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Brother Eli message on the story of Lazarus reminds us that faith can conquer even anxiety and depression here on earth.
We hear the story about Lazarus, a beggar in the Bible, who was covered in sores. While on earth, Lazarus faced an unimaginable hardship, yet never complained. His faith kept on leading him to eternal peace, and at the end, he found himself in Abraham's bosom.
This reminds us that material suffering doesn't define our destiny or our faith in Christ. Hebrews 9:12, made it clear that death is for everyone, but for the righteous, it's like a gateway to life, eternal life in Christ. Not a way to usher us in a place to more suffering. Even these theif on the cross was promised to be a paradise with Christ.
When we worry about death, it fuels our depression and anxiety of life, of what life is after death. But when we prepare two faiths, it brings peace to us. Even in the scripture Isaiah 57 vs 1, it was written that God loves taking the righteous early away from death so that to spare them of future suffering.
By trusting God and believing in his plan for our life, and always seeking his divine direction through prayer, then we find peace beyond human understanding as believers. This teaching is to free us from anxiety and to give us faith that after death, we have eternal life with our creator. And so we should hold on to faith knowing that our story will never end here.
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