The question “are we there yet?” is familiar to anyone who has travelled with an impatient child, and to anyone who, worn out by life, is waiting for a moment of rest. This sermon reads that longing as the eternity God has set in the human heart (Ecclesiastes 3), and shows that Jesus reduces eternal life to a relationship that begins today (John 17). It closes with five glimpses of eternity drawn from 1 Thessalonians, gratitude, faith, love, hope and grace. Listen, and see how near the destination really is.
Are We There Yet?
Eternity? Now!
When we live in the present, it’s sometimes easy to forget about eternity and live as if what is here and now were all we can expect. However, the Apostle Paul, in his First Letter to the Thessalonians, though writing about very everyday matters, constantly reminds his readers of eternity, and every chapter of this letter ends with a reference to the second coming of Jesus. He does this because, even though we live in the present and struggle with the here and now, we can learn to view our lives, our daily struggles, and our everyday choices from the perspective of eternity-and that changes everything.
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