Lesson 5
The gospel message is good news for those who are not called by God. It can supply them with a hope for a better future to come. A future where they will get to live in a world of peace and prosperity, ruled with love by Jesus. Their next life to come, will be their opportunity to learn about Jesus and follow him. Having not been called to learn about Jesus during their first life, God will resurrect them back to their mortal selves, into a world where they will have their best chance to follow Jesus.
Isaiah 65:19-25 English Standard Version
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress. 20 No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed. 21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labor in vain or bear children for calamity, for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord, and their descendants with them. 24 Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.
Resurrected back as they were, these people will have many emotional problems to overcome. Anyone who has tried to break a bad habit will have some appreciation for the struggles these people will face leaving their selfish desires behind to live a Godly life. The evils they do in this life will haunt them in their next. Not all will overcome. Can this message encourage those not called now to live loving lives? Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:8 Contemporary English Version
8 Love never fails! Everyone who prophesies will stop, and unknown languages will no longer be spoken. All that we know will be forgotten.
Revelation 20:8-9 New Living Translation
8 He will go out to deceive the nations—called Gog and Magog—in every corner of the earth. He will gather them together for battle—a mighty army, as numberless as sand along the seashore. 9 And I saw them as they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded God’s people and the beloved city. But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them.