2009

In yesterday's meeting we talked about what a person would give up in order to have everlasting life. What would a person do to gain everlasting life. What can a person say to gain ever lasting life. Before that we had a talk which discussed being a good listener.

I recall a rich man that approached Jesus and asked what was required of him in order to get everlasting life? This man already obeyed God’s basic laws, but when Jesus explained that to please God and gain eternal life he must cease making material possessions his chief concern and, instead, become Jesus’ disciple and copy his example of sharing spiritual things with others, the rich man sadly walked away. Why did this man walk away? What would a person give up to gain everlasting life?

The rich are generally so concerned with their own material interests that they do not give the word of the kingdom the attention it deserves but yet they would spend so much money in order to stay young or add years, months, and even days to they life. Is it worth it? Is it worth having riches here on Earth? You can't take it with you, can you? That's just one example for the rich.

What about the middle class or even poor? Is the love of money more important than your worship to God? What would you give up to gain everlasting life? If a person is living by God's standards not his own then his or her life would reflect it. He or she wouldn't be worshiping just on a Sunday. It's a 24hr thing is it not? I mentioned in my previous post about getting Drunk. How can a person say with good conscience that he or she is serving God but yet getting drunk? You can't and if you are then you are only lying to yourself. Is it God's standards or your standards that you are living up to? If it's your standards then the bar moves which ever way you want it to move. If it's God's standards then it's high standards that you must meet. If you use bad words then really who's standards are you living up to? If you treat your children like trash, your wife like trash, kids treat parents like trash, then really who's standards are you living up to? If you say God's standards then you really need to read scripture again and show me the part where it says that it's ok to get drunk, that's it's ok to treat your wife or children bad.

What would you give up to have everlasting life? Think about that for a sec.....