2011-09-29T11:48:10-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/eternal+life http://hutchcraft.com/blogs/ron-hutchcrafts-blogs/wimpy-death 2011-09-29T11:48:10-05:00 Every funeral of a Jesus-forgiven child of God is the ultimate declaration of what a Savior He is. This "hope" isn't wishful thinking or sympathy card sentiment. It's the surest of all sure things - because it's anchored to the Man who blew death away when He walked out of His grave. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/time-is-slipping-away-6050 2010-03-22T11:11:16-05:00 The choice is simple. Either we put our trust in Jesus and His death for our sins, or we pay that death penalty ourselves - forever. Jesus came to give us heaven. Once you come to His cross and put your total trust in what He did there for you, death is no longer the end, it's just the beginning! All death can do, then, is take you to heaven if you belong to Jesus Christ. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/paving-over-it-2573 2009-10-02T11:19:06-05:00 The biggest problem of all - the sin that haunts our past, poisons our present, and threatens our future. Covering it will not work - removing it will. Only Jesus can do that. He's waiting for you to ask Him to. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%206:23&version=NIV 2009-09-30T18:17:41-05:00 What "reward" awaits us at the end of a life of sin? Only death, both physical and spiritual. But God grants a much better gift: eternal life with Him. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2011:25-26&version=NIV 2009-09-24T16:30:35-05:00 How do we live forever? By believing in Jesus Christ and his saving work. Those who place their trust in Jesus will never die, according to this passage. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-missing-person-on-your-journey-3724 2009-09-21T10:37:20-05:00 The Bible indicates that many people - especially those who've been around Christian things a lot - are in danger of making this same deadly mistake. Like our daughter in that grocery store, they are going on without the Person they need to lead them - and they're ending up lost. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/easter-eggs-3719 2009-09-21T10:31:27-05:00 Our questions and our fears about what happens after our last heartbeat are answered at that empty tomb. Jesus has beaten what has beaten every other person who ever lived. Because He lives, you shall live also - forever. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017:3&version=NIV 2009-09-18T13:38:55-05:00 To know Jesus is to experience eternal life. When we accept Jesus, God establishes a relationship between us and Him, one that brings us into his eternal kingdom. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%206:68&version=NIV 2009-09-18T11:47:49-05:00 Jesus' words contain within them the key to eternal life. Jesus' message of hope tells us all we need to know to live eternally in God's kingdom. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-price-for-freedom-2863 2009-09-14T14:08:05-05:00 Ransom - think of a kidnapping situation. The ransom is the price you pay to set someone free. Jesus tells us what our freedom costs - He would have to "give His life." That price was paid as He suffered the unspeakable agony of dying on a cross, absorbing all the guilt and hell of our sins.