We All Deserve To Be Telefragged

Yes, we really do. 

Admittedly, this is a term that some readers may not know.  Or maybe most of them don’t.  Either way, telefragging is a term that comes from the world of computer games.  In many first person shooter games, players often have the ability to teleport themselves from one location to another.  If a player does that, and another player happens to be standing in the same spot where the first player teleports to, that second player is instantly killed.  This is known as being telefragged.

And it’s what we all deserve.

Yes, we really do.

The scripture tells us that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3: 23).  There is not even a single righteous person (Romans 3: 10); we have all sinned.  We all suck.  It’s just the simple truth of our human condition: a perfect God created us and gave us free will, and we took that free will and told God to shove it.  We live our lives according to our own desires, ignoring the holy life that God wants for us.  The commandments of God were not put in place to limit our enjoyment, but to enhance our enjoyment and protect our holiness.  Also, living by God’s commandments leads to a much better, happier, more fulfilling life.  He designed certain parts of life a certain way, because it was the best way, and his commandments reflect his desire for us to have that fulfilling life.

For instance, sex was designed for the sacred union on marriage.  Taking it out of that context not only goes against God’s design, but is more likely to lead to problems in this life.  We humans pervert God’s designs and reject him with our choices.  We have become corrupt with sinfulness and worldliness, taking the cheap gains of our mortal lives and trading away the eternal things of our creator.

When this happens, the gap between us and God was not created by God himself.  It was us.  We pushed him away.  We chose to follow our own paths instead of his.  We chose sin instead of eternal love, and the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).  These are not wages given to us unfairly; these are wages we earned due to our own choices. 

Every day is a gift from God.  It truly is, because we don’t deserve it.  God doesn’t owe us anything.  We are blessed just to be alive, and we should be thankful for it.  We should live our lives as though every day could be our last, because it could be.  There are those out there that don’t know it yet, but today will be their last day.  It could be us.  Death will come for us all eventually, and we will all deserve it when it comes.  The real death, however, would come afterward, for those still separated from God.

Fortunately, there is light at the end of the tunnel.  There is a bridge to reconnect us.  There is a path to life, and it starts with a simple choice.

[to be continued...]