Lost in Translation

 

Getting Lost in Translation — Life Only Begins in Christ

This is not a comfortable read, and it is not meant to be. Eternity is too long, truth is too important, and deception is too deadly for soft words and half-measures. What follows is not opinion, philosophy, or religious noise — it is a wake-up call rooted in Scripture, written out of concern for your soul and grounded in one unchanging truth: life begins only in Christ.

It is easy to get lost in translation. That phrase alone can be unpacked in many ways, but at its heart lies a sobering truth: life truly begins only after our encounter with Christ Jesus the Lord.

By default, we all pursue what we call “life.” We plan, strive, build, worry, and survive. Scripture reminds us how limited this pursuit is: “The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labour and sorrow” (Psalm 90:10). Three score and ten — and whatever we can squeeze out beyond that — and then our mission, as the world defines it, comes to an end.

If I look honestly at the latter part of my life, the questions become painfully practical: How do I make time for this? How do I survive? Without Christ, those questions would leave me panicked. If I did not have a Saviour in my corner, I would have no anchor.

Thank You, Jesus.

I genuinely do not know how people face tomorrow without the assurance of heaven and the bliss that comes with it — the prize after the struggle. This hope enables me to press through the daily grind of life. As Paul writes, “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable” (1 Corinthians 15:19). Yet our hope is not limited to this life. It is rooted in the finished work of the cross.

Scripture speaks plainly of the day when we will finally put off this body of death. Paul cries out, “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” and answers his own question: “I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (Romans 7:24–25). One day, this perishable body will be exchanged for a glorified one. “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality” (1 Corinthians 15:53).

The truth, whether people like it or not, is that we will all receive eternal bodies. This is not up for debate. God has instituted it. “But now, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our potter; and all we are the work of Your hand” (Isaiah 64:8). He is the Creator; we are His creation. The question is not whether eternity awaits us, but where and under what judgment.

Scripture leaves no room for comfortable ambiguity. “It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). Toe the line or pay the price — and remember, the price is not merely a struggle for a season, but eternal.

Yet we are surrounded by affirmations, universe worship, self-exaltation, and endless spiritual noise. Frankly, it is garbage dressed up as enlightenment. It grieves me to see how many are embracing these lies. God warned us long ago: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires… they will turn their ears away from the truth” (2 Timothy 4:3–4).

There is only one solution. One truth. One substitute.

“Jesus in my place.”

I believe it is time to take off the gloves. No more tiptoeing around sensitivity as souls drift towards destruction. Scripture does not whisper this message; it proclaims it. “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out” (Acts 3:19). True repentance is not intellectual agreement — it is brokenness, crying out to Jesus with tears and absolute sincerity. When that happens, the penny drops. “For God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts” (2 Corinthians 4:6).

There is no other way. Period. Jesus Himself said it plainly: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). Yes, there are many voices promoting many different paths, but hear me clearly — they all lead to death. Not just death in this life, but eternal judgment. Scripture calls it “the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:15). This is not a metaphor to be softened or ignored.

WAKE UP and hear me clearly, please.

I am writing this because I am concerned for your well-being. What do I gain from your conversion? Nothing. So why do I keep beating the same drum? Because salvation is free. “By grace you have been saved through faith… not of works, lest anyone should boast” (Ephesians 2:8–9). Having received it freely, I now desire to pass it on freely.

This is about eternity.

This is about truth.

This is about Jesus — in your place.

 

Signing off

Tyrone