Quotes about Eternity

This is why it is often called sovereign grace: it raises the dead. The dead do not raise themselves. God does by his grace. And it is this "glorious grace" that will be praised for all eternity.

God made us alive and secured us in Christ so that he could make us the beneficiaries of everlasting kindness from infinite riches of grace. This is not because we are worthy. Quite the contrary, it is to show the infinite measure of his worth.

The way we honor Christ in death is to treasure Jesus above the gift of life, and the way we honor Christ in life is to treasure Jesus above life's gifts.

You get one pass at life. That's all. Only one. And the lasting measure of that life is Jesus Christ.

There would be no obstacles to overcome. We won't fight for joy in heaven. But we are not there yet.

The End for Which God Created the World

One of the things pleasing in God's sight is that his people keep on drawing near to him forever and ever. And so he is working in us this very thing.

I am immortal till Christ's work for me to do is done.

Being infinite, God is inexhaustibly interesting. It is therefore impossible that God be boring.

The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. And? Like ham and eggs? Sometimes you glorify God and sometimes you enjoy Him? Sometimes He gets glory, sometimes you get joy?

We know life is short and eternity is long. This eternal perspective does not take us out of the world. It gives us freedom from self-pity.

The Bible itself shows that our ultimate goal in reading the Bible is that God's infinite worth and beauty would be exalted in the everlasting, white-hot worship of the blood-bought bride of Christ from every people, language, tribe, and nation.