I am in the middle of an extensive book on the subject of Heaven. Since I am a born again Christian, this is a profound reality that I will be participating in the future. One of the precious realities I have is the hope of Christ return to be ever with the Lord and someday be a part of the 3rd heaven and earth.
I enjoy studying about places that I will be traveling to in the future. This particular trip with Christ is the ultimate journey we all will be taking. What will it be like to be “ever with the Lord” once we are Gathered Together according to 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.
Will we be hanging on His coat strings? What about this final 3rd heaven and earth? Will we be just hanging around playing the harp? Will we be able to travel around this new world as well as the universe? What activities do we have to look forward to? A lot of questions for sure.
As I study this field, I want to put together a series of teachings that will answer these questions and more.
Hebrews talks about the hope being our anchor.
Hebrews 6:18, 19:
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
How fascinating it is to learn about the place we will be spending eternity together. Until we realize this spectacular reality may we have the comfort of the Scriptures to bless our life.
2 Thessalonians 2:16 and 17: Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Agape,
Bob
Recently, we celebrated Pentecost. How thankful we are for God to make available the new birth via His gift of holy spirit. How incredible it is to have Christ within and fully identify with Him. With such unparalleled riches abiding in our new life in Christ, what are we to do?
Be a visionary! What is a visionary? Someone who does not see things as they appear to be, but sees things as they can or should be. A Godly spiritual visionary is one who acts on their Godly qualities to become a life-changer for others. It is someone that someone else would greatly benefit from.
Having recently read Jesus Christ Our Passover, I was encouraged by what Dr. Wierwille declared in the concluding paragraph on page 405: “We need to walk each day with a greater vision (my emphasis) of what God has given us.”
God had vision for our lives, way before the foundation of the world:
Ephesians 1:4: According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love:
Wow, God chose us before even creating the Heavens and earth. You have to know He has some noble calling for our life. We now live for Him:
Galatians 2:20: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Remember, “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works…” (Ephesians 2:10). What kind of vision is the Father putting in your heart to do these good works? Also remember that “It is God which worketh in you both to will and do of His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13). Let us be fully persuaded of the vision that God has set in our heart to do and to be.
Agape,
Bob
PS: I welcome you to watch on YouTube my recent teaching on this subject. Search Acts Now Fellowship on YouTube and find teaching titled: “Pentecost – Be a Visionary.” Note: There will be a blank section at the start. It will start after a minute or so.
Agape,
Bob
Yes, I still do dumb things. You would think after many years of living in God’s Word, I would be spiritually squared away.
Yes, I know I am perfect in Christ and it was His work not mine that obtained such a remarkable and precious salvation.
Yes, I get foolish thoughts challenging my belief in the integrity of God’s Word. But, they are soon dismissed with a sigh of relief remembering God’s grace and mercy prevailing in my heart.
Yes, I do not want to be like the Galatians in Chapter 3 verse one and verse three:
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Yes, I am not going to succumb to devilish influences to trade in eternal realities for fleshly maybes.
Yes, I am thankful I speak in tongues. What an exceptional reminder of being filled with holy spirit and in God’s family forever.
Yes, Pentecost is this Sunday, June 8th and I am going to celebrate with my spiritual family and speak in tongues much. I will be rejoicing in the truth that I am not so foolish to forget God’s exceptional love manifested in my life.
Agape,
Bob
Sometimes in the scheme of life we wonder how we fit in. With over 8 billion people on this planet it is easy to feel insignificant. How can someone so unnoticeable draw the attention of the Creator of the heavens and earth?
As we live our life much passes by us we do not really recognize or even pay attention to. You would think God would experience this even more with all that goes on throughout His universe.
Thankfully the Heavenly Father does not think like man. No matter how lowly we think of ourselves God’s awareness of us is incredible.
Matthew 10:29, 30 (ESV): Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
In Biblical times sparrows were commonly considered the cheapest of items. At two for just one penny exhibits this. Yet, this small price, indicating its lack of importance, demonstrates a love that God has for us beyond human understanding. If God notices such insignificance of a small bird falling to the ground and that He takes the time to number the hairs on your head, you bet you are prized in His sight!
No matter how lowly we may think of ourselves, God has us on His prayer list constantly. And His prayer list is tattooed on the palms of His hands!
Isaiah 49:16 (ESV): Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
Our Heavenly Father cares for every aspect of our life; our joys, our sorrows and every tear we shed: “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?” (Psalms 56:8 KJV).
Oh, how precious we are to our Heavenly Father. May we live our lives with confidence, absolutely convinced of His love for us.
Agape,
Bob
The study of seeds range from microscopic orchid seeds to 40 pound Coco De Mar (A huge coconut type plant). All seeds carry DNA that determine every characteristic of that particular seed. There are some seeds that have been dormant for centuries and yet with the right conditions, they will germinate.
The Scriptures lay out how awesome seeds are: “And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.” 1 Corinthians 15:37 and 38 ESV.
There is one seed that as believers we rejoice at. And that is our incorruptible seed!
1 Peter 1:23: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Our salvation is all about seed. Our first birth was from a seed that was corruptible, but our new birth seed is incorruptible. Therefore it is eternal. Another term for our new birth seed is holy spirit.
1 John 3:24B: And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
1 John 4:13: Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
God secured our salvation with an incorruptible seed that carried all the dominant characteristics for an eternal life with the Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Agape,
Bob