Over the past few years there have been a lot of zombie movies. Zombies, of course, are those mythological creatures of the undead; people who died, but whose bodies are brought back to life. Maybe you even saw the old movie Night of the Living Dead. With the popularity of zombies, some people have taken things a step further. They’ve asked the question: what would I do if zombies ever invaded where I live? It’s called a “zombie plan.” They can be quite elaborate like barricading yourself in the nearest shopping mall and surviving on the food at the food court until the zombies pass by. Others just involve stockpiling weapons and fighting it out. You can even go online and take a quiz to see if you would survive a zombie invasion. It’s just people having some silly fun.

As a pastor, it is interesting to me that we seem to have this fascination with the walking dead, because, in a way of thinking, zombies are real. There aren’t zombies like you see in the movies, but there are countless people who are walking around today who are alive and yet dead. We live among them. We were one of them. We were dead in our sins. But Christ changed all of that. He changed us from being spirutally dead to being alive. With his powerful word he called out to us and brought us out of our grave of sin. And with that he gives life forever.

So no need to survive a Zombie Apocalypse - you already have. Now go and find your "undead" friends, and help them survive too.