✝ Daily Encouragement (9/22/23) "Eternal Guarantee"
Published: Fri, 09/22/23
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Friday, September 22, 2023
 Reiff's Greenhouse in Mifflinburg,
PA.
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"Eternal
Guarantee"
Message summary:
The best guarantee assures forgiveness of sins,
eternal life and a place in heaven for all recipients of the “better covenant”. Amazingly so few seem interested in this guarantee.
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"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade -- kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time" (1 Peter 1:3-5). “Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant” (Hebrews 7:22). If you happen to be driving up Route 1 in Maine above Portland, you might want to stop in the main store for the L.L. Bean Company. Don’t worry about when you get there since the store is open 24 hours a day year round. It’s a huge store with many displays of stuffed and mounted skins of animals, live fish and lots and lots of stuff. Once when we lived in New England we were up that way and stopped on Christmas evening about 10:00 and plenty of people were walking through even at that time. What many people like about the L.L. Bean store is the quality of their merchandise and their guarantee which is expressed on an ad slogan. It unambiguously states “Guaranteed – You have our word”. For many years this was a lifetime guarantee but in recent years they changed their warranty to one year due to abuse. This statement was in an L.L. Bean catalog several years ago: “We guarantee everything except the weather.”
Some time back I saw a tool set with this remarkable claim on the packaging,
"Guaranteed Forever". It was kind of humorous since it appeared to be the rather cheap, massively produced foreign stuff that often breaks the first time you use it hard.
But it did get me to thinking. What is guaranteed forever? In our first text
Peter speaks of an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. Let us consider two phrases in this Scripture portion:
1) "Kept in heaven for you"
. Now there's a
guarantee you can count on! As you face each day and the remainder of your life keep this in mind. You have a "living hope" guarantee valid forever! It's secured by the finished work of Jesus Christ. His Credit has been applied to your account and there is no limit or expiration date. J.R. Miller writes, "The children of God are heirs to a glorious inheritance. It is not an earthly inheritance, but a heavenly. It is not given to them in full possession in this world, but is
reserved for them in heaven. They could not receive it here - they have a pilgrimage to make to get to it."
2) "Shielded by God's power. " By faith we are shielded by God's power. The keeping power of our Lord is as strong as His strength and as eternal as His person. No Christian should ever doubt this providential care of the Lord. We are constantly being kept shielded by the omnipotent power of God which guarantees every believer's final victory. This guarantee assures forgiveness of sins, eternal life and a place in heaven for all recipients of the “better covenant”. Amazingly so few seem interested in this guarantee. Christ is the guarantee of a “better covenant” in which we are receiving a “kingdom that cannot be shaken” (Hebrews 12:28) and the “eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 1:12). The guarantor is Jesus Christ. Long after everything on this earth is defunct our Lord Jesus will be reigning supreme. The old gospel song states, “All may change but Jesus never, glory to His Name!”
“Jesus is able to save completely those who come to God through Him,
because He always lives to intercede for them” (Hebrews 7:25). Have you come to God through Jesus? If not, do so today!
Be encouraged today,
(Hebrews 3:13
)
Stephen & Brooksyne
Weber
Daily prayer:
Father, the vast majority build their hopes and dreams on that which will pass away but we build our lives on the better covenant which will be completely fulfilled as we cross over to the Promised Land, the place where we will dwell for all eternity. How wonderful that You save to the uttermost. No one will be denied a place in heaven who comes to You in humility, repentance, and faith. It is in Jesus’ name that we are saved and made right with You. For that we are eternally thankful!
Thank you for that guarantee. Amen.
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental
Resources
"Christ the True and Better" Watch video on YouTube Matt Boswell & Matt Papa
Reiff's Greenhouse pumpkins, Mifflinburg,
PA.
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Rural scene near Mifflinburg,
PA
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Along the trail we saw this tractor near Mifflinburg, PA. Harvesting
was in full gear while we were there on the bike trail that straddles the farm fields. The steel-wheeled tractor indicates a certain type of old-order Mennonite.
The huge building that houses Rusty Rail was built in 1911 and was once the
home of the Mifflinburg Body Works. For many years, car bodies were made in this building, including those for Ford’s Model-T.
Meanwhile, back home in Lancaster County, at sunset last night our neighbor
Leon finished harvesting his soybeans up the road from us.
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