The document discusses things that are not eternal like life on earth, money, and pleasure, and things that are truly eternal like God, God's word, the soul and spirit, hell, and salvation. It encourages the reader to come to Christ through faith to inherit eternal life and salvation, which are offered as free gifts from God.
2. “ Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Luke 18:18
3. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served created things rather than the Creator – who is forever praised. Amen. Romans 1:25
4. Science has not been able to fill the void of an empty life and a meaningless death.
5. I. Things that are NOT eternal A. Life on earth is not eternal
6. “ No man has power over the wind to contain it; so no one has power over the day of his death…” Ecclesiastes 8:8a
7. “… The hearts of men, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.” Ecclesiastes 9:3b
8. I. Things that are NOT eternal A. Life on earth is not eternal B. Money is not eternal
9. “… gold, which perishes even though refined by fire…” 1 Peter 1:7
10. Money can purchase many things, but it cannot buy you happiness, and it cannot buy you eternal life .
11. Jesus said , “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21
12. I. Things that are NOT eternal A. Life on earth is not eternal B. Money is not eternal C. Pleasure is not eternal
13. “… I acquired men and women singers, and a harem as well – the delights of the heart of man…I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart to no pleasure…Then I thought in my heart, ‘The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise? I said to my heart, ‘ This too is meaningless ’” Ecclesiastes 2:8, 10, 15
14. “ weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you… [because] you have lived on earth in luxury and self indulgence.” James 5:1, 5
16. “ Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.” Psalm 90:2
17. “ Your name, O Lord, endures forever, your renown, O Lord, through all generations.” Psalm 135:13
18. I. Things that are TRULY eternal A. God is Eternal B. God’s Word is eternal
19. “ The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of our God stands forever.” Isaiah 40:8
20. Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” Matthew 24:35
21. “ Your Word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.” Psalm 119:89
22. “ For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.” I Peter 1:23
23. I. Things that are TRULY eternal A. God is Eternal B. God’s Word is eternal C. Soul and Spirit are eternal
24. “ I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see Him with my own eyes – I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me.” Job 19:25-27
25. “ But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.” Isaiah 26:19
26. I. Things that are TRULY eternal A. God is Eternal B. God’s Word is eternal C. Soul and Spirit are eternal D. Hell is eternal
28. “ The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell in the everlasting burning?” Isaiah 33:14
29. “ But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin.” Mark 3:29
31. I. Things that are TRULY eternal A. God is Eternal B. God’s Word is eternal C. Soul and Spirit are eternal D. Hell is eternal E. Salvation is eternal
32. Bible says that Christ is “the source of eternal salvation” Hebrews 5:9
33. “ He did not enter by means of blood of goats and calves; but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.” Hebrews 9:12
34. Eternal salvation - Hebrews 5:9 Christ will save you for all eternity if you will come to Him in a definite act of faith. Eternal redemption - Hebrews 9:12
35. What shall I do to inherit eternal life? Young Man (Luke 18:18) Jesus (John 6:47) I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life .
36. “ I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life .” 1 John 5:13
