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Evigheden er foran os. Som
kristne (KRISTUS ENS) har vi dette store håb, som fortjener at fylde
meget mere end tankerne om, hvad vi kan skrabe til os og ende med at
have i dette liv.
Hvorfor falder folk fra
troen?
Paulus Siger i 2 Kor 11.29.
læs venligt hele kapitlet. Hvem falder fra, uden at det svier i
mig?
Man ser virkelig nogle
mennesker helt bevidst fravælger alt med Gud og Jesus og falder fra
troen på både Gud og Jesus, hvor de bevidst fravælger at vandre
med Jesus og tilsyneladende uden skrupler hengiver sig til bevidst
synd, fx utroskab. Eller de vælger at leve deres liv i en
compjuterverden i spil og løgne drømme osv.
Hvordan i al verden kan kan
det lade sig gøre? Hvordan kan mennesker, der har levet som kristne,
pludselig vende Jesus og hans ord ryggen? Det er sikkert rigtig mange
forskellige svar på det, som den enkelte faktisk bedst selv kan
svare på.
Men det er som om vi i vesten
stort set ikke snakker åben om Gud og Jesus, ikke på gaden eller
når vi er sammen med ikke kristne, og Guds ord peger mange steder på
fejhed, tavshed ikke være et vidne i sine ord og liv. Det er et
problem, der er skyld i manges frafald. Der er en alvorlig mangel i
en stor del af de kristne miljøer i den vestlige verden: Vi taler
sjældent om, hvad der sker efter det her liv! Hvis vi tager
evigheden væk fra evangeliet, er det ikke længere det kraftfulde
budskab, som forvandlede verden. Og når nogen taler om Jesu genkomst
bliver det ofte slået hen med ja, ja Han kommer jo når han kommer
osv.
Livet efter det her liv
Det kristne håb krydser hele
tiden vores egen død og kaster anker ind i Guds kommende verden. Her
indbefatter vores tro, at vi alle skal stå til regnskab for alt,
hvad vi har gjort i dette liv. Når spotlyset den dag rammer alle
vore skjulte og åbenlyse synder, er det alene Jesus og troen på
ham, som redder os fra konsekvensen af vores synd. Og hvor er Jesus
værdig til at få ærespladsen i vore hjerter for det, han gjorde på
korset! Tilgivelsen af vores synd er betingelsen for, om vi får del
i det evige liv eller ikke. Hwer er det ikke nok med vi tror på
Biblens ord, vi skal hver i sære være det bibelens ord siger ellers
bedrager vi os selv og sandhederne er ikke os. Ingen kan være noget
de ikke er og ingen kan være andet end det de er.
Men hvad der sker, når vi dø.
For de mennesker, der
ufortjent bliver tilgivet og kommer i himlen, er der forskel på,
hvilken løn de opnår på grundlag af livet på jorden. Den løn er
ikke kortvarig, men evig, og Jesus talte om den:(Luk.19:12-24)
En mand af fornem slægt
rejste til et land langt borte for at blive anerkendt som konge og
derpå vende tilbage. Han kaldte ti af sine tjenere til sig, gav dem
ti pund og sagde: Arbejd med dem, indtil jeg kommer tilbage.
Da han så vendte tilbage
efter at være blevet anerkendt som konge, lod han de tjenere, som
han havde givet pengene, kalde til sig for at få at vide, hvad de
havde tjent. Den første kom frem og sagde: Herre, dit pund har
indbragt ti pund til. Da sagde han: Godt, du gode tjener, du har
været tro i det små, derfor skal du have myndighed over ti byer.
Den anden kom og sagde: Herre, dit pund har givet fem pund. Og til
ham sagde han: Du skal have fem byer under dig. Så kom den næste og
sagde: Herre, her er dit pund; jeg har haft det liggende i et
tørklæde… Til ham sagde han: … Du dårlige tjener! … Hvorfor
anbragte du da ikke mine penge i en bank? Så kunne jeg have fået
dem igen med rente, når jeg kom tilbage. Og til sine folk sagde han:
Tag pundet fra ham og giv det til ham med de ti.
