John 5:25-30
Friends, despite what all of the so called “science” might try to teach us, we do not simply cease to exist when our physical lives end. Back in Genesis, we see where “the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Genesis 2:7 At the moment God breathed life into us, we became eternal beings, and each of us will in fact live into eternity.
Someday Jesus will speak, and all the dead from the ages will rise from their graves. Those who have “done evil” (rejected Jesus,) will arise to face a forever of eternal damnation and separation from God. This is horribly sad, but not the point today.
There is another resurrection, and that is the resurrection of “they that have done good (meaning, saved by God’s grace.) Those raised to this resurrection of life will be rewarded for what was done for Jesus in this life under the power of the Holy Spirit, and spend eternity worshiping our Lord.
This knowledge of our eventual eternal resurrection to life should cause a couple of things to happen in the life of every believer. First, no matter what life hands us in this life, what is coming will make all worthwhile. Second, if we are to be evaluated and rewarded for what we do in this life, ought we not to be busy living productively for our Lord Jesus?
Truth in Palmyra 
February 10, 2018 at 08:12
Amen to both thoughts! Thanks for this powerful reminder, Wally! We need to be about our heavenly Father’s business. 🙂
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February 10, 2018 at 08:48
Amen, Lynn, and thanks as always
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February 10, 2018 at 12:01
It’s the least we can do considering what Christ did for us. Simple gratitude.♥️
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February 10, 2018 at 12:17
Well of course I concur 😉
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February 10, 2018 at 16:55
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February 10, 2018 at 17:45
Thanks brother Vincent
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February 10, 2018 at 18:31
You’re very welcome Brother Wally 😎
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February 10, 2018 at 18:15
Thank you for drawing out the implications of the resurrection for our lives
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February 10, 2018 at 18:31
Thanks for reading brother
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February 10, 2018 at 19:01
Was blessed to read it!
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February 10, 2018 at 18:15
Tell me Wally how do you and your brothers know that this rising from the dead and living eternally and the forming of man from dust is absolutely true? Ok you can throw all the Biblical passages at me; however, you only have faith in those passages because you have an overall faith in the Bible, is that not correct?
You previously criticise me for claiming exact science (when I actually did not) however you will not hesitate to claim the Bible as an exact truth. This exactness is built and supported on exactly what?
Have there been long time dead people who have spent time in heaven and come back to tell us that God and heaven is real? I am not talking about brain induced apparitions from people on surgical operating tables or a misdiagnosis of somebody’s death but some tangible evidence of a person coming back from the grave.
The inventors and writers of all religions including the Bible must take credit for understanding the workings of human minds and the eternalness of death I might add.
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February 10, 2018 at 18:29
Steve. Bye
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February 22, 2018 at 00:16
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February 22, 2018 at 04:12
Thanks
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