THE MYSTERY OF GOD'S PURPOSE (2 OF 3)
by Tony Thomas
Scripture: Ephesians 1:9
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The Mystery of God's Purpose (2 of 3)
Series: Making Sense of Life's Mysteries
Tony Thomas
Ephesians 1:9
Agatha Christie was an English short story writer. She began her career by writing six romance novels but then she found her niche. She's best known for her sixty-six detective novels. In fact, the Guinness Book of World Records lists her as the world's best-selling novelist.
Today's authors are thrilled to sell one million books, but Agatha Christie sold more than two billion books! The only books to sell more are Shakespeare and the Bible.
We covered Genesis through Revelation last Sunday in five parts, and one of the things we said is that we need to focus on thinking long term. The average person lives about seventy years. To a kid, that's forever. But in comparison to eternity, that's a millisecond!
I was born and raised in Oklahoma. When I left home for college I married and then we stayed in the Cincinnati area for seventeen years. But in 1994 we moved to Indiana, which means I've lived here longer than I ever lived in Ohio or Oklahoma. I'm more Hoosier than a Buckeye or a Sooner!
That really hit home when we were having a serious conversation with one of our daughters. She asked a question no one had ever asked: ''Where are you gonna be buried?'' I answered, ''Do you know something I don't know?''
Listen! You are going to spend more time in heaven than you ever dreamed of spending on earth! Don't get wrapped up in this world. Remember that old chorus, ''This World Is Not My Home?'' That's a mystery that's hard to comprehend.
God made you to last forever, but not on this earth! This earth will one day melt with a fervent heat. That'll be the end of your body, but not the end of you. So, the mystery becomes, what will you do with your time?
In Ephesians 1, Paul writes:
9 God has revealed the mystery of his purpose, according to his good pleasure which he determined.
So here's the question of the morning: Why are we here? ...
Series: Making Sense of Life's Mysteries
Tony Thomas
Ephesians 1:9
Agatha Christie was an English short story writer. She began her career by writing six romance novels but then she found her niche. She's best known for her sixty-six detective novels. In fact, the Guinness Book of World Records lists her as the world's best-selling novelist.
Today's authors are thrilled to sell one million books, but Agatha Christie sold more than two billion books! The only books to sell more are Shakespeare and the Bible.
We covered Genesis through Revelation last Sunday in five parts, and one of the things we said is that we need to focus on thinking long term. The average person lives about seventy years. To a kid, that's forever. But in comparison to eternity, that's a millisecond!
I was born and raised in Oklahoma. When I left home for college I married and then we stayed in the Cincinnati area for seventeen years. But in 1994 we moved to Indiana, which means I've lived here longer than I ever lived in Ohio or Oklahoma. I'm more Hoosier than a Buckeye or a Sooner!
That really hit home when we were having a serious conversation with one of our daughters. She asked a question no one had ever asked: ''Where are you gonna be buried?'' I answered, ''Do you know something I don't know?''
Listen! You are going to spend more time in heaven than you ever dreamed of spending on earth! Don't get wrapped up in this world. Remember that old chorus, ''This World Is Not My Home?'' That's a mystery that's hard to comprehend.
God made you to last forever, but not on this earth! This earth will one day melt with a fervent heat. That'll be the end of your body, but not the end of you. So, the mystery becomes, what will you do with your time?
In Ephesians 1, Paul writes:
9 God has revealed the mystery of his purpose, according to his good pleasure which he determined.
So here's the question of the morning: Why are we here? ...
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