Ufortjent frelse og løn for
efterfølgelse 1.Kor.3:12-15,
Ovenstående er kun et af
mange steder, hvor Jesus og Bibelen taler om løn i himlen. Et andet
nøglested er Paulus, som giver os yderligere forståelse af, hvad
der sker, når vi dør. Og det er værd, at vi virkelig sætter os
ind i, hvad der står:
Enhver bør se til, hvordan
han bygger. For ingen kan lægge en anden grundvold end den, der er
lagt, Jesus Kristus. Hvis nogen bygger på grundvolden med guld,
sølv, ædelsten, træ, hø, halm, skal det vise sig, hvad slags
arbejde enhver har udført. Dagen skal gøre det klart, for den
bryder frem med ild, og ilden skal prøve, hvordan hver enkelts
arbejde er. Hvis det, han har bygget, bliver stående, skal han få
løn, men hvis hans arbejde går op i luer, skal han gå glip af
lønnen, men selv blive frelst, dog som gennem ild. (1.Kor.3:10-15)
Det skriftsted handler om
nuancen mellem frelsen, som vi får ufortjent ved troen på Jesus, og
lønnen for at vælge Guds vilje på jorden. Læg mærke til, at
skriftstedet handler om mennesker, der har bygget på grundvolden,
Jesus, og derfor bliver frelst. Men det er forskelligt, hvad kristne
bygger oven på grundvolden, og om det er brugbart eller ej. I den
grad vi levede efter Guds vilje på jorden, vil vores arbejde give
evige resultater, som vi igen vil give Jesus æren for. Det er
revolutionerende, at vi i dette liv faktisk har mulighed for at bygge
med guld, sølv og ædelsten, som vil bestå i evigheden, og som vil
bringe os en løn eller en bonus oveni det største:
At vi ufortjent er blevet
frelst fra konsekvensen af vore synder. Skriftstedet er en tydelig
illustration af, at det er forskelligt, hvordan det bliver for
kristne at træde ind i det evige liv. Den himmelske verden er langt
mere vidunderlig, virkelig og fantastisk, end vi kan forestille os.
Men vi skal alle gå igennem Guds ild, og gaven til os er, at vi kan
leve i lyset af dette nu. Hvis vi i vandringen med Jesus stiller os i
lyset af hans domme nu, vil vi være langt bedre stillet, når vi
skal stå for hans trone. Derfor vil det være tåbeligt ikke at have
ræsonnement eller gudsfrygt nok til seriøst at bede om, at vi må
leve for ham i det her liv. Hvis vi ikke ønsker at vandre i Guds
vilje nu, kan det kun hænge sammen med kortsynethed. Dette er en
menneskelig svaghed, som Gud kender, og derfor gav han os Bibelen,
det evige livs ord.
Hav lønnen for øje
Vi er enormt beregnende og
bevidste, når det gælder, hvilken løn vi kan få i det her liv. Og
det giver samfundet os god hjælp til med det fokus, der er på
pensions-opsparinger og sociale ydelser m.v. Mange bruger bare
kommune til alt det kan de gøre det kan det offentlige tage sig af,
ikke os som kristne og så lige. Hvad får vi ud af det. Men hvor
dumme vil vi ikke føle os i evigheden, hvis vi ikke tænkte længere
i det her korte liv end det, som skulle danne grundlaget for vores
tilværelse i hele evigheden?
Gud er en god Far, som elsker alle mennesker, og han glæder sig til i de kommende tidsaldre at vise sin overstrømmende rige nåde og sin godhed mod os! (Ef.2:7) Han er også en fantastisk designer, som har skræddersyet muligheder og opgaver for os at træde ind i. Han har en plan for vores liv, som vi kan vælge eller fravælge. (Ef.2:10) Når vi tager imod Jesus som vores frelser, anerkender vi vores egen fortabthed, og at en kærlighed uden for os selv er vores eneste redning. Men hvad vi gør med vores liv, efter at vi bliver kristne, har en enorm betydning. Vi er kaldet til at formes mere og mere til lighed med Jesus. Og da Jesus udholdt korset for os, står der, at han gjorde det med bevidstheden om den glæde og løn, der ventede ham. (Se Hebr.12:2) Lad os have ham for øje, når det ikke altid er super komfortabelt at vælge Guds vilje. (Hebr.12:3)
Guds retfærdige visdom
I forhold til vores vandring
på jorden forventer Gud imidlertid ikke det samme af os alle sammen.
