Archive for September, 2011
WHAT IS HEAVEN LIKE?
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
When Old Testament (or pre-Calvary) saints died, they went directly to Paradise. Christ called it “Abraham’s bosom” which is a place of Comfort and Rest for those who died in Faith. They obviously did not have a chance to believe in and accept Jesus as Lord of their lives, because He was not crucified on the Cross yet. Jesus’ death on the Cross made atonement for every believer from Adam until the end of time.
Several passages in the Bible describe what Heaven is like. The goal of this message is not to look into every passage on heaven but to give the flavor of the Eternal City. But I must tease with this verse from Isaiah 35:5 NASB “A highway will be there, a roadway, and it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for him who walks that way, and fools will not wander on it”.
Wow! This is an important verse because it prophesied over 700 years before Christ, just who is going to be a resident of the eternal city of God. From here on out, the Bible describes the City, which both Abraham and John the Apostle were allowed to see, according to the Word of God.
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UNEARNED….IT’S ALL ABOUT GRACE!
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
In baseball or softball, an unearned run means the base runner got on base (or scored) due to an error and the pitcher is not charged with the run. In the dictionary sense of the word, it is something which a person was not qualified to receive, but was given anyway.