Introduction
- Genesis 2:16-17, 23 – Adam and Eve did not literally die the day they ate from the tree.
- II Timothy 3:12
- I Peter 3:14
- Luke 21:16-18 – The protection and deliverance were more real than the persecution.
- I John 4:2
- John 19:27 – Jesus acknowledged and respected physical reality.
- Luke 8:19-21
We must remember the greater reality of spiritual things.
- We must focus on the greater reality when a choice presents itself.
My perspective on prayer changes when I consider the greater reality.
- Service focuses on both lesser and greater realities.
- Matthew 25:36, 30
- Matthew 6:2, 5
- Colossians 4:12
- Prayer is no small thing!
- I Timothy 5:5
- James 5:16
- Isaiah 62:6-7
My perspective on my country changes when I consider the greater reality.
- Hebrews 11:13
- I Peter 1:17
- I Peter 2:11
- Ephesians 2:18-19
- We are strangers and aliens on earth, but not in heaven.
My perspective on my church changes when I consider the greater reality.
- Revelation 2:2, 6, 15, 19; 3:1, 17
- The greater reality is whether or not we can hold to truth.
My perspective on hope changes when I consider the greater reality.
- I Corinthians 15:53, 42-44
- My perspective on discipleship will change.
- I Corinthians 15:49
- I John 3:2
- John 1
- We should want to be like Jesus now so we can move toward Him.
- II Corinthians 5:1-7
- Our lives are like dreams compared to the greater reality.
- We must be careful to allow our physical life to make us doubt the greater reality.