The Future is as Bright as the Promise of God 3

Living our “Life with Jesus” in this world is often not easy. The world does not know us and the world hates us.

But whenever the world comes against me and it looks dark ahead of me;

I open my wallet, in which I carry for many years now a little card on which is written:

“The Future is as Bright as the Promise of God”

Now, there are more than thousand Promises in God’s word that He made to  those who belong to Him. But;

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are Yes in Christ. And so through him the Amen is spoken by us to the glory of God.

( 2 Corinthians 1:20)

Therefore we can take Abraham’s example:

Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God,

but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

(Rom 4:20-21)

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As we celebrate Eastern this weekend,

we are celebrating the great promise of God to David

that his son will sit on the eternal throne forever.

When your days are over and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. 

He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with the rod of men, with floggings inflicted by men. 

But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 

Your house and your kingdom shall endure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.

(2 Samuel 7:12-16)

Yes, that we have a living God who will be our king for all eternity.

From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. 

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. Never, Lord! he said. This shall never happen to you! 

Jesus turned and said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men. 

Then Jesus said to his disciples, If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. 

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? 

For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. 

I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.

(Matthew 16:21-28)

wish and pray you have a blessed Resurrection Day

Volker

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