Bible
Study: Revelations 20 and 21.
Luke 21, 29 to 33.
When God made man, he had no intentions that our life would be limited;
that we would die or that we would have to suffer eternally. God’s intention for
man as contained in Genesis 1, 26 simply states: “Let us make humankind in our
image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of
the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the
earth.”
To be in the image and likeness of God meant that man was supposed to be
like God, immortal, powerful, great, in-charge of every other thing that
exists. But something went wrong!
The inability of man to resist the temptation to sin brought about a
change in God’s plan. From the very first sin to the last sin you just
committed recently, something keeps changing about the human story. This is
because as attractive as sin may be, it ALWAYS comes with its consequences –
and the greatest consequence of sin is man’s disqualification from enjoying
life as God originally intended.
The book of Revelations may appear very difficult to understand but the
message is very clear – God will judge the world and it is only those whose
names are found in the book of life that will eventually merit heaven.
We live in an age where the talk about heaven and hell almost sounds
archaic, you barely hear any preacher mention heaven or hell these days. The very
word ‘sin’ even is not as common as before. We are more concerned with how to get
the best of all that life on earth has to offer, how to be comfortable here and
now and whatever would help us achieve our dreams of wealth, health and luxury
is okay even if it means going against God’s commandments.
Dear friends, there is no better time to think of heaven other than now.
Today is a day to repent, to begin afresh; to perform acts capable of insuring
our names are in the book of life. These are the last days.
Let us Pray: Lord Jesus, may I be found worthy on judgment day. Amen.
Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith.
It is well with you. God bless you.
Fr. Abu.
No comments:
Post a Comment