Dave Gudgel - November 1, 2015
I’m Not The Same
When you show up for your twenty-five year high school reunion, unless someone is talking about your agelessness, the comment “you haven’t changed a bit” may not be a good thing. Especially if they’re referring to your dark side. You’d hope things would have changed for the better after twenty-five years.
If ever someone changed, Saul - who Jesus renamed Paul - did. Big time! When we read his letter to the Philippians that was written twenty-five years after he met Christ, we see that he wasn’t the same person he once was.
One of the obvious changes in Paul’s life showed up in his religious practices and beliefs. This week we’ll take a look at those changes in our ongoing study in Philippians. What we’ll see could be an immense help in the pluralistic, religiously diverse culture we live in.
From Series: "MindShift"
This Weeks Sermon: "Living for Eternity”
How often do you think about eternity? Do you approach each day with an eternal perspective, remembering, as the Bible teaches, that this world and the things in it are impermanent? Do you live with hope in your heart, eyes to the future, and hands holding this present world loosely? What if you were able to face the difficulties and disappointments of this life with peace rather than panic, knowing full well that they are intended by God to make us long for the life that is to come?
One of the good things the Bible keeps in front of us is that this is not all there is. There is more to come. The world and everything in it is marching toward eternity, and when we understand that, everything changes.