1 Peter 3:10-11 KJV
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
There is something deeper here than I think comes to our minds at the very first. There is a life to love that is beyond the few years we have on earth and that life is the one to love.
Those believers of a few hundred years ago, who gave up their earthly lives (some of them being very young) for the sake of their faith in Christ, certainly loved life every bit as much as anyone could today. However they saw that this life was only the beginning, a precursor to another life that was of far greater importance than this.
They saw eternity with Christ
They saw the rewards of a faithful life
They saw the consequences of lack of faithfulnessIssues that so impacted what would be their final destiny that they were willing to pay any price, even suffering and death in this life, to secure a brighter life in eternity.
They loved life. And because they loved life they wanted their lives to blessed and abundant in eternity: even if it meant sacrificing now to receive that abundance then.
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
There is something deeper here than I think comes to our minds at the very first. There is a life to love that is beyond the few years we have on earth and that life is the one to love.
Those believers of a few hundred years ago, who gave up their earthly lives (some of them being very young) for the sake of their faith in Christ, certainly loved life every bit as much as anyone could today. However they saw that this life was only the beginning, a precursor to another life that was of far greater importance than this.
They saw eternity with Christ
They saw the rewards of a faithful life
They saw the consequences of lack of faithfulnessIssues that so impacted what would be their final destiny that they were willing to pay any price, even suffering and death in this life, to secure a brighter life in eternity.
They loved life. And because they loved life they wanted their lives to blessed and abundant in eternity: even if it meant sacrificing now to receive that abundance then.
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