Life
What is life?
Life here on earth is about the transitory nature of earthly pleasures.
There is life here on earth which is a very short time.
We are just chasing the wind,
life
is meaningless without Jesus.
There
is eternal life after death.
Life
here on earth is transitory.
Worldly life without Jesus is false temporary satisfaction, self-indulgence, with a thirst for false idols.
We go through life chasing the wind.
Worldly life without Jesus is false temporary satisfaction, self-indulgence, with a thirst for false idols.
We go through life chasing the wind.
God
gave us the gift of life, it’s up to us and what we do with it according to His
will.
Life
is a spiritual existence transcending physical death in a new life to come.
Life here on earth is just a vapor.
What is real life?
Life here on earth is just a vapor.
What is real life?
Dictionary
- life
the
sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an
individual.
the
quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body.
the
period from birth to death.
a
specific phase of earthly existence adult life.
Why are we here?
What
is life all about?
What
were we put on this earth for?
Is
our very short term of life here on earth about having a good time?
Is
it all about having a family?
Is
it about a successful career and making the most money?
Is
it about hobbies and entertainment?
Is
life about having the most stuff/toys?
Is
it about being happy?
Is
it about having a bigger house?
Is
it about watching the most movies or reading the most books?
Is
it all about being nice to others?
All
these things are short-term temporary good feelings and false satisfactions.
We
are here today with Jesus because of the prayers of our parents, grandparents,
relatives,siblings and others!
According
to the Word, life is about our short-term here on earth but more importantly
eternal Life hereafter. Our life here on earth is about working for the Lord.
It's about the job of serving others with love, unity, forgiveness, humility,
faith, grace and righteousness.
We
must fight off impurities and greediness.
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James 4;14
14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your
life? You are a mist that appears for a little
while and then vanishes.
A
CHRISTIAN LIFE
1
Peter 3;8-22
Suffering
for Doing Good
8 Finally, all of you be
harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble. 9 Do not return
evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were
called to inherit a blessing. 10 For
the
one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from
evil and his lips from uttering deceit.
11
And
he must turn away from evil and do good;
he
must seek peace and pursue it.
12
For
the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer.
But
the Lord’s face is against those who do evil.
13 For who is going to harm you
if you are devoted to what is good? 14 But in fact, if you happen
to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be
terrified of them or be shaken. 15 But set Christ apart as
Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks
about the hope you possess. 16 Yet do it with courtesy and respect,
keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in
Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. 17 For it is
better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.
18
Because
Christ also suffered once for sins,
the
just for the unjust,
to
bring you to God,
by
being put to death in the flesh
but
by being made alive in the spirit.
19
In
it he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
20 after they were disobedient
long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being
constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through
water. 21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you—not the
washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God—through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who went into heaven and is at
the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.
John
17;21-23
21
that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I
pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
22 The glory you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as
we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—that they may be completely one, so that
the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have
loved me.
1
Corinthians 1;10
10
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to
agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and
purpose.
2
Corinthians 13;11
11
Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree
with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with
you.
Ephesians
2
New
Life Individually
1
And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you
formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler
of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the
sons of disobedience, 3 among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives
in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind,
and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…
4
But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
5 even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with
Christ—by grace you are saved!— 6 and he raised us up with him and seated us
with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 to demonstrate in the coming
ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it
is the gift of God; 9 it is not from works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we
are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that
God prepared before hand so we may do them.
New
Life Corporately
11
Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called
“uncircumcision” by the so-called “circumcision” that is performed on the body
by human hands— 12 that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated
from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise,
having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who
used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is
our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle
wall of partition, the hostility, 15 when he nullified in his flesh the law of
commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of
two, thus making peace, 16 and to reconcile them both in one body to God
through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed. 17 And he came and
preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, 18 so
that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then
you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with
the saints and members of God’s household, 20 because you have been built on
the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the
cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a
holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a
dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Ephesians
4
Live
in Unity
4
I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of
the calling with which you have been called, 2 with all humility and
gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 making every
effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one
body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your
calling, 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who
is over all and through all and in all.
7
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of
Christ. 8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he captured
captives; he gave gifts to men.” 9 Now what is the meaning of “he
ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the
earth? 10 He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above
all the heavens, in order to fill all things. 11 It was he who gave some as
apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and
teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up
the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the
knowledge of the Son of God—a mature person, attaining to the measure of
Christ’s full stature. 14 So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and
forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of
people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. 15 But practicing the
truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head. 16
From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every
supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love.
