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Thursday... I can't really get ahold of that.


Thursday... I can't really get ahold of that.

There are so many different beliefs within the Christian faith that some are striving to change. It seems that we don't want to be made fun of or look like we don't care or that we're going against the world view that is out there. But there is one of them that I can't really get ahold of. And it is that there is no afterlife, that when we die that is it. So many say that the Bible is so out of date. 

Now the Apostle Paul was always dealing with these false teachers who were trying to bring down and shoot holes in this new faith that was called The Way. They wanted to make it more acceptable to those around them but Paul in his prison cell in Rome was doing all he could to show what Christ's coming to this earth meant and what it meant for us to be a part of Christ's way of living. And we need to spend time with Paul as he refutes some of the changes that some were and are still trying to make.

In Colossians 3:1-2 (NLT) he deals with one of these false beliefs that is prevalent today. He says, "Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven." He is coming right out and saying that heaven is real. No debate. He goes on, "where Christ sits in the place of honor at God's right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth."

Satan through his followers and that is anyone who doesn't follow Christ, wants to tear down the Bible. They wants to prove that it is false and that it just gets in the way of their enjoyment of life. They don't want us to believe that Christ was raised from the dead and that we too as his followers will at death go to be with him in heaven and there are some requirements for that to happen that get in their way of living. But this idea that I can do what I want and then that is it, there is no hope, there is no great anticipation, there is no reward, no goal, I just can't really get ahold of that.

Verses 3-4 says, "For you died to this life and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world," He's coming back. "you will share in all his glory."

Now I can get ahold of that. That is what I am living for and I am not ashamed to tell it. There is a place called heaven that is prepared for those who have given their life to Christ and are followers of him and live for him and his way. Now I can get ahold of that. That's what I am living for. There I said it, "I believe in heaven. I believe it is real." And you can too! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



 


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