Deadline

Another beautiful, art-competition entry
by Briarwood Christian High School student, Julianne Lett

"All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by His great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance - an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay." (1 Peter 1:3-4)

The deadline for entering the Sea Billows' student, art-cover competition is midnight tonight - a window of time rapidly closing.

DEADLIINE.

What a curious term! According to Wikipedia: the term "deadline" in the sense of "due date" may be connected with the use of the term in prison camps during the American Civil War, when it referred to the physical line or boundary beyond which prisoners were shot.

According to the truth of the Bible, Jesus is the One and only LIFELINE.  All people are prisoners to sin. For "all have sinned and  come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). But God loved the people of the world so much that He sent the Lifeline - Jesus Christ, His Son - that whosoever believes in Him steps out of death into eternal life. Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, through which prisoners are free and heirs of never-ending LIFE.

Where do you stand, beloved? Dead in your sins or alive in Jesus? Grab hold of God's LIFELINE, today.