Although we live in the dimension of time, it is important for us to think beyond the hands on the clock and the dates on the calendars. As disciples of Jesus Christ, we now have everlasting life.1 That is more than an endless quantity of life; it is a quality of life that is outside of this present evil world.2 We have everlasting life because the everlasting Jesus3 dwells in our hearts. His ways in our lives are for everlasting purposes.4 He alone speaks the words of eternal life into our lives.5
The Bible teaches us to look beyond the temporal and to the eternal.6 The Holy Spirit who is working in us is thinking in terms of eternal, not temporal value.7 This new way of living allows us to be true servants of God.8 This new way of life can see eternal value in temporal afflictions.9 This new way of life is a war10 worth fighting.11
The best of all is that eternal life is a personal relationship with the true and living God and Jesus Christ.12
May we purpose to live in the light of eternity!
1-John 6:47; 2-Gal 1:4; 3-Micah 5:2; 4-Hab 3:6, Jer 29:11; 5-John 6:68; 6-2 Cor 4:18; 7-Heb 9:12; 8-Rom 6:22; 9-2 Cor 4:17; 10-Eph 6:10-18; 11-1 Tim 6:12; 12-John 17:3.
Just received a call from Jose and the Selah blog was brought up by me. I told him I was telling Linda about the numbers at each sentence that correlates with the Bible verse below. I like the idea but I would rather see a hyperlink or a reference tagger. This reference tagger is pretty great to use. You hover over the verse that you add and the whole verse appears without having to stop and look the verse up in the bible. This maybe better than reading the blog, wait until the end to see the verses, then go back to that particular line. More continuity?? Then again, it’s only my opinion. I am just thankful that we have the BLOG!!