Sermons on Eternity

Sermons on Eternity

1 Corinthians 15:35‑49

The Mechanics of the Resurrection:  How Are Dead Bodies Raised? SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 15:35‑49 Introduction:  Some workmen were moving a little cemetery to make way for a new highway.  One man, standing in a deep hole, held up a small zinc plate, and read to the others, “Jennie Stewart, 1905‑1908.”  Then his shovel uncovered some moldy wood, a few bones and a blackened skull.  “That’s all that’s left of little Jennie,” he said.  Then he put her remains in a new box and moved on.   Now you look…

ecclesiates 3:1-22

The Tyranny of Time and Eternity Two of the most incomprehensible terms in the English language are “time” and “eternity.”  Have you ever tried to define these words?  Years ago I conducted a rather thorough search for a workable definition of time.  About the best I could come up with was the following: “Time is the mere abstract possibility of events in durational sequence.”  Now if you take pains to examine that definition and to digest each part of it very carefully, you will probably be forced to admit you don’t understand what time is…