Gud er perfekt retfærdighed og har kapaciteten til at være det,
fordi han ved alt og kender alle forhold, der har betydning for vores
liv. Han kender arv og miljø ned til mindste detalje.
Desværre bliver mange kristne
presset af leder og flertallet til opgaver de slet ikke kan magte og
de går ned af stres. Gud sætter ingen til mere end de har gaverne
og talenterne til. Ingen har ret til at kommandere med sine søskende
og forlange og kræve mere end de kan, denne verdens tidsånds
stressende pres er allerede inde i mange kirker i dag, som vil være
brugervenlige og ligne verden mest mulig med mange aktiviteter og
andet.
Jesus forklarede, at den, der
er blevet givet bedre forudsætninger, forventer han mere af, end
den, der er blevet givet ringere forudsætninger. (Se Lukasevangeliet
kap. 12:49) Derfor skal vi heller ikke som kristne gå og sammenligne
os med hinanden ud fra ydre ting. Men vi kan vide, at Gud anerkender
og forstår det, der er skjult for menneskers øjne, og at hans dom
vil være retfærdig.
Det er opretholdende og
livsvigtigt for vores tro at leve i lyset af, at vi helt konkret
kommer til at stå til ansvar for det liv, som vi er blevet givet.
Denne bevidsthed modvirker frafald i vores vandring med Jesus.
Frelsen kan vi ikke gøre os fortjent til, og alene Jesus er vores
frelser. Men det lønner sig at leve helhjertet for ham, som levede
og døde for os.
Jesus sagde: Himmel og jord skal forgå, men mine ord skal aldrig forgå (Luk.21:33).
GUDS ORD ER DIN GRUND MUR DIT
FUNDAMENT VEJLEDT DER I AF GUDS SAND HEL LIGE ÅND.
Det er ikke altid nemt, men
Jesus går med dig om du går med Ham.
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Eternity is ahead of us. As Christians (CHRIST ETC.) we have this great hope, which deserves to fill much more than the thoughts of what we can scrape for ourselves and end up having in this life.
Why do people fall from the faith?
Paul Says in 2 Corinthians 11.29. Please read the entire chapter. Who falls from it without blaming me?
You really see some people deliberately reject everything with God and Jesus and fall away from the belief in both God and Jesus, where they consciously choose not to walk with Jesus and seemingly without scruples indulge in conscious sin, such as adultery. Or they choose to live their lives in a computer world in games and false dreams, etc.
How on earth can this be possible? How can people who have lived as Christians suddenly turn their backs on Jesus and his words? There are probably many different answers to what the individual can actually answer himself.
But it is as if in the West we are not talking openly about God and Jesus, not in the streets or when we are with non-Christians, and God's word points in many places to cowardice, silence not being a witness in his words and life. It is a problem that is the result of many apostates. There is a serious shortcoming in much of the Christian community in the Western world: We rarely talk about what happens after this life! If we take eternity away from the gospel, it is no longer the powerful message that transformed the world. And when someone talks about the Second Coming of Jesus it is often struck with yes, yes He comes when he comes and so on.
Life after this life
Christian hope constantly crosses our own death and throws anchor into the coming world of God. Here, our beliefs include that we should all be accountable for everything we have done in this life. When that spotlight hits all of our hidden and obvious sins that day, it is only Jesus and the faith in Him that will save us from the consequences of our sin. And where is Jesus worthy to have the place of honor in our hearts for what he did on the cross! The forgiveness of our sins is the condition of whether or not we share in eternal life. Where is it that we do not only believe in the words of the Bible, we must each in particular be what the Bible says or else we deceive ourselves and the truths are not us. No one can be something they are not and no one can be anything but what they are.
But what happens when we die.
