Talk (Past and the future)

Talk Introduction

Well, it’s the beginning of a new year, a time when it's good to:
- look back and think about what we did with last year
- look forward to the year ahead

As you probably know, the Bible has some stuff we like to hear and also has some stuff we don't want to hear!
So what do you want? The good news or the bad?
Bible tells us we will be called to account for what we do...
Good news:
I John 4:16-17 P1319 "God is love. Those who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. This is how love is made perfect in us: that we can be without fear on the day God judges us, because in this world we are like him"
Bad news:
2 Thessalonians 1:6-8 The Message P512: "When the master Jesus appears out of heaven in a blaze of fire with his strong angels, he'll even up the score by settling accounts with those who gave you such a bad time. His coming will be the break we've been waiting for. Those who refuse to know God and refuse to obey the Message will pay for what they have done..."

In summary:
John 3:36 3:36 The Message P224: "...whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever! And that is also why the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn't see life. All he experiences of God is darkness, and an angry darkness at that."