29/07/2021
SPEAK LIFE NOT DEATH
ሞትን ሳይሆን ህይወትን ተናገር
መጽሐፈ ምሳሌ 18: 21 ሞትና ሕይወት በምላስ እጅ ናቸው፤ የሚወድዱአትም ፍሬዋን ይበላሉ።
Prov 18: 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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Introduction: As believers, we look forward to the rapture instead of the grave
We look forward to the day the Lord returns for us as He will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body (Phil. 3:21a ESV). On that day, our bodies will be like the Lord’s body, forever strong, young, and healthy.
“The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:42b NKJV
The Bible says that our bodies are sown in corruption and raised in incorruption. Many of our loved ones have passed on already. But when the Lord returns, what a day to behold that will be! Those who have already passed on will receive their new, glorified bodies first, while we who are alive will and remain will be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thess. 4:17a).
Our Christian position is always to look for the coming of God’s Son from heaven, not to look to the grave (1 Thess. 1:10 NLT). There is a generation that will not see death.
“By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death . . . for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”
— Hebrews 11:5 KJV
“he pleased God” — The rapture is not a new concept. It happened even as far back as Noah’s time as Enoch was translated up to heaven so that he would not see death (Gen. 5:24). Enoch walked with God and pleased Him. As we know that without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6), we can see here that Enoch walked with God, having faith in Him.