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  • REV. 19:16 AND HE HAS ON HIS ROBE AND ON HIS THIGH A NAME WRITTEN: "KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS."

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Top Priorities In Life?

The title of this article is to get you to think about what your life is all about. What is important to you? Have you ever thought about why you are here? What are you to accomplish in this life? Where you are going when this life is over? God has put eternity in the heart of man. Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NKJV) 
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
If God has put eternity in our hearts then it was for a reason. I believe the reason is for us to live our lives on this earth with a constant thought about our final destination when this life is over, so we could have ample time to prepare for that eternity. So knowing this we should take action to prepare for that eternity which we will all face. That should be top priority in life. Most people go through life with little if any thought about eternity. Yet from this scripture God does want us to not only think about eternity but to make plans for our final destination. Even if we are Christians, we must live our lives with eternity in mind so that we will avoid a lot of sin in our lives knowing we will have to give account of what we have done in this life. Romans 14:10 (NKJV)
10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Unbelievers will stand before the great white throne judgment of God and then sentenced to Hell.
Revelation 20:12 (NKJV)
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

Anyone not having received Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord will not be in the Book of Life.
 John 14:6 (NKJV) 
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

They will be judged according to their works and found to be guilty before God. God says no work can give you eternal life. Isaiah 64:6 (NKJV)
6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.
So should not our eternal destiny be the main thing we hope to accomplish in this life? What is man's duty in this life according to the bible? What's the top priority in this life?
 Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (NKJV)
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man's all.
14 For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.
The one commandment of God we must all keep is to receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior.
 John 3:16-18 (NKJV) 
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

So this should be the priority in our lives. Nothing else matters if we gain the whole world and lose our souls. Mark 8:36 (NKJV) 
36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? So the top priority in life is to make sure you ask Jesus to forgive your sins and then invite Him into your life to take charge of you. Then go to church and be baptized. Make your decision public as Jesus asked us to do.
Those who are Christians should make sure your main accomplishment is to live for Jesus. This should take priority in our lives. Remember that previous scripture that we all will stand before the judgment seat of Christ to give an account of our lives as Christians. We will either be rewarded or there will be a loss of rewards. 2 Corinthians 5:10 (NKJV) 
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Should not this be our top priority in life? Make sure you have your priorities right in this life. Eternity depends on it! Your place in God's kingdom depends on it. Truly without question the things of God should have priority in our lives.

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