Second, the new creation changes changes the believer’s purpose in life.
Why don’t we go straight to heaven the moment we are saved? We are a new creation. We have our ticket to heaven. Why doesn’t God just save us and zap us a split second after our baptism and whisk us away so that we can be with him for all eternity?…
Happy Mother’s Day! Today I want to talk about the new creation and the ministry of reconciliation. Main thesis: The new creation changes a few things in the life of a believer: 1) it changes the way they view others, 2) it changes their purpose, and 3) it changes the character of their ministry.…
http://saddleback.com/mc/m/b0263/…
To recap, first, having an eternal perspective keeps the believer humble. Second, having an eternal perspective motivates us to live wisely in light of divine judgment.
3) Lastly, having an eternal perspective allows us to understand the goal of suffering.
There are different reasons why we suffer.…
2) Second, having an eternal perspective motivates us to live wisely.
Before we get into this point, I want to clarify a common misunderstanding about heaven.
2 Cor 5
6 So, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.…
Today, I want to talk about eternity. Having an eternal perspective.
Having an eternal perspective does a few things for the believer: 1) keeps the believer humble, 2) motivates the believer to live wisely, and 3) allows the believer to understand the goal of suffering.…
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.
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5) Furthermore, the gospel illumines minds.
6 For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the KNOWLEDGE…
If the god of this age blinds unbelievers in their minds (v4) so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, then it makes sense that when the light of the gospel shines, it illumines minds.…
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