The 5 Minute Discipleship Podcast

#543: Preparing for Eternity

• Loren Hicks

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The Big Idea: 

It’s easy to be fully focused on this life and to give very little thought about eternity. After all, this everyday life is what we see and know. It is our present reality. Yet, the truth is, eternity awaits us all. Relatively speaking, it’s not far away.


Main Points:

1. The Bible is abundantly clear on one thing.  When this short life is over we will all die and we will all stand before God and give an account for how we lived this life – specifically what we did with Jesus.
2. While we are grateful for the life God has given us with all of its opportunities, we have our sights set on eternity. This life is not all there is. We must be prepared for eternity.
3. So, how do we make this preparation. We do so, by believing in Jesus and his death and resurrection as payment for our sins. We confess Him as our Savior and Lord. We then seek to live every day according to His will.


Today’s Scripture Verses:

Ecclesiastes 3:11 - “God has put eternity in the hearts of men.”  

Matthew 16:26 – “What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his own soul?”

James 4:14 – “Why you don’t even know what will happen tomorrow.  What is your life?  You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”

1 Corinthians 15:19 – “If only in this life we have hope, then we are of all people to be pitied.”

John 17:3 - “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”


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