Using the Phillips Translation, James 4:14 reads: “How do you know what will happen tomorrow? What, after all, is your life? It is like a puff or smoke visible for a little while and then dissolving into thin air.” With these thoughts in mind, let’s think about the following:<\/p>\n
“What If’s ….” — often foolish and detrimental, but sometimes valuable. For example, “What if tomorrow never comes?” Fanciful you say? Our text shows otherwise! (2 Peter 3:8-14). From this text one thing is certain — life is uncertain!<\/p>\n
But there are some things that are certain! (cf. Hebrews 9:27; Matthew 25:32; Revelation 20:11-12). It is no wonder then that Peter, when he looked at the uncertainty of life, went on to ask what manner of persons we ought to be (2 Peter 3:11)! If tomorrow never comes, what manner of things do I want written in the book of life? Do I want it written that I….<\/p>\n
Was In Christ?<\/strong><\/p>\n Many spend their whole life striving to be in the best clothing, house, car … but what will these matter a hundred years from now? What will matter is whether I am in Christ<\/strong> (Ephesians 1:3; Ephesians 5:23). But how? We must let the Judge answer (Romans 6:1-4; Gal. 3:26-27).<\/p>\n Was A Servant Of God?<\/strong><\/p>\n Matthew 20:20-28 — Again, any other way is failure. Being “in Christ” brings responsibilities as a servant (Romans 6:17; Titus 2:11-14; 2 Timothy 4:6-8; Revelation 2:10). We might ask, “what is a servant?” — let the Judge answer (Matthew 25:23; 1 Samuel 2:35).<\/p>\n Was An Example To Others?<\/strong><\/p>\n If my son\/daughter\/grandchild\/spouse … follows me, then according to Bible teaching, my example will lead them to heaven or hell. Whether older like Paul (1 Corinthians 11:1) or young like Timothy (1 Timothy 4:12), we can each give the gift of an example to others. What kind of example will be written that I have been in …. becoming a child of God? Worshipping? Living?<\/p>\n Made A Difference?<\/strong><\/p>\n We’re not speaking of worldly accomplishments, but making a difference for eternity! Making a real difference can come in many ways such as, (1)<\/strong> Influencing your child, spouse, or anyone else to obey the Gospel; (2)<\/strong> Allowing the light of God in you to push the darkness back in a world filled with darkness (Matthew 5:16); (3)<\/strong> Living so as to glorify God in the midst of a self-serving world. Such things make an eternal difference!<\/p>\n Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n If tomorrow never comes (and indeed it may not), then who do I want to be like?<\/p>\n 1)<\/strong> The rich man who is suffering and bemoaning the fate of others? (Luke 16:22-25) The choice is mine (and yours!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Using the Phillips Translation, James 4:14 reads: “How do you know what will happen tomorrow? What, after all, is your life? It is like a puff or smoke visible for a little while and then dissolving into thin air.” With these thoughts in mind, let’s think about the following: “What If’s ….” — often foolish … Continue reading “If Tomorrow Never Comes! – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
2)<\/strong> Lazarus, comforted in Abraham’s bosom? (Luke 16:23)<\/p>\n