Imagine a hospital patient suffering from a fatal disease. In agony, they cry out to those around them that they don’t want to die. What a heartbreaking scene. But imagine that next to them stood a doctor who offered a cure. Their life could be spared! They don’t have to die! But they refuse the available treatment.
That happens every day in the spiritual realm. In Ezekiel 33:11, God says, “…I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?” Why will you die? What a question! God doesn’t want you to be lost. He doesn’t want your spiritual death; thus, He offers life! God has provided the cure for your sin-sick soul. There is no excuse for being lost. Why would you choose spiritual death when God offers eternal life?