Luke 6:23 KJV
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
This is an abbreviated version of the beatitudes of Matthew 5. What struck me this morning is how God says we can be blessed (or happy - have a reason to rejoice) really only when we are poor and hungry and weeping and hated and separated.
The obvious implication in the passage is that what we have on this earth will be missing in glory and what we do without on this earth will be ours forever in glory.
Way too much is made of comfort and success in life. The fact is life will not begin until we get into heaven and it is only that life that we should seek to promote.
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
This is an abbreviated version of the beatitudes of Matthew 5. What struck me this morning is how God says we can be blessed (or happy - have a reason to rejoice) really only when we are poor and hungry and weeping and hated and separated.
The obvious implication in the passage is that what we have on this earth will be missing in glory and what we do without on this earth will be ours forever in glory.
Way too much is made of comfort and success in life. The fact is life will not begin until we get into heaven and it is only that life that we should seek to promote.
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