Sermons About Eternal-kingdom
1 John 1:1-4 : All I Want for Christmas is Eternal lIfe
11 year old Gayla Peevey in 1953 sang all she wanted for Christmas was a Hippopotamus. The lyrics went like this: "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas, Only a hippopotamus will do; Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy, I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy. I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs; Oh what joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes; To see a hippo hero standing there." All of us are longing for eternal life. This is why our tendency as fallen human beings is to look for life in all the wrong places. Such places include our careers, our children, material possessions, sexuality, luxury, technology, entertainment. If this is the case with us, we might as well be looking to get life and joy from a hippopotamus. Here in our text the apostle John points us to the right place. He says: the Life appeared. We have seen it. We proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and has appeared to us. Only Jesus can give us the life and joy all of us are seeking.
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