Whatsoever
Things are True
by Pastor Dan
Coburn
It Takes a Village
Over the weekend, I was blessed to attend a conference
in Spokane where I listened to a talk by a retired police detective from
the Seattle area, named Sam Holden. He said many things I knew, but
had forgotten. One of the things he touched on was the “evolution” of family
life in America. We’ll talk more about that next time. Right now I’m going
to ask you a question and I want you to answer it. What is the difference
between a house and a home? You probably have many answers,
some coined, some original. Maybe you said “you can buy a house, but you
can’t buy a home”. So what is the difference, and when did the distinction
arise? What do you consider home? Do you go there each night - or do you
go there on Holidays? When does one cease to be a home, and
another begin? Picture this. Even though a man lived in one
place for twenty years, after getting married he might take his new bride
to see his “house” (where he grew up), then he will take her “home” where
he is anxious to begin his new life. It has been said: “home is where the
heart is”. I don’t believe this is biblical, but it is certainly
a biblical principal. You see, if we are “in Christ”, the Bible
says our citizenship is in Heaven – Phil 3:20. Not at death, though
that is certainly true, – 2nd Cor. 5:8, but right now. This sheds
light on verses like 2nd Cor. 5:20 which says we are ambassadors for Christ’s
sake. Or how about “Lay not up for yourselves treasure upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” – Matt. 6:19-21. A lot
of kids I talk to think Heaven is a distant place, not to be given much
consideration till we are old or even feeble, to give us hope since we
have nothing else to look forward to. Like Heaven is a consolation
prize.
If hell is indescribably horrible, then Heaven
is likewise indescribably wonderful. “But as it is written, EYE HATH
NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE
THINGS WHICH ‘GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM” – 1st Cor. 2:9.
Satan and his hosts waged war over it, and when he lost, he was sent here
as a punishment. How much more spectacular must Heaven be than here.
Let’s turn the Spiritual Switch. Is Heaven real to you? Do you look
forward to it much as a child might look forward to a trip to Disneyland?
Do you tell all your friends about it as the child would? Or, is
Heaven something you just Hope is out there somewhere incase you ever need
it? Do you like to talk about it? “Out of the abundance of the heart,
the man speaketh”– Matt. 12:34. Where are your treasures?
Satan is the author of doubt and confusion, but “These things have I written
unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that
ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of
God”– 1st John 5:13. |
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