Over the years, various entertainment markets have cashed in on people’s fascination with zombies. Movies, books, and video games galore explore tales and adventures among the living dead. While zombies are nothing more than figments of a creative imagination, the living dead are real! In fact, if we aren’t careful, we might be one of them!
In 1 Timothy 5:5-6, Paul writes, “She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.” To the church at Sardis, Jesus says in Revelation 3:1, “I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.” If you’re hearing this message, you are alive physically. The question is, are you alive spiritually? If we are not following Jesus, we are the living dead. We are animated bodies without real, spiritual life.