For the people who are undeservedly forgiven and come to heaven, there is a difference in their wages on the basis of life on earth. That reward is not short-lived, but eternal, and Jesus spoke of it: (Luke 19: 12-24)
A noble man traveled to a land far away to be recognized as king and then return. He called ten of his servants, gave them ten pounds, and said, Work with them until I come back.
When he returned after being recognized as king, he summoned the servants whom he had given the money to know what they had earned. The first came forward and said, Lord, your pound has brought in ten more pounds. Then he said: Well, you good servant, you have been faithful in the least, therefore you have authority over ten cities. The other came and said, Lord, your pound has given five pounds. And he said unto him, Thou shalt have five cities under thee. Then the next one came and said, Lord, here is your pound; I've had it lying in a scarf ... To him he said: ... You poor servant! Then why didn't you put my money in a bank? Then I could have got them back with interest when I came back. And to his people he said, Take the pound from him and give it to him with the ten.
Undeserved Salvation and Wages for Followings 1.Cor.3: 12-15,
The above is just one of many places where Jesus and the Bible talk about wages in heaven. Another key point is Paul, who gives us further understanding of what happens when we die. And it is worth it that we really understand what it says:
Everyone should look at how he builds. For no one can lay any other foundation than the one laid, Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on the foundations of gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, it must prove what kind of work everyone has done. The day must make it clear, because it is bursting with fire, and the fire has to try how each person's work is. If what he has built remains standing, he must receive a salary, but if his work goes up in hats, he must miss the salary, but be saved himself, though through fire. (1.Kor.3: 10-15)
That scripture is about the nuance between the salvation we get undeserved by the faith of Jesus and the reward of choosing God's will on earth. Notice that the scripture is about people who have built on the foundation, Jesus, and are therefore saved. But it is different what Christians build on the foundation and whether it is useful or not. To the extent that we lived according to God's will on earth, our work will produce eternal results, for which we will again honor Jesus. It is revolutionary that in this life we actually have the opportunity to build with gold, silver and precious stones,which will last for eternity and which will bring us a salary or bonus in addition to the greatest:
That we were undeservedly saved from the consequence of our sins. Scripture is a clear illustration of how different it is for Christians to enter eternal life. The heavenly world is far more wonderful, real, and amazing than we can imagine. But we must all go through the fire of God, and the gift to us is that we can live in the light of this now. If in the walk with Jesus we stand in the light of His judgments now, we will be far better off when we stand before His throne. Therefore, it would be foolish not to have reason or fear of God enough to seriously pray that we must live for Him in this life. If we do not want to walk in God's will now, it can only be related to short-sightedness. This is a human weakness that God knows, and so He gave us the Bible, the word of eternal life.
Keep your salary in mind
We are enormously calculating and conscious about what kind of pay we can get in this life. And this gives the community good help with the focus that is on pension savings and social benefits, etc. Many just use the municipality for everything they can do that the public can take care of, not us as Christians and so forth. What do we get out of it. But how stupid would we not feel in eternity if we did not think longer in this short life than that which would form the basis of our existence throughout eternity?
God is a good Father who loves all people, and He is looking forward to showing His overflowing rich grace and goodness to us in the coming ages! (Eph. 2: 7) He is also an amazing designer who has tailored opportunities and tasks for us to step into. He has a plan for our lives that we can choose or choose. (Eph 2:10) When we accept Jesus as our savior, we recognize our own lostness, and that love outside ourselves is our only salvation. But what we do with our lives after we become Christians has a huge impact. We are called to be shaped more and more like Jesus. And when Jesus endured the cross for us, it says that he did it with the awareness of the joy and reward that awaited him. (See Hebrews 12: 2) Let us keep in mind when choosing God's will is not always comfortable. (Hebr.12: 3)
God's righteous wisdom
However, in relation to our walk on earth, God does not expect the same of us all. God is perfect justice and has the capacity to be that because he knows everything and knows all the matters that matter to our lives. He knows the heritage and the environment down to the smallest detail.
