Unspeakable Things!
13/06/10 13:14
We are
all aware that Jesus Christ is coming back very soon
to establish His kingdom here on earth. At that time,
the earth will go through a great transformation with
the desert blooming and wild animals living in peace.
The wolf and the lamb will lie down together and a
child will lead the calves and lions. Isaiah says
that they will neither harm nor destroy on
God’s holy mountain and the earth shall be
filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters
cover the sea. And what shall become of man? What
shall his end be?
Well, for the righteous, their resting place will be glorious! God will speak to the sheep on His right saying, “Enter now into thy rest; enter now into the joys of the Lord!” What a day that will be, glorious beyond expression. A day when all of our light and momentary troubles, that we are experiencing right now, will achieve for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. Paul tells us in Romans that our present sufferings are not even worth comparing to the glory that will be revealed in us then!
And he should know; God caught him up into the third heaven and Paul saw things that were unlawful for him to speak to us today. He heard inexpressible things; things that man is not permitted to tell. Heaven is real my friends and Heaven is God’s home for us. Jesus said that He was going there to prepare a place for us. He is creating right now a resting place for all believers.
What will it be like? What sort of place is Heaven, where sin and temptation is no more; where we will know a joy unspeakable and full of glory? What will life be like when pain will be unheard of and death a mere memory? No one will know hunger. No one will deal with sadness.
What did Paul mean when he said that we long to be clothed in our heavenly dwelling, that spiritual body that will be able to stand in the Presence of the Most High? Think about God’s promise that we will be co-heirs with Christ Jesus! John tells us that on that day we will be like Him! I think that on that day the Scripture that says, “Now let us make man in our image and in our likeness…” will have much more meaning to us than it does right now.
Today we see but through a foggy glass. Sin has nearly stolen all the glory that man was given in Paradise and has blinded our eyes to the truth that man was made in the image of God. Have you ever wondered what God will enable man to do once he is made complete?
Think about what man can do now, even though he is fallen. Jesus told us to remember the height from which we had fallen. Remember also that Jesus has redeemed us! Though we must suffer now, persevere through many trials, fight the good fight and run the race, let us throw off everything that would so easily hinder us. Let us remove the sin that would beset us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus and set our treasure in Heaven where there is now, inexpressible things that await us.
Beloved, hear the words of the Alpha and Omega, “To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But to the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murders, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars –their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.”
As we see the Day of the Lord approaching, the heavens and earth will be shaken, yea, all created things shall be shaken and removed. But we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Therefore let us be thankful and worship God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire
Think about it,
Pastor Jim
Well, for the righteous, their resting place will be glorious! God will speak to the sheep on His right saying, “Enter now into thy rest; enter now into the joys of the Lord!” What a day that will be, glorious beyond expression. A day when all of our light and momentary troubles, that we are experiencing right now, will achieve for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. Paul tells us in Romans that our present sufferings are not even worth comparing to the glory that will be revealed in us then!
And he should know; God caught him up into the third heaven and Paul saw things that were unlawful for him to speak to us today. He heard inexpressible things; things that man is not permitted to tell. Heaven is real my friends and Heaven is God’s home for us. Jesus said that He was going there to prepare a place for us. He is creating right now a resting place for all believers.
What will it be like? What sort of place is Heaven, where sin and temptation is no more; where we will know a joy unspeakable and full of glory? What will life be like when pain will be unheard of and death a mere memory? No one will know hunger. No one will deal with sadness.
What did Paul mean when he said that we long to be clothed in our heavenly dwelling, that spiritual body that will be able to stand in the Presence of the Most High? Think about God’s promise that we will be co-heirs with Christ Jesus! John tells us that on that day we will be like Him! I think that on that day the Scripture that says, “Now let us make man in our image and in our likeness…” will have much more meaning to us than it does right now.
Today we see but through a foggy glass. Sin has nearly stolen all the glory that man was given in Paradise and has blinded our eyes to the truth that man was made in the image of God. Have you ever wondered what God will enable man to do once he is made complete?
Think about what man can do now, even though he is fallen. Jesus told us to remember the height from which we had fallen. Remember also that Jesus has redeemed us! Though we must suffer now, persevere through many trials, fight the good fight and run the race, let us throw off everything that would so easily hinder us. Let us remove the sin that would beset us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus and set our treasure in Heaven where there is now, inexpressible things that await us.
Beloved, hear the words of the Alpha and Omega, “To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But to the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murders, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars –their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.”
As we see the Day of the Lord approaching, the heavens and earth will be shaken, yea, all created things shall be shaken and removed. But we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Therefore let us be thankful and worship God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire
Think about it,
Pastor Jim
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