MY FRIENDS, LIFE ETERNAL IS THE CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS JOURNEY

MY FRIENDS, LIFE ETERNAL IS THE CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS JOURNEY

“For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,……He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of [our souls.]” 1 Peter 2:21(NASB) Yes our Creator is the Guardian of our souls.

Guardian being a “person who guards, protects and preserves.” And in the context of our salvation and this text that would be Christ who gave it all for our salvation and Now He continues to be guarding over us and He is “the one who goes with you [and I and His promise is,] He will not fail [us] or forsake [us].” Deut. 31:6 (NKJV) Which now gives us a sense of destiny and a shared vision.

And with passion that shared vision should motivate us to endure on this journey Christ has placed us on that will lead us to life eternal, our crowning achievement which is that place “eye have not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Cor. 2:9 (NKJV) “The Second Coming of Jesus is mention more than three hundred times in the New Testament. And it is the capstone of our teachings.

It is also essential to our identity as a [body of believers in our Christian faith]. The doctrine is engraved in our name, [Christian believers], and it is a crucial part of the gospel that we are called to proclaim [God’s promises]. And without our faith and those promises we proclaim. Satan will keeps us [“wandering down some pointless road to nowhere] (Carlos A. Steger, SS Lesson 2014)

So my friends, we can never “let our heart’s wander aimlessly from where God is leading us. But our focus must remain on that shared vision of Christ  soon return so that we may be received as “Heirs and joint heirs with Himself” to our Father’s kingdom. And as God’s children, the truth must be embedded within us while at the same time we must have this driving passion that motivates us to be a disciple of Christ and take up our cross and follow Him. And as leaders we must lead by example, which would be our willingness to do whatever it takes to serve Christ.

Now is “not the time to break Under the weight of this world and Satan. For one day this earth will pass away along with all that is an abomination to God. So we must keep listening and seeking our Savior’s quiet voice in all the noise, and “breaking news” of this world because today, Christ needs us to have our own “breaking news” and tell the world Christ conquered death on Calvary for all of our sins.

Which tells them, no one will be shut out of the process of transformation and reformation in preparation for Christ second coming as we all on one accord “press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, [until our character is un-changeable and un-movable but always abounding in the Lord.” Phil 3:14 (KJV)

So as God’s vessel our goal is to allow the Spirit of God to transform our lives and renew our Character in Christ and then “as the deer pants for the water brooks, so [our] soul [will then] pant after God to create within us a pure heart, a heart [“safe to save”] and ready to see God.” Ps. 42:1 (ESV) Ps. 51:10 (NIV)