We are studying Job on Wednesday evenings at our midweek service. This sermon goes aside from Job for the most part and focuses on our hope relative to the New Heavens and the New Earth. There will be laughter there. There is simply no doubt whatsoever about that. I do not conjecture too much about the contexts of future laughter, I do not see much need for elaboration about that. Neither am I earnestly contending for more laughter now, probably some believers ought to cultivate a more cheery life and probably many believers ought to also consider more seriously that they are most certainly called to have fellowship with Christ in suffering now. There is a season and a time for both: Ecclesiastes 3:1-9. What this sermon is far more about is the absolute necessity of getting a feel for heaven's scales in weighing what really matters and what ought to really "wow" us. The passage in Luke stresses painstakingly loving those who hate us because of our new life in Christ. So we venture over into I Corinthians 13:1-3 and note the spectacular extraordinary gifts that "wow" practically everyone are not necessarily worth much in heaven's scales. For instance Peter's effortlessly healing of many people: Acts 5:15. How about Jonah's preaching that staved the destruction of a massive city? These, my friend, are practically nothing in heaven's scales compared to a house wife who labors at multiple tasks with constant self-denial, little thanks or recognition, and all the while experiencing the pressures exerted by the flesh and the powers of darkness. Christian people are going to be SO ASTONISHED ON JUDGMENT DAY. The first (who "wowed" us) will be last, and the last first.
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Pastor Dave Nicholes came to know the Lord while he was in the US Navy. He went on to seek Christian training from Tennessee Temple University where he met his wife, Joy. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Temple University, a master’s degree from Tennessee Temple...
