You don’t need to fear death if you know Jesus Christ.
“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
1 Corinthians 15:55 NIV
Everybody Has A Number
Metaphor
Little Ones
“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.”
John 17:15 NIV
Vulture In Flight
They’re not as scary up there, but they are “eyeing” the dead and the dying.
“that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
2 Thessalonians 2:12 NKJV
An Uphill Battle
Need more patience to endure an uphill battle.
“But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.”
Luke 8:15 NKJV
Even When It Gets Harder
This truth is immutable.
“From the rising of the sun to its going down
The LORD’s name is to be praised.”
Psalm 113:3 NKJV
Kevlar
“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;“
Ephesians 6:17 NKJV
Sunflower Seedling
“Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
John 3:5-6 NKJV
Subtle Subversion
Though the sun means energy, to say “God is energy” is foreign to Scripture.
Scripture talks about God’s “power and great glory“.
“There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.”
Revelation 22:5 NKJV
Blossom In The Truth
You can’t blossom in the faith if you hold on to falsehood.
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.”
1 John 4:1-3 NKJV
Navigating Through All The Mess
Timely reminder that never gets old especially at this time.
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38-39 NIV