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The Brevity of LIfe

Apr. 16, 2017
"Easter" - - Troy Dobbs
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1. Life goes by fast
How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.
James 4:14 NLT
http://bible.com/116/jas.4.14.NLT

Not about meaning but, brevity of it

James 4:13-15, don't get ahead of yourself because you don't know what God's timing is. Don't make plans without God.

2. You are wired to think about eternal life.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Yet God has made everything beautiful in its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 NLT
http://bible.com/116/ecc.3.11.NLT

Hard wired dissatisfaction  (15-year-old yearning to grow up or older persin wanting youth)

Jesus is the only answer

3. We are all going to die and then face judgment (deaths appointment).
Heb 9:27
Judgment based on what?
 - our morals, thought life, church attendance?
 - what we did with Jesus.

To forgive our sins, 1 John 5:11-12
John 3:18
Rom 8:1

Everyone dies, not everyone truly lives

John 11:25-26
Resurrection and the life, do you believe?

Romans 10:9
Confess with your mouth

Storing seed,  preparing ground, sowing seed and results
 - a seed that is dead from improper storage
 - hard ground  (removal, addition