The packaging carried all the usual fine print that comes with most all new items we purchase. Near the bottom of the list there was one thing that caught my attention. It said-lifetime limited warranty. I read it twice to make sure I had seen it correctly. Yes, it was saying that the “lifetime warranty” was limited, so in reality it wasn’t a lifetime warranty. Or maybe it just means the warranty is for the lifetime of the product and when something happens to it and it no longer works its lifetime is over; that is most likely the case.
When God created Adam and Eve they had a really truly lifetime warranty! They were made to live forever and had they not eaten of the forbidden fruit and sin entered the world all the future inhabitants of this world would have had the same lifetime warranty. Nothing bad would ever happen to us. No sickness, accidents, aging, disease, or death-we would live in perfect health forever! But because of sin we now have a limited lifetime warranty. We are subject to all the ravages of thousands of years of sin. The effect is devastating any way you look at it.
But lest we think it’s hopeless there is good news. John 3:16 says, “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” Please notice, it doesn’t say “life for a long time” or “life for thousands of years.” No, it says “eternal life”. There is no limited warranty for those who believe. How grand!
Written by Roger Bothwell on July 22, 2009
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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