June 24, 2009
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A Martyr’s Mindset
By God’s grace every person who confesses that Jesus is Lord and believes in their heart God raised him from the dead will be saved (Romans 10:9). That means that when we finish this life on earth and die, we will enter heaven and be with God for all eternity. Basic Christianity. But so few Christians really grasp what they believe: “ETERNITY.”
To demonstrate eternity to my Bible study I first drew a short line on a white board that represented our life span: “-” Then I drew a line to demonstrate eternity: “————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-……………………….” You get the point, right? As I kept drawing the line on and on, that first line that represented our life span looked smaller and smaller. Soon it became nothing compared to the long line that was continuing to grow.
The truth is, we are already dead… at least we are supposed to be. We have been crucified with Christ and its no longer we who live, but Him who lives through us. (Galatians 2:20). By saying Jesus is the Lord of our life we are saying that nothing of this world satisfies compared to Him. We want Him. We are living for Him. We want to be with Him for eternity. This world can’t steal our joy… this world can’t steal anything… we are already dead! Our value is completely found in him. The world may take our possessions and even harm us physically, but it can’t touch our soul. The joy in our hearts rests upon the knowledge that Jesus is coming and we will soon be with Him.
I know that as we receive more and more of this revelation that lives of Christians around the world are going to change. Priorities are going to change. Outlook on life is going to change. Love will become much more important. Release revelation Lord!
Colossians 3:3-4 – For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Comments (2)
“Love will become much more important.” — YES!! :] Definitely want to see that happen. Love for strangers, love for enemies, love for the ones that look like they don’t deserve it..
the “______ …” makes your web entry long…demonstrates your point a bit.