Posted on 12/08/2014 7:07:06 AM PST by Kaslin
Truth! I’m sharing this one.
.....And in a few short weeks, we honor the BIRTH that CHANGED THE WORLD FOREVER.
Philippians 2:10-11 assures us, “that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Amen!
Yes, we’ll all live forever.
It’s the ‘where’ that’s important................
“I had an epiphany the other day. It’s such an elemental truth that I’m a bit embarrassed by it. Every human being who has ever been conceived and then suffered physical death is, at this very moment in time, and beyond time, fully conscious, alert and self-aware.”
It reminds me that Advent/Christmas is really in 3 parts, we remember Christ’s first coming in a barn, His second coming at the end of the age, and His coming every day in our lives for those who put their faith in Him.
My Goal is to live forever.
So far, so good.
Amen
Amen, brother. I believe it.
I have an odd question. I have family members who are not religious in any sense of the word. I am trying (sometimes successfully and some times not) to live as Jesus would want me to. Should I be blessed and go to heaven, how could it be “paradise” for me if my family members are’nt there?
AMEN! And thanks for sharing!
John 3:17Amplified Bible
17 For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.
I come from a heritage of family lines that want a "form of religion" but not the real relationship/sonship that we have through salvation.
I ask Holy Spirit to make Himself REAL to them. I've learned over these years of experiencing an extraordinary Kingdom Life that some folks just will not respond. I have to leave that up to GOD...He has already done His part in making the way for them (and me...).
I join you in the same concern. Also I’ve always wondered about people who have never had the chance to know Christ. Like people over seas or other religions. Muslims don’t ever get a chance to check out other religions. If you are poor and in a non Christian country, you would never even hear about Christ.
A good question that has no answer save for the fact that in heaven there are no tears or sadness. Does your living as Jesus would want you to mean that you are engaging your family members with the Gospel? While God converts, you job it to witness to your hope. Considering the consequences, why are you waiting?
Garbage premise. There are times in recorded history that were WAY worse than now.
I talk about God and his teachings all the time (particulary to my son)to no avail. His wife is not religious either. My 2 grandkids have never been baptized in any faith. Once time, my grandson (age 6 at the time) saw a portrait of Christ and asked who it was. My daughter-in-law stated “It’s a man who lives in the sky”. When I started to give him more information, my son asked me not to. All I can do is pray for all of them.
I’ve wondered about that, too. Then I saw an interview with a guy who’d had a near-death experience. (Not saying near-death experiences are necessarily real, but it’s something to think about.)
Anyway, this guy had a wife and kids, he “died” and found himself in Heaven. The first thing he thought was, “This is perfect!” He thought that even though his wife and kids were not there with him.
After he reluctantly had to go back into his body, he told his wife about the experience, and how he hadn’t wanted to come home. She said, “Well, what about me and the kids? Didn’t you want to be with us again?” And he said, “I’d have preferred that you come up there to Heaven, rather than me have to come back here.”
I think that somehow, Heaven will just be perfect, and even though it seems impossible now, it won’t bother us that some of our loved ones aren’t there. The perfection and wonderfulness of Heaven will override that. There’s no other way that it can be, really, because if we’re all sad about our loved ones who aren’t there, then Heaven won’t be perfect and there’ll be tears and crying there.
Just a thought, anyway.
Good post. We know heaven will be perfect;just don’t have the understanding right now to figure out all the details. I believe we will have that understanding in heaven.
Our tears are dried. Remember this, in hell is nothing good. Those who are there have no love, no joy, no peace. That is the choice. Do you accept His image within yourself? Those who do not, don’t want to be with you, are rejecting you (who has Christ within). Those who do are your family.
Christ showed love by warning of the judgment to come.
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