One Letter Makes All The Difference

 I like to look at words and how they are spelled and how adding or removing one letter can change the meaning. Take the word immorality. It means something or someone that is immoral, wicked, evil, vile, impure. When we say that a person or something is immoral, we are painting them in a negative light. Most people would not be flattered to be called immoral.
          If you take the word immoral and add a “t” in the middle you get the word immortal. This word means living forever; never dying or decaying. Quite a difference from the word immoral. This is very important because every human being has a soul that is immortal. Our bodies will die but our souls will live forever. When God breathed into Adam the “Breath of Life’ He breathed immortality into the soul. It will live forever somewhere – either in heaven or in Hell. That immortality has been passed along to every human being after Adam.
          It is interesting that the one letter added to immoral is a “t” because it is the shape of the cross. When a person accepts the price that Jesus Christ paid on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins, it opens the door for us to be changed from immoral to what the Bible calls a “new creation”. This will allow us to be cleansed of our immorality and given immortality to live in Heaven forever. What a difference a “t” (The cross) makes. It can change your destination for all of eternity.
          I must point out that if a person rejects the cross then their immoral behavior will give them immortality in a place called Hell. They will have immortality forever but without the cross the destination and outcome is different. The Bible describes the horrors of Hell in many places. It will be a place of eternal damnation and punishment. It is described as a place of “weeping and gnashing of teeth” and the burning fire never ends. It is a place of total darkness, awful smells, and people screaming all the time because of the pain. The worm gnawing on your flesh never dies and the agony never ends.
          What a difference one letter “t” (The cross) makes. Choose to accept what Jesus did for you on that cross. It can change your destination and outcome for all eternity.
​In love with Jesus – Gary Mimbs