Living in light of eternity

"If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send  pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. (2 Ch 7:13–14 NASB95) There is a pestilence in the land.   Covid-19 is spreading throughout the earth.   In His sovereignty God almighty has allowed this virus.   What can we do about it?   One thing we can do is pray. IF… "My people, who are called my My name…   At the time of Solomon they were followers or Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.   Today we are followers of Christ.   We are called by His name- Christians.   The promise given in 2 Chronicles 7 is given to a certain category of people- Christians.   If Christians do the following things, ...

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life. ( 1 John 5:11–12, NET)   With the outbreak of the covid-19 virus quarantines have given us extra time to think about our lives. As you meditate on your life, take some time to consider where you will spend eternity. It's sounds too good to be true, but according to the Bible, you can know for sure where you will spend eternity.   In the book of 1 John we read that God has given us eternal life in His Son.   Whoever has the Son has eternal life.   We may ask, "Who is this written to?"   or "Why was this written?" According to verse 13, this assurance of salvation was written to all true Christians.   John's purpose was to give reassurance to those who had trusted Christ, that they actually did possess eternal life.   It is...

Jeremiah 5:30–31 (ESV): An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land:   31  the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction;   my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes? The book of Jeremiah gives a vivid picture of a rather strange phenomenon- the false prophet. The people of God had been warned repeatedly. They had ignored Jehovah’s law and refused to listen to His voice. Jeremiah 6:19 (ESV): Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their devices,   because they have not paid attention to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it. The prophet Jeremiah had a hard assignment. To preach repentance to a stiff necked and stubborn people.   No one listened. The message was clear. If they did not repent Jerusalem would be destroyed and it’s inhabitants would be carried off to Babylon. At the opportune time a new group of prophe...