A grave on the ocean floor

A recent news story has just been posted about possible human remains from the sunken Titanic, found on the ocean floor. Pictures taken from recent NOAA expeditions two and a half miles below the surface are starting to show signs of proof that a human body had rested on the ocean floor 100 years ago. Although there is no positive proof because the actual body has been completely decomposed, pictures of a pair of boots and other items seem to indicate that there had been a body there at one time.

This is one example of many to show us just how frail our physical bodies are. After 100 years, a pair of boots and other items still exist. Yet, the human body has done exactly what God said it would do -- return to the dust (Genesis 3:19), or in this case the slimy mud that makes up the ocean floor.

God simply did not make our physical bodies for existing over a long period of time. On the other hand, there is a part of us that will never decay -- our spirit. Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:16, “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” Because our spirit is the only thing that will outlast this life, we need to give our utmost attention to make sure it is renewed day by day and is on the right path to Heaven. We can do this by spending time in prayer, in meditation on God’s word, on good thoughts about how we can help others, etc. The list goes on and on. Since your eternal spirit, unlike your physical body, cannot be destroyed, do your best to make sure that it ends up in Heaven at the end of this life. Otherwise you will have to suffer an eternal death in Hell, being tormented without decay forever and ever (Mark 9:43-46).

Jonathan Glaesemann