Several months ago, we were blessed to have Dr Mel Blackaby come to serve as Pastor of First Baptist Church of Jonesboro. As part of the Blackaby family, I knew we were in for some insightful Bible teaching, but it didn't take long to figure out that his messages had profound meaning that my friends in the 'blog world' might benefit from too. For that purpose, and a desire of my own to have all my notes in one place, I decided to start a new blog that contained these messages. There will also be a few things from other speakers that I've heard over time, but those will be noted on the sidebar as they are added. I hope you get as much from these messages as I do!

Sunday, August 17, 2008

The Reality of Eternity

Matthew 25

***Sacrifice is a matter of perspective. Are you seeing your life from God's perspective?

***Evaluate your life and make adjustments to what God has just said -- He only reveals Himself to those He is abou to use!

***The world does not need to merely hear the good news, they need to see it --

James 2:14-20 - "What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?

***God does not reward the great theologians - He rewards those who do what He says

***Time is short and eternity is long. Do you have eyes for eternity?

***When your spiritual eyes are in focus, eternity is the backdrop of all you see.

***To invest in eternity is to invest in people.

***To invest in eternity is to partner with Jesus.

***To invest in eternity is to receive eternal rewards.

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