James what is your life

Our lives in this world are a mist. They appear for a little while then vanish. We must accept that the span and events of our lives are subject to the providence of God. We must also accept that Satan causes pain and trouble in this life. So a short life maybe better than a long one! We must accept on top of this that there is a purely physical problem. Our physical bodies are unsuitable for everlasting life.

Some people say that eternal life in heaven is a myth. They hold that physical life, this mist, is all there is. When the mist vanishes there is no eternal life revealed. There is nothing at all.

Well, that is the myth. Don't live believing the myth that life is temporary and death is for ever. Live with "hope in God Jesus has the power to make death temporary and life everlasting —life on earth is mist that lasts a little while, but death lasts a little while too, and life in heaven will last forever.

This is the true basis for your life: "People are destined to die once, and after this comes the judgment" Hebrews This is the true way of life: "Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of humans" Ecclesiastes Well, remember that if a man knows what is right and fails to do it, his failure is a real sin.

Certainly it is a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears. How do you know what is going to happen tomorrow? For the length of your lives is as uncertain as the morning fog—now you see it; soon it is gone. It is just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.

Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life, after all? For you are like a mist that appears for a brief time and then vanishes. You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

It is a mist that appears for a little while. Then it disappears. Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. It is like fog. You see it and soon it is gone. How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? For what thing is your life?

It is even a vapour, which appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. You have no idea what the next day will bring.

You are a mist which appears for a little while and then disappears again. Look at your life! Are you not an ed mist , appearing a short time, then indeed disappearing? For your fleeting life is but a warm breath of air that is visible in the cold only for a moment and then vanishes! And yet, you cannot say what shall happen tomorrow. Dave Hunt and James White. Follow the Cloud.

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