December 22, 2024
Truth is the greatest gift if you have opportunity give this list to someone you love
• The World around you is temporary but you are eternal
o I Peter 3:10 “The heavens will pass away”
o Ecclesiastes 12:7 “The spirit will return to God who gave it.”
o II Corinthians 4:18 “For the things that are seen are transient but the things that are unseen are eternal”
• God created you to live in relationship with Him
o Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in his own image in the image of God he created him male and female he created them”
• Because God is perfect and Holy he can’t be in relationship with imperfection, evil or sin. All humans are imperfect and have sin.
o I Peter 1:16 “be Holy for I am Holy”
o Romans 3:23 “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
• Jesus lived to reveal God to us, He died to reconcile us to God, and He rose to lead the way to God.
o John 1:14-18 “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us and we have seen his glory… No one has ever seen God; the only God who is at the fathers side he has made him known”
o Rom 5:8-10 “while we were still sinners Christ died for us… we were reconciled to God by the death of his son”
o I Corinthians 15:20 “Christ has been raised from the dead the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep”
o I Corinthians 15:52 “in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet… the dead will be raised imperishable”
• God will not force you to be with Him, He provided the way through Jesus but you must choose to take it.
o John 14:6 “I am the way the truth and the live no one comes to the father except through me”
o Romans 6:17 “But thanks be to God that you who were once slaves to sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed.”
o Mark 16:15-16 “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized shall be saved but whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
o Acts 2:37 “What shall we do? Repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit”
• Jesus is coming back to end history, at that time all humanity will face Him and give account.
o John 14:2-3 “I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself that where I am you may be also”
o John 14:6 “I am the way the truth and the life no one comes to the father except through me”
o II Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ”
- We must all decide how we will respond to God who sent Jesus to restore our relationship with him. He won’t force us but He does urge us and call us to come back to Him through Christ, to live with Him now and for eternity.
~ Kevin Cleary