An Eternal People - August 31, 2025

Be:LiveAn Eternal PeopleJon FredricksToday's Scripture: Romans 8:28 NIV__________ Romans 8:28 NIVAnd we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.1 Corinthians 15:19 NIV19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. Hebrews 11:13 NIV13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. John 14:1-6 NIV“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Mark 12:26 NIVNow about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? Mark 12:27 NIVHe is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!” John 14:1-3 NIV Matthew 6:20 NIVBut store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. John 17:3 NIV3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. John 14:6 NIV Matthew 7:23 NIVThen I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 NIV13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. Revelations 21:4-5 NIV Romans 8:22-25 NIV 1) COMPLETELY CERTAIN1 Corinthians 15:19-22 NIV19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 NIV42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 NIV 2) COMMITTED TO HIS KINGDOMPhilippians 1:21 NIVFor to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Hebrews 11:14-16 NIV14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. 3) CO-OPERATING CONTINUALLYMatthew 6:20 NIVBut store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. Matthew 16:19 NIVI will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Proverbs 11:30 NIVThe fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who is wise saves lives.