Introduction
Genesis 2:16-17, 23 – Adam and Eve did not literally die the day they ate from the tree.II Timothy 3:12I Peter 3:14Luke 21:16-18 – The protection and deliverance were more real than the persecution.I John 4:2John 19:27 – Jesus acknowledged and respected physical reality.Luke 8:19-21We must remember the greater reality of spiritual things.
We must focus on the greater reality when a choice presents itself.My perspective on prayer changes when I consider the greater reality.
Service focuses on both lesser and greater realities.Matthew 25:36, 30Matthew 6:2, 5Colossians 4:12Prayer is no small thing!I Timothy 5:5James 5:16Isaiah 62:6-7My perspective on my country changes when I consider the greater reality.
Hebrews 11:13I Peter 1:17I Peter 2:11Ephesians 2:18-19We are strangers and aliens on earth, but not in heaven.My perspective on my church changes when I consider the greater reality.
Revelation 2:2, 6, 15, 19; 3:1, 17The greater reality is whether or not we can hold to truth.My perspective on hope changes when I consider the greater reality.
I Corinthians 15:53, 42-44My perspective on discipleship will change.I Corinthians 15:49I John 3:2John 1We should want to be like Jesus now so we can move toward Him.II Corinthians 5:1-7Our lives are like dreams compared to the greater reality.We must be careful to allow our physical life to make us doubt the greater reality.