OUR DAILY BREAD : FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:43 pmOctober 25
Sunday
FIVE PEOPLE
YOU MEET
IN HEAVEN
READ:
2 Corinthians 5:6-11
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Mitch Albom, author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, said that he got the idea for his book when he speculated: What would heaven be like if it were a place where some of the people you impacted on earth explained your life when you met them in heaven?
Albom's book does give insight into how we unintentionally affect others lives. But for the Christian, our ultimate joy in eternity does not stem from other people but from our Lord and Savior. Heaven is a real place that Jesus is now preparing for us. And when we get there, we'll rejoice to meet the living Christ (John 14:2-3; 2 Peter 3:13).
This encounter with Jesus, however, will also include accountability for the life we lived on earth. Believers are told: "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad" (2 Cor. 5:10). His wise and just evaluation will show us how well we have loved God and our neighbor (Matt. 22:37-40).
We don't know who will be the first five people we meet in heaven. But we do know who the first One will be--the Lord Jesus. __DENNIS FISHER
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``````````````````When we stand with Christ in glory,``````````````
```````````````````Looking o'er life's finished story,```````````````
````````````````````Then, Lord, shall I fully know__```````````````
```````````````Not till then--how much I owe. __McCheyne`````````
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To be with Jesus forever is the sum of all happiness.
*************Today's Bible REading __ 2 Corinthians 5:6-11*********
6 So we are always
confident, knowing that
while we are at home in the
body we are absent from
the Lord. 7 For we walk by
faith, not by sight. 8 We are
confident, yes, well pleased
rather to be absent from the
body and to be present with
the Lord.
9 Therefore we make it our
aim, whether present or
absent, to be well pleasing
to Him. 10 For we must all
appear before the judgment
seat of Christ, that each one
may receive the things done
in the body, according to
what he has done, whether
good or bad. 11 Knowing,
therefore, the terror of the
Lord, we persuade men; but
we are well known to God,
and I also trust are well
known in your consciences.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
All mankind is destined to face God's judgment (Heb. 9:27).
Because God has entrusted all judgment to the Son (John 5:22,27),
the Christian will come before the judgment seat (Greek, bema)
of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10) to give an account of himself (Rom. 14:12).
Every believer will either be rewarded or suffer loss of rewards
(1 Cor. 3:12-15), based on how well he has lived his life. We are to
live in a way that is well pleasing to God (v.9). __SIM KAY TEE
Sunday
FIVE PEOPLE
YOU MEET
IN HEAVEN
READ:
2 Corinthians 5:6-11
_______________________________________________________________
Mitch Albom, author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, said that he got the idea for his book when he speculated: What would heaven be like if it were a place where some of the people you impacted on earth explained your life when you met them in heaven?
Albom's book does give insight into how we unintentionally affect others lives. But for the Christian, our ultimate joy in eternity does not stem from other people but from our Lord and Savior. Heaven is a real place that Jesus is now preparing for us. And when we get there, we'll rejoice to meet the living Christ (John 14:2-3; 2 Peter 3:13).
This encounter with Jesus, however, will also include accountability for the life we lived on earth. Believers are told: "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad" (2 Cor. 5:10). His wise and just evaluation will show us how well we have loved God and our neighbor (Matt. 22:37-40).
We don't know who will be the first five people we meet in heaven. But we do know who the first One will be--the Lord Jesus. __DENNIS FISHER
_____________________________________________________________
``````````````````When we stand with Christ in glory,``````````````
```````````````````Looking o'er life's finished story,```````````````
````````````````````Then, Lord, shall I fully know__```````````````
```````````````Not till then--how much I owe. __McCheyne`````````
_____________________________________________________________
To be with Jesus forever is the sum of all happiness.
*************Today's Bible REading __ 2 Corinthians 5:6-11*********
6 So we are always
confident, knowing that
while we are at home in the
body we are absent from
the Lord. 7 For we walk by
faith, not by sight. 8 We are
confident, yes, well pleased
rather to be absent from the
body and to be present with
the Lord.
9 Therefore we make it our
aim, whether present or
absent, to be well pleasing
to Him. 10 For we must all
appear before the judgment
seat of Christ, that each one
may receive the things done
in the body, according to
what he has done, whether
good or bad. 11 Knowing,
therefore, the terror of the
Lord, we persuade men; but
we are well known to God,
and I also trust are well
known in your consciences.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
All mankind is destined to face God's judgment (Heb. 9:27).
Because God has entrusted all judgment to the Son (John 5:22,27),
the Christian will come before the judgment seat (Greek, bema)
of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10) to give an account of himself (Rom. 14:12).
Every believer will either be rewarded or suffer loss of rewards
(1 Cor. 3:12-15), based on how well he has lived his life. We are to
live in a way that is well pleasing to God (v.9). __SIM KAY TEE
Lani