What a glorious eternity awaits us!

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “What the world needs now”

Our Bible verse for today: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 (NIV)

Our thought for today: “What a glorious eternity awaits us!”

If you were reading along with these devotional messages in recent months, then you will remember that the previous series was “Salvation past, present, and future.” We explored salvation from the moment of repentance, through a lifetime of growing in our relationship with Christ, to the moment we arrive in heaven, and then the last part of the series was about what eternity is going to be like for us in the New Heaven and the New Earth. (The positive response I received to that series was strong and so I am in the process of turning it into a book manuscript for publication. I hope to be able to offer that to you in a few months.)

The reason I refer to that is because it dovetails beautifully with our theme this month of “What the world needs now (is love sweet love – the love of Jesus). People need to know about the wonderful and amazing eternity our Father in heaven intends to give to each of His children and which Jesus is in the process of preparing for us now (John 14:1-3). His love for us is so strong that He desires for us to enjoy all the riches and treasures of heaven forever.

In 1 Corinthians 2:9 the Apostle Paul was stretching to somehow communicate the truth that God has things prepared for His children that are simply beyond the scope of our human understanding. Our Father does it out of His great love for us. As we learned in yesterday’s devotional, He is a good, good Father and He gives good, good things to the children He loves so very much. That’s true now, in this lifetime, and it will be especially true in eternity in heaven.

The world needs to know this about God and it is up to you and I to tell them. Tell them how much God loves you (and them.) Tell them how much God has blessed you (and wants to bless them.) Tell them about your assurance of life after death, eternity in God’s beautiful paradise, and tell them that you want them to be there too.

What a glorious eternity awaits those who are God’s children through Christ. People need to know this, and it’s up to us to tell them. What a different world this would be if more people accepted, embraced, and lived with the knowledge of how much our Father in heaven loves them and what a glorious eternity He has prepared for His children.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

(If you like what you are reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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