences) of sin (any lying, deception, or breaking any of God’s laws) is death (that’s eternal death); but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

We are all born to die. We are succored into the belief that just because we were born into a certain religion, or came to the conclusion that God doesn’t exist, that we are right. No. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you were born a Muslim and adhere to your faith, should you die a Muslim? Just because you were born into Catholicism, does that mean it is the perfect religion? What if the one who is a Muslim were born in the heart of Africa, where there are no Muslims, or in the middle of China? Listen, just because you are born into a certain religion, doesn’t make it right!

You were born, that’s a fact. But you can also be born again, no matter what religion you were raised in. You don’t have to be born in your religion and die in your religion. You can get out of it and seek the true religion, which is faith in the work of Christ on the Cross, where He gave His life in YOUR place! You don’t have to die in your false faith. You can get out of this curse. You can be born to live. Accept Christ today. To find out more, go online and type in John chapter 3 and start reading. It will tell you how to be born again and escape this curse of death. Become Born-Again and live forever with Jesus in heaven. Your choice. You owe it to yourself to look into this matter.

Born to DIE or LIVE?