I realized many years ago that this world is simply not where it's at.   
   Everything that this world has to offer pales when compared to what God   
   offers us through the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. You may recall that in   
   writing about his New Life in Christ, the Apostle Paul wrote that he viewed   
   everything in his life prior to coming to Christ as dung, as we see here:   
      
   "Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the   
   knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all   
   things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,"   
   Philippians 3:8, KJV   
      
   Once he came to Christ, Paul had a new vision, and a new goal, and he looked   
   towards the unseen, by faith, as we see here:   
      
   "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have   
   entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them   
   that love him."   
   1 Corinthians 2:9, KJV   
      
   But concerning the temporal, materialistic enticements of this current world,   
   let me again remind you of what the Apostle John had to say:   
      
   "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man   
   love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the   
   world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of   
   life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away,   
   and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."   
   1 John 2:15-17, KJV   
      
      
      
   Jeff Snyder, SysOp - Armageddon BBS  Visit us at endtimeprophecy.org port 23   
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