I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; (2 Timothy 1:3-4 KJV)
I know that I do not give as much information in any three of my written lines as Paul does here. From just these three lines we can assume that the writer:
Believes in God
Puts God first
Gives thanks to God
Served God for years
Comes from a God serving family
Prays morning and night
Prays for specific people
Misses the person to whom he is writing
Knows that person misses the writer
Expects to see that person again
Such a meeting will bring joy
It would be easy to create a separate paragraph, a separate page, perhaps even a separate book for each one of those assumptions.
Paul looked forward to seeing Timothy again here on earth, and he knew they would meet again in heaven. There are many, many people I doubt I shall see again here on earth – but many I expect to see in heaven. They have expressed their faith in Jesus Christ, are serving Him and we are told:
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:15 KJV)
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. (1 John 5:12-13 KJV)
Christ tells us to search the scriptures, that they speak of Him: Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (John 5:39 KJV)
Part of that scriptural testimony He repeats: And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. (Mark 12:26-27 KJV)
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