Unfortunately, many Christians are pressured by the leader and the majority for tasks they can't handle at all and they go down with stress. God puts no one on more than they have the gifts and talents. No one has the right to command with his siblings and demand and demand more than they can, the stressful pressures of this world spirit are already inside many churches today that will be user friendly and resemble the world as much as possible with many activities and other things.
Jesus explained that whoever has been given better conditions, he expects more than he who has been given inferior conditions. (See the Gospel of Luke 12:49) Therefore, we as Christians should not go and compare ourselves with each other on the basis of external things. But we can know that God recognizes and understands what is hidden from human eyes and that His judgment will be just.
It is sustaining and vital to our faith to live in the face of the fact that we are going to be truly responsible for the life we have been given. This awareness discourages apostasy in our walk with Jesus. We cannot earn salvation and Jesus alone is our savior. But it pays to live wholeheartedly for him who lived and died for us.
Jesus said: Heaven and earth shall perish, but my words shall never perish (Luke 21:33).
THE WORD OF GOD IS YOUR GROUND WILL YOUR FOUNDATION GUIDED YOU IN THE TRUE GOD'S SPIRIT OF GOD'S TRUTH.
It's not always easy, but Jesus walks with you if you walk with Him.
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No copyrights
Eternity is ahead of us. As Christians (CHRIST ETC.) we have this great hope, which deserves to fill much more than the thoughts of what we can scrape for ourselves and end up having in this life.
Why do people fall from the faith?
Paul Says in 2 Corinthians 11.29. Please read the entire chapter. Who falls from it without blaming me?
You really see some people deliberately reject everything with God and Jesus and fall away from the belief in both God and Jesus, where they consciously choose not to walk with Jesus and seemingly without scruples indulge in conscious sin, such as adultery. Or they choose to live their lives in a computer world in games and false dreams, etc.
How on earth can this be possible? How can people who have lived as Christians suddenly turn their backs on Jesus and his words? There are probably many different answers to what the individual can actually answer himself.
But it is as if in the West we are not talking openly about God and Jesus, not in the streets or when we are with non-Christians, and God's word points in many places to cowardice, silence not being a witness in his words and life. It is a problem that is the result of many apostates. There is a serious shortcoming in much of the Christian community in the Western world: We rarely talk about what happens after this life! If we take eternity away from the gospel, it is no longer the powerful message that transformed the world. And when someone talks about the Second Coming of Jesus it is often struck with yes, yes He comes when he comes and so on.
Life after this life
Christian hope constantly crosses our own death and throws anchor into the coming world of God. Here, our beliefs include that we should all be accountable for everything we have done in this life. When that spotlight hits all of our hidden and obvious sins that day, it is only Jesus and the faith in Him that will save us from the consequences of our sin. And where is Jesus worthy to have the place of honor in our hearts for what he did on the cross! The forgiveness of our sins is the condition of whether or not we share in eternal life. Where is it that we do not only believe in the words of the Bible, we must each in particular be what the Bible says or else we deceive ourselves and the truths are not us. No one can be something they are not and no one can be anything but what they are.
But what happens when we die.
For the people who are undeservedly forgiven and come to heaven, there is a difference in their wages on the basis of life on earth. That reward is not short-lived, but eternal, and Jesus spoke of it: (Luke 19: 12-24)
A noble man traveled to a land far away to be recognized as king and then return. He called ten of his servants, gave them ten pounds, and said, Work with them until I come back.
When he returned after being recognized as king, he summoned the servants whom he had given the money to know what they had earned. The first came forward and said, Lord, your pound has brought in ten more pounds. Then he said: Well, you good servant, you have been faithful in the least, therefore you have authority over ten cities. The other came and said, Lord, your pound has given five pounds. And he said unto him, Thou shalt have five cities under thee. Then the next one came and said, Lord, here is your pound; I've had it lying in a scarf ... To him he said: ... You poor servant! Then why didn't you put my money in a bank? Then I could have got them back with interest when I came back. And to his people he said, Take the pound from him and give it to him with the ten.
