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SERMON - HOW TO LIVE WITH ETERNITY IN MIND
Kris Vallotton | October 28, 2022
In this message from March 13th, 2022 at Bethel Church in Redding CA, Kris Vallotton teaches that in order to live from eternity, we must live for eternity because our infinite is cultivated in our finite life here on the earth. He shares that once we have the Kingdom within us, we are entrusted with a divine mandate to bring Heaven to those around us and carry on the legacy of Kingdom inheritance.
HOW TO LIVE WITH ETERNITY IN MIND SERMON NOTES
Sometimes eternity can be “out of sight, out of mind”. Rather, we are so fixated on the here and now that we forget we are living for a purpose that exceeds the confines of time. Yet, I’d propose as you get older, eternity becomes very close.
Not a message I often preach, but is relevant to every Believer’s walk is that what we do in our “earth suit” matters to God and has eternal consequences. Our life here will echo into eternity – just because we are living for an eternal purpose doesn’t mean that our life on earth doesn’t matter. Rather, what we do in this finite world, seals us for eternity. There are no do-overs.
Maybe you are asking yourself well, what kind of people should we be? How should we live?
Matthew 5:11, says “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.”
Hebrews 11:6, “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
The word 'reward' is a theme throughout the gospels and the epistles.The truth is, it is nice to have good things but it’s not good for those things to own you. (Matthew 6:19-21)
What you do, how you behave, the choices you make;the way you treat people, yourself and God all matter because it is forging your way to eternity.
The good news of the gospel is that there is power to be transformed.What I am getting at is, in order to live for eternity, we must live from eternity — we are seated in Heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6). No longer are we subject to the confined power of the world, but by the redemptive power of the cross we are seated in an eternal seat and have access to the power of God here on earth. This reality should shift the way that we live, think, and behave.
The truth is, as believers we don’t just have a responsibility for ourselves, we have a responsibility for others. Once you get the kingdom in you, you get to bring the kingdom to those around you.
God has called us to be mothers and fathers of nations but you can’t disciple nations if you don’t love them.
God has a plan and it has been embedded in the nations. (Isaiah 2:2-4)
Mathew 28:18-20, says “And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’”
God has enough love for everybody and he doesn’t have favorites. He has given us the ability to carry the same heart for His children.
Scripture:
Matthew 6:19-21; Isaiah 61; Genesis 1:1; Matthew 5:9; Genesis 17; Romans 4; Mark 9:42-48; Isaiah 2:2-4
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