Live in Holiness
17
So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the
Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their
understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the
ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. 19
Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the
practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. 20 But you did not
learn about Christ like this, 21 if indeed you heard about him and were taught
in him, just as the truth is in Jesus. 22 You were taught with reference to
your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in
accordance with deceitful desires, 23 to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image—in
righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.
25
Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth
with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. 26 Be angry and do
not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger. 27 Do
not give the devil an opportunity. 28 The one who steals must steal no longer;
rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have
something to share with the one who has need. 29 You must let no unwholesome
word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of
the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve
the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31
You must put away all bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and slanderous
talk—indeed all malice. 32 Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate,
forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
Romans
4
Consecration
of the Believer’s Life
1
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to
present your bodies as a sacrifice—alive, holy, and pleasing to God—which
is your reasonable service. 2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and
approve what is the will of God—what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
3
For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly
of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment,
as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith. 4 For just as in one
body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function, 5
so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who
belong to one another. 6 And we have different gifts according to the grace
given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion
to his faith. 7 If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must
teach; 8 if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must
do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it
is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.
Conduct in Love
9 Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another. 11 Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer. 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited. 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people. 19 Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head. 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Psalm
90
A
prayer of Moses, the man of God.
1
O
Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!
2
Even
before the mountains came into existence,
or
you brought the world into being,
you
were the eternal God.
3
You
make mankind return to the dust,
and
say, “Return, O people!”
4
Yes,
in your eyes a thousand years
are
like yesterday that quickly passes,
or
like one of the divisions of the nighttime.
5
You
bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.”
In
the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;
6
in
the morning it glistens and sprouts up;
at
evening time it withers and dries up.
7
Yes,
we are consumed by your anger;
we
are terrified by your wrath.
8
You
are aware of our sins;
you
even know about our hidden sins.
9
Yes,
throughout all our days we experience your raging fury;
the
years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.
10
The
days of our lives add up to seventy years,
or
eighty, if one is especially strong.
But
even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression.
Yes,
they pass quickly and we fly away.
11
Who
can really fathom the intensity of your anger?
Your
raging fury causes people to fear you.
12
So
teach us to consider our mortality,
so
that we might live wisely.
13
Turn
back toward us, O Lord!
How
long must this suffering last?
Have
pity on your servants!
14
Satisfy
us in the morning with your loyal love!
Then
we will shout for joy and be happy all our days!
15
Make
us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us,
in
proportion to the years we have experienced trouble!
16
May
your servants see your work!
May
their sons see your majesty!
17
May
our sovereign God extend his favor to us!
Make
our endeavors successful!
Yes,
make them successful!
John
1;4
In
Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.
Genesis
2;9
Out
of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the
sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of
the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis
7;11
In
the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on
the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the
great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.
Genesis
38;7
But
Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord took his life.
Matthew
6;25
[ The
Cure for Anxiety ] “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried
about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will
drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life
more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew
6;27
And
who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?
Matthew
7;14
For
the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and
there are few who find it.
Matthew
10;39
He
who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life
for My sake will find it.
Matthew
18;8
“If
your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you;
it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have
two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire.
Matthew
19;16-17
[ The
Rich Young Ruler ] And someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good
thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life”.
17
And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only
One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the
commandments.”
Matthew
19;29
And
everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or
children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will
inherit eternal life.
Matthew
20;28
just
as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life
a ransom for many.”
Matthew
25;46
These
will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Mark
10;45
For
even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life
a ransom for many.”
Luke
7;3
When
he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save
the life of his slave.
Luke
8;14
The seed
which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go
on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this
life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
Luke
12;15
Then
He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for
not even when one has an abundance does his life consist
of his possessions.”
Luke
14;26
“If
anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and
children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he
cannot be My disciple.
Luke
15;24
for
this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost
and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.
Luke
21;34
“Be
on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and
drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come
on you suddenly like a trap.
John
3;15-16
so
that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
“For
God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Romans
10;1-13
The
Word of Faith Brings Salvation
1
Brethren, my
heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. 2 For
I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with
knowledge. 3 For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking
to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of
God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to
everyone who believes.
5 For Moses writes that the man
who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that
righteousness. 6 But the righteousness based on faith speaks as
follows: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to
bring Christ down), 7 or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that
is, to bring Christ up from the dead).” 8 But what does it say?
“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of
faith which we are preaching, 9 that if you confess with your mouth
Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the
dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes,
resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, presulting in
salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will
not be disappointed.” 12 For there is no distinction between
Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in
riches for all who call on Him; 13 for “Whoever will call on the
name of the Lord will be saved.”
Timothy Skon, Chaplain, Prayer Minister,
serving others, guided by Jesus
5/12/17