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Stop believing in heaven and just enjoy your life!
Don't waste your life! Don't be stupid!
This is a common attitude that some people have when it comes to serving God.
They think serving God is a waste of time because they judge everything with what they have seen, in other words their wisdom is based on their experiences in this world.
It is easy to forget that there is an eternity before us and after us and we are like the flower in the field, we appear for a very short time then we are gone.
But remember that God is eternal.
The interesting thing about
this comment is that is says to enjoy life and not to waste it.
Well this is what serving God is all about.
The word enjoy comes from the word joy, and the bible tells us that joy
is a good thing that comes from God and lets face it just because I serve God,
that doesn't mean that I can't enjoy life.
What is there that unbelievers
(pagans) can do that I or any other believer can't do
The answer is sin. So instead of this question saying "Stop believing in heaven
and enjoy your life!" I think what you are really saying is "Stop believing
in heaven and enjoy a sinful life!". Lets face it, you, me and everyone knows
that we all have the freedom to enjoy good things if they are there, and no
one is saying that we should deprive ourselves of good things. God is not a
killjoy, rather he is the giver
of joy. He created us to share the good things that he has made. But to
enjoy sin, that is something that a servant of God should keep well away from.
Sin is the cause of all known problems in peoples lives and sin actually destroys
joy.
James
1:14-15 says,
"but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire,
he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth
to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Hebrews
11:24-25 says,
24 "By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused
to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy
the pleasures of sin for a season."
So yes you can enjoy not only good things, but I admit that it is possible to enjoy sin, trouble is sin only last for a while and then its all downhill thereafter. When we enjoy the good things that God has for us, then we are blessed and walking in God is an uphill journey that leads to the ultimate destination, Heaven. Heaven is a place of much joy and enjoyment in God and the things that he has created.
So I say to you do you really want to enjoy life, or do you want to enjoy sin which leads to death.
In Romans
6:23 it says,
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord".
Think about that, the gift
of God is eternal life.
I think that this world is too boring to experience forever. But the fact is
eternal life with God, will be the most enjoyable experience that we could ever
know, and it is an absolute privilege to live with God or should I say for God
to live in us.
1
Corinthians 2:9 says:
"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him"
What God has waiting for those that love him is beyond our experience and is many times more wonderful than anyone could ever imagine. If you try and imagine how wonderful heaven is, then your finite imaginations would fall far short of what the eternal God has created. Of course God himself is greater than his own creation, so we cannot possibly imagine how wonderful it would be to exist forever in God's love and in his perfect kingdom.
God is the Most High and the creator of all good things.
Of course just because we serve God doesn't mean life today will be a bundle of roses in this world. In fact many righteous people suffer at the hand of sinners and God also disciplines us for our own good.
Hebrews
12:7-11 says,
"7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you
as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
8 If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are
illegitimate children and not true sons.
9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected
them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and
live!
10 Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God
disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.
11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however,
it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained
by it."
As you can see Gods discipline is for our good and this leads to peace, holiness and righteousness. So if you really want to enjoy life, then we need to turn away from sin because sin leads to pain and death. We all need salvation, which is Life Everlasting with the Eternal God, who loves us beyond all our understanding.
So I return your question with a question. Do you want to enjoy sin for a time and then reap the fruits of that sin which is misery then death, or do you want to enjoy life, now and forever? The 2nd option is only possible with God.
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