Wednesday 23 May 2012

REBIRTH or ETERNAL LIFE?

Often times I wonder about Eternal Life. I even read about what other faiths say about it. To me it gets too fantastic to believe that my spirit has to keep coming back in another form until the ‘payment’ for past sins has been paid in full! For those of us who’ve accepted Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, it is so much more believable when God’s Word tells us:
I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY SHALL NEVER
PERISH; NEITHER SHALL ANYONE SNATCH THEM OUT
OF MY HAND.
(JOHN 10:28 NKJV )
The concept of ‘one life’ on earth is further strengthened by promises like:
IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE
MANY MANSIONS; IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE
TOLD YOU. I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. AND
IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME
AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF; THAT WHERE I
AM, THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO. ( JOHN 14:2-3 )
Or take for example the following verse which even gives us a hint of what we’re going to be like after we pass into eternity:
IT HAS NOT YET BEEN REVEALED WHAT WE SHALL BE,
BUT WE KNOW THAT WHEN HE IS REVEALED, WE SHALL
BE LIKE HIM, FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS.
(1 JOHN 3:2)
And for those of us who struggle to understand the teaching on Spirit, Soul and Body, it is so very difficult for them to understand the following verse!
IT IS SOWN A NATURAL BODY, IT IS RAISED A SPIRITUAL
BODY. THERE IS A NATURAL BODY, AND THERE IS A
SPIRITUAL BODY. ( 1 CORINTHIANS 15:44 )
And I love this one so very much! I love God and I am a doer of His Word. Why then should I doubt my inheritance? I’m already enjoying His blessings each moment of my life and I have no doubt that I’m already living in His abundance!
"EYE HAS NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NOR HAVE
ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN THE THINGS WHICH
GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM."
( 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9 )
And for those who fear death, here’s consolation for you in the following two verses:
I HEARD A LOUD
VOICE FROM HEAVEN SAYING, "BEHOLD, THE TABERNACLE
OF GOD IS WITH MEN, AND HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM,
AND THEY SHALL BE HIS PEOPLE. GOD HIMSELF WILL BE
WITH THEM AND BE THEIR GOD. ( REVELATION 21:3 )
GOD WILL WIPE AWAY
EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES; THERE SHALL BE NO MORE
DEATH, NOR SORROW, NOR CRYING. THERE SHALL BE NO
MORE PAIN, FOR THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY."
( REVELATION 21:4 )
Have a Wonderful Day, and know that God is with you always,
and loves you very much! Amen.

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