What kind of life is truly worth living?

A life with the long-range in mind.

Notice what Jesus promised his disciples who’d be faithful to the end—those he calls the “overcomers”:

· The right to eat from the Tree of Life in God’s Paradise, forever. (Rev. 2:7)

· The Crown of Life, and escape from the “second death”. Rev. 2:10-11)

· The Hidden (secret) Manna & a white stone with your new heavenly name written on it. (Rev. 2:17)

· The authority to rule over the nations with  the Morning Star (Jesus). (Rev. 2:26-28 & 22:16)

· The right walk with Jesus dressed in heavenly white, your name permanently in the Lamb’s Book of Life, and to have Jesus call you by name in front of the Father and the angels. (Rev. 3:4-5)

· The permanent position as a pillar in the Temple of God, the right to wear God’s name and the name of the New Jerusalem, and a new name given by Jesus himself. (Rev. 3:12)

· The right to sit with Jesus on his throne  next to the Father. (Rev. 3:21)

            “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” (Rev. 3:22)

The Spirit of The Gospel -20 'The Pitiful Gospel' – The Calhoun Church of Christ Podcast

Study the gospel and you'll soon come across fake or empty versions of it, even in Scripture. The apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian church, "If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied." (1st Corinthians 15:19 NIV) He wrote that because some Christians in the Corinthian Church had said they didn't believe in the resurrection of the dead, which sounded logical to them since they'd been raised surrounded with Greco-Roman classical philosophy. Neither Plato nor Aristotle had believed in the bodily resurrection of the dead, and some of the philosophers in Athens sneered at Paul when he preached the gospel to them, which included the resurrection in Acts chapter seventeen. So, the church at Corinth had a lot to learn about the place of bodily resurrection in the gospel. That's why Paul challenged them, saying that a gospel without the resurrection was a pity. The real, authentic gospel always includes the bodily resurrection.  Listen and find out more.

1. The Spirit of The Gospel -20 'The Pitiful Gospel' 43:51
2. The Spirit of The Gospel -19 "The Day Death Died" 41:14
3. The Spirit of The Gospel -18 "The Forbidden Chapter" -2 41:34
4. The Spirit of The Gospel -17 "The Forbidden Chapter" 41:08
5. The Spirit of The Gospel – 16 "The Spirit-Led Gospel" 42:20