Tag: eternal life
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Eternity
James 4:14 “What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” My daughter said something to me awhile back that I’ve been thinking about ever since. We were at a Pittsburgh Pirates game. There were probably 20,000 people there or so. It was as we were taking…
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Tragedies
Luke 15:1-5 “There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, ‘Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise…
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Have you seen the glory?
Isaiah 6:3 “The whole earth is full of his glory.” What is glory? One definition I’ve heard that has helped me to understand the term is that “glory” is “a manifestation of the greatness of God.” The Seraphim that Isaiah saw and spoke of in Isaiah 6 said that the whole earth is full of…
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What happens after you die?
1 John 5:13 “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.” Do you think you will go to heaven after you die? As I’ve asked people this question over the years, most times the answers come in a…
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Is that all there is?
1 John 5:4-5 “For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? Are you familiar with the song, “Is That All There Is?”…
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Heaven
1 Timothy 1:15 “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners–of whom I am the worst.” Have you ever noticed that most people who believe in Heaven think that they are going there someday? And if you ask them why, typically you will get some…
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Hell
Matthew 25:30 “And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Do you ever think about what Hell is like? The Bible has a lot to say about it. For one, it is a real place. Matthew 25:30 calls it just that, a “place.”…
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The sojourners
Judges 16:30 “And Samson said, ‘Let me die with the Philistines.’” Psalm 39:4-5, 12-13 “O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a…
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The greatest Savior
Judges 12:8-15 “After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. . . And he judged Israel seven years. Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem. After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel, and he judged Israel ten years. Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. After him Abdon the…
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The rashest of vows!
Judges 11:30-35 “And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whatever comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites shall be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites…
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