Evergreen Christian Community

The Big Idea: The certainty of our eternal future informs, directs and empowers our present life experience. 1 Corinthians 15:47-58 THE SHAPE OF GOD’S FUTURE FOR US: Four Things we are certain to Experience in Our Future: 1. DEATH WITH NO STING. “If we could be sure that death is annihilation, there would be no fear of it. But we cannot be totally sure. What people fear most is not that death is annihilation, but that it is not.” – Epicurus Jesus did not come to bring judgment, but to bear it on our behalf! 2. SUFFERING SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY. Suffering isn’t repaid, but is completely swallowed up in victory! 3. PHYSICAL LIFE IN AN ETERNAL MATERIAL WORLD. 4. FINALLY EXPERIENCING THE TRUE YOU. Response: ● Keep praying over our nation! ● ABC - place your life in the hands of our Redeemer King and your certain eternal future. ● Live among your Oikos through the empowerment of your Hope.