Living In The Light of Eternity

2 Corinthians 5:10 (NLT)
For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.

You have a lot of choices to make in this life. There are only two when it comes to eternity. With God or without Him. Heaven or hell. If you choose to live without Him on this earth you will live without Him in eternity. If you will not be bothered with Him here, then you will not be bothered by Him there. There are two kinds of people in this world… those who say to God “Thy will be done” and those to whom God says, “Thy will be done.”

Once you become aware that this life is not all there is you will live differently. As you come to the realization that life here is preparation for the life there, you will deal with everything differently. This is called living in the light of eternity. What was once considered unimportant becomes all important and what once seemed important now is unworthy of attention.

Philippians 3:7-8 (NLT)
7 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. 
8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 

Living in the light of eternity will cause your values to change. Relationships and character become of greatest importance.

How you face circumstances…
What goals we have…
What we do with time…
How we spend our money…
…will all be markedly different because of our understanding of eternity.

If this life on earth is all there is then you really have no reason to do anything to stop you from “living it up.” You would not have to worry with consequences. Selfish, self centered living would be completely acceptable.

But this life is not all there is. Death is not your termination but is a transition. There are eternal consequences to everything you do. What you do here will be faced there.

1. How does knowing that you will live forever change the way you approach life now?

2. How are you preparing for eternity?

What the Heck Is Wrong With This Guy?

Check this out: Missing U.S. governor was on private Argentina trip | U.S. | Reuters

Here is a guy who I thought a lot of. He seems to be a true blue conservative. He refused to take stimulus money. Man of principle to be sure. Possible candidate for Prez. Now this. What was he thinking? I sure hope he can explain this. He could be toast.

Jesse

The Sexual Revolution Continues

Check this out: Calvin Klein ‘threesome’ billboard in SoHo too sexy, say some

Let me get this straight… a picture that gives the impression that a very young lady is having relations with not just one but two guys may be too “sexy?”  I can’t even fathom that the issue is even danced around in these terms. This is totally irresponsible. I think it is criminal.

And our answer to teen pregnancy and STD epidemics is condoms and sex ed. What are we doing to our youth? God help us!

BroJesse

Our Failure To Pass the Torch

Read this: Suffering From ‘Sunday School Syndrome’

I am really grieved when I read articles such as this. I haven’t read Ham’s book but it is clear that we have not been able to Biblically educate our children effectively. I’m not sure what went wrong or why we find ourselves in this predicament but we must look ahead. What do we do? What will work?

I believe one area where we failed is in discipling our children and youth. We can’t just teach them the Bible. We also have to model it and “flesh” it out. We needed to challenge our children to think in terms of ethics and morality from a Biblical world view. This is how Jesus did it and we are to do it as He did. We didn’t. We stuck them in Sunday School classes or youth programs where it was about entertainment and Bible stories.

We also allowed government schools to teach them secular hogwash unchallenged. Our kids have been taught evolution and relative morality since the 60’s. It’s not just in schools but in all forms of media as well. The TV and movies they watched and video games they played all were saturated with the hedonistic, pluralistic and materialistic mind set of this culture that we insist on calling Christian. It ain’t. Now we see the pay off.

Let’s get to work. Let’s figure this out. We must claim our upcoming generations for Christ. Before it’s too late.

Brother Jesse

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