Friday, February 20, 2009

Grace For Ever

Hello Everyone,
The last letter in the word GRACE and in our acrostic is:

E - IT IS EXTENDED THROUGHOUT ETERNITY
Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord."

The results of God's grace are going to go on and on forever. Eternal life is one of the benefits of grace. You could say that grace is the gift that keeps on giving.

God saves the best for last and the best is yet to come. With Jesus
Christ it just keeps getting better and better. The Bible says the free gift of God is eternal life in heaven.

The Bible tells us that Heaven is going to be like four things.
1. A place of reunion where we are reunited with other loved ones who have accepted the grace of God.
2. It's going to be a place of reward. We are rewarded for the character that we developed and the way we served other people here on earth.
3. It's going to be a place where we are reassigned to do new work that we enjoy doing.
4. It's going to be a place of release where we're free from all pain, all suffering, all sadness, all sorrow, all grief, all depression, all loneliness, etc.

It's going to be a wonderful place. And it is the gift of God.

There's one catch: You have to accept it. If you get a gift and you don't unwrap it, it's a worthless gift.

You're never going to get a better deal than what we've talked about this week.
And that deal is GRACE!

"The Lord longs to be gracious to you." Isa. 30:18

Believe for big things this coming Sunday as the church comes together.

All for Jesus
Pastor Phil

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