Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. - Colossians 3:2
This is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. - John 17:3
“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.” - Revelation 21:3
Desire for eternal life
This series, taught by Pastor Rhode, originates using the book SACRED MEDITATIONS, by Johann Gerhard, first published in 1606. This volume of fifty-one devotions is considered a classic of Christian devotion. One short chapter, #46, titled “Desire of Eternal Life,” describes the eternal bliss awaiting the saints with these words: “O devout soul, thou shouldest not set thy heart upon this fleeting life, but rather upon that life that shall endure forever and ever. Let they desires ascend to that blessed place where there is perpetual youth without the infirmities of old age; where life shall never more be followed by death; where blissful joy is unalloyed with sorrow, and where there is a kingdom unchangeable and unending.”
Pastor Rhode then expands this meditation to include Biblical truths that describe the Intermediate State and the New Heaven and New Earth. Audio and videos of these seventeen lessons are provided below.