Abundant Life! For those who have accepted the call of the Holy Spirit on your life and in your heart, this life is not where it ends. It is this life that is a sort of “practice session” of what is to come. Live your life where after you give your heart to Jesus as if your last day could be tomorrow. Tell others about Him and what He has done for you. Read God’s Word and learn more about the love of God because He chose you before the world was created. The life of a Christian is not a stagnant one and it is not to be lived one Sunday morning service at a time. It is an every-day life in His Word and learning more about Him. Is that too radical for you? Is it dangerous to other people? No, but it is the way we are supposed to live.

Being radical about your life in Jesus and your eternity with Him is not the same as the radical and fanatical people we have heard about and seen on the news. Their religion is one of hate, not love. Are Christians dangerous? No but some people will compare those of us who actually live our life as Christians to the wars and the terrible things that were done hundreds of years ago in the name of the Church and in the name of Jesus. He wouldn’t have allowed those things to happen if He had been here. That wasn’t done by the church that Jesus and His disciples started. By the second century the “church” had changed and it only got worse in many respects.

Christianity is a relationship with God the Father and Jesus His Son. It is not a religion at all. From the time that God called Abraham (Abram) it was a relationship and it was supposed to stay that way. Study God’s Word and learn from Him what you should do. Don’t live according to “doctrine” or “discipline”, live through faith in Jesus and belief in Him (like the thief did).

For your eternity, believe in Jesus. That’s what should be important to you and me. Why? Because our lives are very short compared to the time we will spend with Jesus. That’s something that many people don’t think about but you should.

We worry about retirement and vacations but when it comes to our eternal home most people just don’t think about it. Even comparing a life of one hundred years doesn’t compare to ten thousand years, let alone eternity. For us…we can’t imagine that amount of time. Even thinking about time out to a thousand years from now is hard for us to do.

God loves all of humanity but it’s our sins that He won’t tolerate. He is Holy and the two can’t go together. It’s like trying to mix oil and water, they don’t mix. It’s hard to comprehend how much God loves us and some people think that He doesn’t, but love always leaves a mark. Something is always changed when love is in the picture, real True Love. In most cases, true love changes us for the better. Sometimes the pain we see around us and all of the suffering that happens all over the world, is hard to justify. But we’re not supposed to justify what is good or bad in the world, that is God’s job.

Share the love of God with those you know and with those you don’t because the time is growing short. We don’t know the day or the hour but with everything that is happening in the world, we are on the edge of the book of Revelation. Read Matthew 24 and compare it to the news happening every day and you will see what I mean.