January 11
"Blessed be the God and Father
of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
who according
to his abundant mercy
has begotten us
again to a living hope
through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead, to an
inheritance
incorruptible and undefiled
and
that does not fade away,
reserved in
heaven for you..."
1 Peter
1:3-4
We're only here for a comparatively short time.
Thousands of years have gone before us, and there are thousands of
years to come. We're here for maybe 80, some more, some less. It only
makes sense therefore, to be heavenly minded and concerned about how
we spend these few years in light of eternity. Our first concern
should be to find out what the truth is, because the world is filled
with deception.
God has given us his Word (the Scriptures) to
reveal to us the truth. People in hell are not there because of sin,
they're there because they rejected or ignored the Word of God, as he
made clear in Luke 16:29, 31:
"Abraham said to him,
‘They
have Moses and the prophets;
(the Scriptures) let
them hear them.’
And he said, 'No,
father Abraham;
but if one goes to
them
from the dead, they will
repent.’
But he said to him,
‘If
they do not hear Moses and the prophets,
neither
will they be persuaded
though one
rise from the dead.’
If one rejects or ignores the source of
truth, nothing will be able to bring that person to
salvation.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 says God has put eternity into
our hearts to help keep our minds fixed on this. It's our choice:
focus on this life, or investment of our lives for our
eternity.
"But now they desire a
better,
that is, a heavenly one.
Therefore
God is not ashamed to be called their God,
for
he has prepared a city for them."
Hebrews
11:16
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