2 Corinthians 4:7–18 “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you. We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
Note: We are living in a temporal world.
Note: Nothing that you see around us is going to last forever.
Note: Consider this for just a moment. A 1000 years from now, all of us will be very much alive.
Note: Eternity is more than endless time. It’s beyond time.
Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
Note: Genesis 1:1 speaks of a beginning.
Note: A beginning of what? It’s not Who, because God does not have a beginning.
Psalm 90:2 “Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.”
Note: Before the formation of the mountains or the earth. God was present.
Note: So, In the beginning God created. An immeasurable God who never changes, created a measurable world with a beginning and an end. We call this time.
Note: A space of time in the vastness of foreverness.
Note: There God made the world and all that there is today.
Note: God exists outside of time.
Note: You see God inhabits eternity.
Isaiah 57:15 “For thus saith the high and lofty One That inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, With him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”
Note: Eternity is filled with the splender, greatness and awesomeness of God.
Note: Because God is not bound by time, He already is present in tomorrow.
Note: He’s already present at the end of time.
Note: If you can imagine the alphabet as the singular line of time. The letter A (or Alpha in the Greek) is the the beginning, and the letter Z as the ending (or Omega in the Greek).
Note: Jesus says that time began with Him. Time will also end with Him.
Note: Revelation 1:8; Revelation 22:13
Colossians 1:16 “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him”
Note: So God is eternal.
Note: What does this mean for each of us?
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