Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS SUNDAY
OPEN: WE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT ETERNALITY THE FEW WEEKS AND SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT LAY AHEAD FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PUT THEIR FAITH
IN WHO JESUS IS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US
TODAY LET’S SEE HOW THE HOPE OF ETERNALITY REMOVES THE FEAR OF
ALL THIS CRAZINESS IN WORLD RIGHT NOW
F.E.A.R. FALSE, EVIDENCE, APPEARING, REAL
INTERNET VS THE BIBLE
THIS IS WHAT THE HOPE OF ETERNALITY DOES FOR US…. IT ALLOWS US TO
LIVE FOR ETERNALLY [A PLACE WITHOUT FEAR] IN THIS TEMPORAL LIFE.
HEB 12:1-3 [READ VS1-3 BUT MAKE SLIDE FOR VS 2]
Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of
God.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS? IT MEANS TO GET TO
KNOW HIM MORE….FIX = to turn the eyes away from other things and fix them on
something
[FISHING AND BIRDS NO DOTS]
WHY DO WE NEED TO FIX OUR EYES ON HIM? BECAUSE GOD FIXED HIS EYES
ON US [“FOR THE JOY SET BEFORE HIM”]
BEFORE YOU SET YOUR EYES ON HIM HE SET HIS EYES ON YOU
WHEN DID GOD DO THIS? BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD = IN
ETERNALITY PAST
GOD IS USING TIME TO BRING YOU INTO ETERNALITY FUTURE WITH HIM
IN TIME / THE TEMPORAL IS WHERE TROUBLE EXIST…..IN THE ETERNAL
BOTH TIME AND TRIALS DON’T EXIST….THIS IS THE REALM OF ETERNALITY
AND IT’S THROUGH THESE TRIALS THAT GOD IS DRAWING PEOPLE TO HIM
WHEN UNDERSTOOD BIBLICALLY THAT TIME HERE ON EARTH IS A
CONSTANT TRIAL….THEN YOU ARE NOT SURPRISED BUT THEY 1 PET 4:12-13
JOHN 16:33
“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you
have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”
SO LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING……..ARE YOUR EYES FIXED ON JESUS THE
AUTHOR AMD PERFECTER OF YOUR FAITH?