"The Hope of Heaven"

 "A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth." (Ecclesiastes 7:1 KJV)

  ""But don't rejoice because evil spirits obey you; rejoice because your names are registered in heaven."" (Luke 10:20 NLT)

 Maybe there is still something to be said for trying to be good, as I seem try really hard, yet it doesn't always work out the way that I planned it. Not that I fail on purpose, because it isn't my intention to do anything that might be bad or seem unloving; it is just hard sometimes to die to myself, letting nothing upset me. 

 Hopefully none of you are dealing with the same issue, because it is almost as if there are two people inside of me: one that wants to do good, never becoming unloving; the other is sensitive to self, forgetting that love is not easily made irritable and does not demand its own way! (Pray for me!)

 If you look closely at this verse, as Solomon shares "Wisdom for Life", the only way this actually works, makes any sense, or seems beneficial, is if there is somewhere better this life. Basically, this would be considered wisdom for eternal life, which is something that causes us to have hope; a hope that on the day of death, we will be set free from this life and find peace in heaven! 

 Yesterday, Pastor Bryan was sharing on the books that will be opened on judgment day; based upon Daniel's vision in Daniel 7:10. As we all should know, the books which are opened for judgment are not going to condemn anyone that is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. Whether or not they show what we might have done, that is not clearly made known; except for the fact that our sins are totally forgiven. 

 Personally, my opinion is that they will be listed, most likely to show that they have been forgiven, which is the main point of the judgment upon those who refused to accept God's free gift of salvation. This will be the judgment, not that they did things that wrong, but that they did not do what God wanted them to do and believe in His Son....

""God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son. And the judgment is based on this fact: God's light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants."" (John 3:17-21 NLT)