DCLM Daily Manna Thursday 24 August 2023
TOPIC: The Living Hope
TEXT: Mark 12:18-27 (KJV)
KEY VERSE
“For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.”
(Mark 12:25)
DCLM Daily Manna Thursday 24 August 2023 MESSAGE
In an outreach, a Christian lady spoke to a woman of another religion, asking her if she believed there is heaven. “Of course, I believe there is”, she answered. The sister then asked again, “Will you like to be there?” The woman said “Yes”, and added that “everybody wants to go to heaven”. The sister then asked again, “Will everybody go to heaven?” and the woman said she did not know. Of course, the Christian lady went ahead to explain to her God’s conditions of admitting people into heaven, pointing out that everyone has equal opportunity to desire it and to get there, since salvation is freely available through Christ.
The Sadducees who never believed in resurrection had come to Christ with a story bordering on levirate marriage, about seven brothers who married same woman. They all died without an offspring. The woman also died and they wanted to know who would marry her eventually “at the resurrection”. The Lord denounced their error and ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God, pointing out there will be no marriage at the resurrection.
READ DCLM Daily Manna Wednesday 23 August 2023 – Beware of Deception
Believers’ hope that one day they shall be resurrected like their Master to be with Him in heaven is the anchor of the soul and the ultimate reward for a life lived in conformity to God’s will. Such blessedness is a living hope that dims the effects of the pressures of all present challenges and afflictions the believer is going through.
Certainly, there is a rest for the people of God. Though for now, we have to labour to enter that rest through faith, righteousness, watchfulness, prayerfulness and perseverance. Let us be patient; that day will come soon.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
He who serves God with perseverance invests greatly for time and eternity.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Psalm 24-30
