THIS is Eternal Life! Part of the problem we have in facing temptations of various kinds is that we don’t always realize they are temptations! Things happen and we react. Problems arise and we respond in predictable patterns. Trials and suffering are common to the human experience, but when they strike close to home we somehow forget the counsel we have given…
THIS is Eternal Life! “HE IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN, INDEED!!” We rejoice this morning in the victory of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, over sin and death! What will you do tomorrow, next week, next month, when facing unexpected and unwanted trials or suffering? Will you remember what we celebrate today? Does the truth of Jesus’ resurrection reach beyond today…
THIS is Eternal Life! There are so many things going on in our lives and in the world around us that it is easy to miss what GOD is doing … unless you know where to look! Throughout the history of Israel, we read of God calling and using specific people to bring about His intended goals. Those who were given eyes…
THIS is Eternal Life! Millions of people in our country and more than two BILLION people around the world claim to be Christians, to be followers of Jesus Christ, to believe in the God who reveals Himself in His Word, the Bible. Yet statistics show that fewer than one-fourth worship regularly and even fewer believe that obedience to God’s commands found in…
THIS Is Eternal Life! “Worship” means different things to different people. True worship is the heart’s response to God’s love and grace that leads those who believe in Him to bring an offering before Him. True worship is always a response, and the offering one brings reveals the depth of our love for God. Most people think of money when they think…
THIS is Eternal Life! Pictures are nice, but they don’t tell the whole story. You can put a group of pictures together and they give you glimpses of a lifetime, but there are people and things and words and emotions that are not captured by a picture. The Bible is full of such “snapshots” and that is all many people see when…
THIS is Eternal Life! One of the most incredible truths of the Bible is that the infinite God has, throughout history, chosen to dwell personally with a particular and finite people, enjoying intimate fellowship with them. This personal dwelling is undeserved, purely done by the grace of God. Solomon understood this, and with the completion of the building of his temple of…
THIS Is Eternal Life! In the midst of the chaos of life in this world, GOD REIGNS! Not just any “god,” but the God of creation, who is at the same time the God of salvation, of eternal life. If this is not true, if there is not one true God who is ruling over all things, then nothing makes sense, then…
THIS Is Eternal Life! The first and greatest commandment, according to Jesus, is to “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37). We have seen that love for God requires knowledge of God: “This is eternal life: that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John…
THIS Is Eternal Life! Reading God’s Word as one of God’s people is different than reading the Bible as one who doesn’t know God or love God … or have any desire to serve God. Those who KNOW God, those to whom God has revealed Himself by His Spirit, hear God’s commands and desire to keep them, to “choose life” (Deuteronomy 30:19). It is…