Undeserved Salvation and Wages for Followings 1.Cor.3: 12-15,
The above is just one of many places where Jesus and the Bible talk about wages in heaven. Another key point is Paul, who gives us further understanding of what happens when we die. And it is worth it that we really understand what it says:
Everyone should look at how he builds. For no one can lay any other foundation than the one laid, Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on the foundations of gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, it must prove what kind of work everyone has done. The day must make it clear, because it is bursting with fire, and the fire has to try how each person's work is. If what he has built remains standing, he must receive a salary, but if his work goes up in hats, he must miss the salary, but be saved himself, though through fire. (1.Kor.3: 10-15)
That scripture is about the nuance between the salvation we get undeserved by the faith of Jesus and the reward of choosing God's will on earth. Notice that the scripture is about people who have built on the foundation, Jesus, and are therefore saved. But it is different what Christians build on the foundation and whether it is useful or not. To the extent that we lived according to God's will on earth, our work will produce eternal results, for which we will again honor Jesus. It is revolutionary that in this life we actually have the opportunity to build with gold, silver and precious stones,which will last for eternity and which will bring us a salary or bonus in addition to the greatest:
That we were undeservedly saved from the consequence of our sins. Scripture is a clear illustration of how different it is for Christians to enter eternal life. The heavenly world is far more wonderful, real, and amazing than we can imagine. But we must all go through the fire of God, and the gift to us is that we can live in the light of this now. If in the walk with Jesus we stand in the light of His judgments now, we will be far better off when we stand before His throne. Therefore, it would be foolish not to have reason or fear of God enough to seriously pray that we must live for Him in this life. If we do not want to walk in God's will now, it can only be related to short-sightedness. This is a human weakness that God knows, and so He gave us the Bible, the word of eternal life.
Keep your salary in mind
We are enormously calculating and conscious about what kind of pay we can get in this life. And this gives the community good help with the focus that is on pension savings and social benefits, etc. Many just use the municipality for everything they can do that the public can take care of, not us as Christians and so forth. What do we get out of it. But how stupid would we not feel in eternity if we did not think longer in this short life than that which would form the basis of our existence throughout eternity?
God is a good Father who loves all people, and He is looking forward to showing His overflowing rich grace and goodness to us in the coming ages! (Eph. 2: 7) He is also an amazing designer who has tailored opportunities and tasks for us to step into. He has a plan for our lives that we can choose or choose. (Eph 2:10) When we accept Jesus as our savior, we recognize our own lostness, and that love outside ourselves is our only salvation. But what we do with our lives after we become Christians has a huge impact. We are called to be shaped more and more like Jesus. And when Jesus endured the cross for us, it says that he did it with the awareness of the joy and reward that awaited him. (See Hebrews 12: 2) Let us keep in mind when choosing God's will is not always comfortable. (Hebr.12: 3)
God's righteous wisdom
However, in relation to our walk on earth, God does not expect the same of us all. God is perfect justice and has the capacity to be that because he knows everything and knows all the matters that matter to our lives. He knows the heritage and the environment down to the smallest detail.
Unfortunately, many Christians are pressured by the leader and the majority for tasks they can't handle at all and they go down with stress. God puts no one on more than they have the gifts and talents. No one has the right to command with his siblings and demand and demand more than they can, the stressful pressures of this world spirit are already inside many churches today that will be user friendly and resemble the world as much as possible with many activities and other things.
Jesus explained that whoever has been given better conditions, he expects more than he who has been given inferior conditions. (See the Gospel of Luke 12:49) Therefore, we as Christians should not go and compare ourselves with each other on the basis of external things. But we can know that God recognizes and understands what is hidden from human eyes and that His judgment will be just.
It is sustaining and vital to our faith to live in the face of the fact that we are going to be truly responsible for the life we have been given. This awareness discourages apostasy in our walk with Jesus. We cannot earn salvation and Jesus alone is our savior. But it pays to live wholeheartedly for him who lived and died for us.
Jesus said: Heaven and earth shall perish, but my words shall never perish (Luke 21:33).
THE WORD OF GOD IS YOUR GROUND WILL YOUR FOUNDATION GUIDED YOU IN THE TRUE GOD'S SPIRIT OF GOD'S TRUTH.
It's not always easy, but Jesus walks with you if you walk with Him.
