Day 50: Eternity

June 30 • Bible reading from 2 Thessalonians 1:5-11 Eternity

Belief: "There is a heaven and hell, and Jesus is returning to judge the earth
and bring in his kingdom."
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Text:

You will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. God is just:
He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled,
and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire
with his powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord
and from the majesty of his power 10 on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and
to be marvelled at among all those who have believed.
This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. With this in mind, we constantly
pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may
fulfil every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith.

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Take a minute:

Christian brothers & sisters around the world die for their faith:
more in the 20th Century than all the years before them combined.

What should it mean for ME to live by 2 Thessalonians 1:11?

NOTE: There is a RECOMMENDED READING RESOURCE for this topic ("Eternity")
in the form of an audio sermon. It has been posted on this blog, and you can find it here:
http://followersway.blogspot.com/2008/04/recommended-reading-belief-eternity.html

Or by following the link to Followers files in "iTunes" on the Blog main page.

Or you can download the sermon by right-clicking this link:
http://www.boxstr.com/files/1919937_gjosh/The%20Believer%27s%20Greatest%20Unbelief.mp3

Day 49: Eternity

June 29 • Bible reading from John 14:1-6 Eternity

Belief: "There is a heaven and hell, and Jesus is returning to judge the earth
and bring in his kingdom."

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Text:

Jesus said to his disciples:
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are
many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for
you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that
you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going."

Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.
No-one comes to the Father except through me.

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Take a minute:

You hear on the TV: ‘I’m going to heaven. After all, I’m not a murderer!’

How would you respond to their comment in a mixed crowd?
(non-Christians and Christians both present)

NOTE: There is a RECOMMENDED READING RESOURCE for this topic ("Eternity")
in the form of an audio sermon. It has been posted on this blog, and you can find it here:
http://followersway.blogspot.com/2008/04/recommended-reading-belief-eternity.html

Or by following the link to Followers files in "iTunes" on the Blog main page.

Or you can download the sermon by right-clicking this link:
http://www.boxstr.com/files/1919937_gjosh/The%20Believer%27s%20Greatest%20Unbelief.mp3

Recommended Reading: Belief - ETERNITY

Audio file (mp3 format) of Frank Retief, speaking on
"The Believer’s Greatest Unbelief."

This talk is the recommended reading for "Followers of the Way" Beliefs: ETERNITY.