Eternal Us

So I went and picked up this new wide margin Bible inspired by the beast you see to the right, belonging to ETC Revolution TL Katherine Ellis. Literally this Bible I picked up is changing the way I look at scripture. If I see an empty easel, I paint. If an empty notebook, I write. If a quiet guitar, I play. Well now my Bible has page after page of empty 2-inch margins, and I must go fill them! There is no cross references, study sections, or giant paraphrases. I've got to do all the work, and I'm ecstatic. Here's some connections I've made recently...

Romans 8:24-25

"For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes in what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

NOTHING we see can ever save us. Don't count on it.

2nd Corinthians 4:16-19

"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an ETERNAL weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are temporary, but the things that are unseen are ETERNAL" (ESV)

Things that are unseen are also eternal! Anything finite already has an ending day in sight! Here's where it all ties together. Get pumped.

1 Peter 1:23

"since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of IMPERISHABLE, through the living and abiding word of God;"

This is where I get excited! We are ETERNAL!!! We are eternal, "born of imperishable seed, through the living and abiding word of God" If we are eternal, why do we struggle dwelling on the seen? The temporary? The fading? Challenge yourself today to look at things through Christ's eyes. To see the eternal. The unseen. Nothing else above Christ matters. Nothing. Where is your perspective? "For this world is fading and soon to pass, and only what's done for Christ will last"

Much love,

Matt Allen

THE 'ETC REVOLUTION' IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORIZATION OF SCRIPTURE AND BEING ABLE TO USE IT TO NOT ONLY ENRICH OUR WALKS WITH CHRIST, BUT TO FURTHER THE KINGDOM OF GOD BY SHARING HIS LOVE AND WORD TO EVERYONE WITH LOVE, COMPASSION, ENCOURAGEMENT, PRAYER, AND WISDOM. ETC STANDS FOR 'EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE,' WHICH IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM 2 CORINTHIANS 10:5