A Last Minute Entrance Into Paradise
Ninety-eight and a half, a week away from eternity, and no interest in Jesus. He didn’t know he was about to make a last minute entrance into paradise.
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Two Ways to Get into Heaven (#1 Is an Illusion)
There are (at least theoretically) two ways to get into heaven: either you buy your own way in, or someone else has to do it for you.
Colossians 6:19-20 ...you are not your own ... for you have been bought with a price.
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What Happened on the Cross? Suffering AND Joy.
Sometimes suffering and joy coexist. Jesus suffered the agony of the cross for the joy set before Him. What was that joy? Gaining intimacy with us.
For the joy set before Him Jesus endures the cross. What is the joy set before Him? It's us. Us! We are His joy.
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Hiding in Plain View: The Bridal Paradigm
Bible writers often arrange ideas in patterns we don’t see. One pattern, the bridal paradigm, links weddings & salvation. Take a look. You’ll be intrigued.
Every bridegroom, including Jesus, wins his bride from all other suitors.
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