One thing you cannnot do in Heaven....find out at http://www.markcahill.org/video.html
While reading 1 Peter 1 it occured to me that once we believer's get to Heaven, once we take our last breath and step into eternity, we will experience the end of our faith. 1 Peter 1:9 "recieving the end of your faith--the salvation of your souls." When we live for Jesus, salvation becomes our inheritance...a reward for choosing to live for God in this life. When we make a decision to live for Christ and repent of our sinful lifestyle, we are saved. "For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." 2 Corinthians 1:22 [He] set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come." Jesus is coming back and we will soon see our salvation manifest. Revelation 22:12"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done."
Walking with God takes faith and it takes faith to be saved. It takes believing in something you cannot see, but you know it is there. Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Let's believe God for what He says and for who He is, because when eternity begins, faith ends. Let's make the most of our time here on earth and let our faith rise up to the measure God has given each of us. Romans 12:3 "For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith." It will be too late to have faith or have more faith and we don't want to die wishing we would have believed God more. So if the Word says it...it's true. Hebrews 13:5 For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So if Jesus said it, then believe it because it is the truth. You only have the time in this life to have faith and He will reward your faith. I will end with Jesus own words to Thomas one of His very own disciples who sat under Jesus' teaching for years. Thomas doubted the very resurrection of Christ which without it, none of us could even be saved. Listen to what Jesus told him, John 20:29Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Saturday, February 9, 2008
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