A Few Bible Thoughts For Your Day

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Date: May 23 2017 8:53 PM

Hey everybody,

I hope your week is off to a great start. I don't know about you, but we got quite a bit of rain here in my neck of the woods. I hope you are planning to join us Wed. night at 7 for lesson 2 of "Where Do We Go When We Die."

For today, here are a few thoughts.

Jesus Did Not Quit

Jesus did not quit meeting with His disciples because Judas was a thief, nor because Peter was fickle at times. He did not quit preaching and living right because some of His brethren were unforgiving and unkind. He did not quit His post of leadership because He had in His presence the adulterous woman, a gang of Pharisees, or narrow-minded demon-worshippers. Jesus did not quit.

Have you been tempted to quit? Have you quit? What was the reason for it? Any reason you might name, Jesus could have given the same. He had every reason to be discouraged. His own disciples were so slow to learn. His enemies were bent on His destruction. But He did not quit. He said, "Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?" (Luke 2:49). And when the end of His earthly life was in sight, Jesus said to His Father, "I have finished the work which You have given Me to do" (John 17:4).

He did not quit. He finished His task.

When you come to the end of life, will you be able to say, "I have finished the work God has given me to do"? Or, will you be compelled to say, "I started, but quit"? Will you stand before the judgment bar of God and admit that you were a quitter?

Eternal life is promised to those who endure to the end (Matthew 10:22). There will be no consolation on the judgment day to point back to your baptism, unless you can also point back to a life of faithful endurance.

Mitch Robison

Enon Church of Christ

1366 Enon Rd.

Webb, AL 36376

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