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    The Things That Matter: Living a Life of Purpose Until Christ Returns
    The Things That Matter: Living a Life of Purpose Until Christ Returns
    The Things That Matter: Living a Life of Purpose Until Christ Returns
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    The Things That Matter: Living a Life of Purpose Until Christ Returns

    By Dr. David Jeremiah

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    Material drawn from Until I Come ISBN 0-8499-4275-6

    David Jeremiah, host of the syndicated radio program "Turning Point" that reaches millions now encourages readers to focus on the things that really matter - family, faith, and fellowship.

    In this study of Jesus' Olivet discourse, Jeremiah pinpoints a believer's priorities and encourages readers to stay the path of the simpler things in life. Anyone who is overwhelmed, perplexed or anxious about the past, present or future will renew their hope for living through this small, yet powerful work.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateJun 9, 2003
    ISBN9781418508197
    The Things That Matter: Living a Life of Purpose Until Christ Returns
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    Dr. David Jeremiah

    Dr. David Jeremiah is the founder of Turning Point, an international ministry committed to providing Christians with sound Bible teaching through radio and television, the internet, live events, and resource materials and books. He is the author of more than fifty books, including Where Do We Go From Here?, Forward, The World of the End, and The Great Disappearance. Dr. Jeremiah serves as the senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California. He and his wife, Donna, have four grown children and twelve grandchildren.

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      The Things That Matter - Dr. David Jeremiah

      THE THINGS THAT MATTER

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      Living a Life of Purpose Until Christ Comes

      DAVID JEREMIAH

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      © 2003 by David Jeremiah. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by W Publishing Group, a Division of Thomas Nelson, Inc., P. O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214. All rights reserved. Published in associa-tion with Yates & Yates, LLP, Literary Agents, Orange, California.

      Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from The New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. Other Scripture references are from the following sources: The King James Version of the Bible (KJV). The Message: The New Testament in Contemporary English (MSG). Copyright 1993 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. New American Standard Bible (NASB). Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 by the Lockman Foundation. Holy Bible: New International Version (NIV). Copyright 1973, 1978, 1974 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. The Living Bible (TLB), copyright 1971 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Wheaton, Illinois. Used by permission. J. B. Phillips: The New Testament in Moden English, Revised Edition (PHILLIPS), copyright J. B. Phillips 1958, 1960, 1972. Used by permission of MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Jeremiah, David.

      The things that matter: living a life of purpose until Christ comes /

      David Jeremiah.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 0-8499-1794-8

      eISBN : 0849917948

      1. Christian life—Baptist authors. 2. Second Advent. 3. Christian life—Biblical teaching. 4. Second Advent—Biblical teaching. I. Title.

      BV4509.5.J47                              2003

      248.4–dc21                              2003007934

      Printed in the United States of America

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      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: What Jesus Said about the Future

      Hear His Voice

      Chapter 2: Doing the Lord’s Business Matters

      The Uncertain Return

      The Unequal Responsibilities

      The Unique Reward

      The Unthinkable Rebuke

      Where To Start

      Chapter 3: Evangelizing Matters

      What To Do?

      The Life Jesus Lived

      Time To Take Stock

      The Church Jesus Founded

      Chapter 4: Edifying One Another Matters

      Building Up His People

      What Is Edification All About?

      Let’s Please The Master Builder

      Chapter 5: Pursuing Your Reward Matters

      Heaven’s Reward System

      This Is Not About Judgment Of The Believer’s Sin

      This Is Not About One Believer’s Judgment Of Another Believer

      Five Crowns

      The Lord Himself Is Your Chief Reward

      Chapter 6: Living in Hope Matters

      Jesus And Hope

      Peter And Hope

      I Remember When . . .

      A Sure Hope

      But What About Now?

      Because He Lives

      Endnotes

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      Acknowledgments

      FIRST OF ALL, at the center of my life is my wonderful Savior, who gives me life, energy, and motivation, whose written Word fills my mind and heart with thoughts that I cannot keep to myself.

      My wife, Donna, knows my passion to communicate the Word of God, and during the long hours in which a book is being created, she not only under-stands, she cheers me on. This has been her consistent practice for the many years of our marriage. How blessed I am!

      Our team at Shadow Mountain Community Church and at the Turning Point Ministries has also encouraged me. Glenda Parker, my administrative assistant at the church, served me in this capacity for many years and handled the myriads of details that could clutter up my mind and keep me from the uninterrupted periods of study that are the making of messages and books.

      Carrie Mayer serves in a similar capacity at Turning Point. She keeps things organized in my office there, and her giftedness with the computer saves me hours of time both in preparation of the manuscript and coordination of its publication.

      Sealy Yates, my personal friend and literary agent, wonderfully represents me to our publishers and faithfully represents them to me as well.

      Finally I want to express my appreciation to the people at W Publishing Group for their continued confidence and trust. Thank you for praying for me and for working so hard to make The Things That Matter a project that will bring honor and glory to our Lord!

      —DAVID JEREMIAH

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      Introduction

      SO MANY VOICES! We hear so many voices pro-claiming what the future will bring. So many arguments. So many speculations. Everyone has a theory, an idea. And I’m not just talking about CNN, radio and TV talk shows, books and magazines, hundreds of websites, and USA Today. The voices predict everything from the greatest of manmade utopias to the worst apocalyptic nightmare.

      Everyone, it seems, has a slant on what’s to come and what we should be doing until it does. So how do you sort through all of this? How do you decide what to believe about the future? How do you identify the things that really matter?

      I’d like to suggest there is one slant we ought

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