Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. - Romans 5

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Treasures in heaven

What if...and this may be borderline heresy, but what if the treasures we store up in heaven are actually the relationships we build on earth with our brothers and sisters, and especially those we met as lost but became found because we preached the Gospel to them? What if the treasures are the joy contained in these relationships, made complete and full once we all are in heaven in the full presence of God? Fellowship is truly the taste of heaven. Relationships are literally the only thing that we can bring into heaven. Literally. Christ has made brother and sisterhood such an important thing.

Phil 4:1
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends!

1 Thess 2:19
 For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?

Mark 10:29-30
Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake, 30 but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.

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