Tag: eternity
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Contemplating Death
Romans 6:23 “The wages of sin is death” Have you ever heard about someone receiving multiple life sentences, or multiple sentences for various offenses that total far more than the natural lifespan of a convict, e.g., 155 years? How about multiple death sentences? It doesn’t make much sense, but if nothing else, it’s an assurance…
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Tragic Tradeoffs
Isaiah 55:1-2 “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me,…
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The Why
Colossians 1:4-5 “we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven.” Why do Christians live like they do? What motivates their faith? Do they do what they do because it makes them feel better? Does it give them a warm…
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True or False? You Can’t Take It with You.
Matthew 22:1-14 “And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come . . .And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all…
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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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Ears to Hear
John 16:5 “But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’” Do you read the Bible? If you do, why do you read it? Hopefully, it is to listen to God’s own words and thus have your eyes opened to His revelation of those things that…
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Perspectives on Suffering
2 Corinthians 4:17 “For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.” Suffering and afflictions are a part of life, every life. In the words above, Paul calls these afflictions “light and momentary.” This from one who later in this same letter to the church at Corinth…
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How long will you live?
Romans 2:16 “God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.” Revelation 19:12 “His eyes are like a flame of fire.” So how long do you expect to live? I suspect your age may influence your answer to this question. It seems the younger one is, the more likely they…
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The Coming Disaster
Jeremiah 6:9 “Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people . . . because they have not paid attention to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.” So, are you worried about something right now? Is something eating at you? Something coming in the next hour, day, week,…
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An eternal perspective
Joel 2:26 “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.” One of the truly unique things about the Bible is that it is written from an eternal perspective. Its words were breathed out…
To Encourage You 