peace to live by

Exploring the Colossians' Love, Part 3 (TMF:2502)

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Peace to Live By: Exploring the Colossians' Love, Part 3 (TMF:2502) - Daniel Litton
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       Who wants to not love right now, only to arrive in Heaven and see that person and say, “I’m sorry, but I should have loved you in the past.” That doesn’t seem right. We love now because these are the people we will be with in the future. Sure, we could love because of rewards, to gain rewards. That might be a lesser motivation at least at times. It doesn’t seem that’s what Paul’s referring to, however. The hope laid up for us in Heaven is found first in God the Father, then in Jesus Christ, and then in the great truths which surround them. These truths are worth much more than possessions. It is our very beingness that will be in Heaven, and this with God and others. But Paul gets more specific, he says of this hope: “Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth” (Colossians 1:5-6, ESV).