Finishing Without Regrets

A prominent doctor says most people die with three common regrets. Scripture tells us how to avoid that fate. When the apostle Paul sat in a cold, dark Roman prison, he chose his final words carefully as he took inventory of his life, knowing it soon would end. He told Timothy, his son in the faith, I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is

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  1. Luke 9:23 “ Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross DAILY, and follow Me.”

    Expresses the one Way (John 14:6) to live a fulfilled life with no regrets for Jesus!

    1. My dearly beloved firstborn daughter Kristin lived Luke 9:23 to the fullest and to the final hour. And finally she said two months before her departure, “I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.”

  2. So grateful for you and FOI over many years. We should not take our teaching from “a hospice and palliative care specialist.” Romans 5:1-5 fits with all the rest of Scripture in making clear that “believers in Jesus Christ” do not seek to “live a better life.” Scripture teaches that God’s Truth is an offense that often drives “loved ones” away. The father did not chase down the prodigal son. Work was designed before the Fall and is always viewed as a blessing in Scripture. Nowhere does Scripture tell us to place “health and family” before “Work, for the night is coming.” Christ filling “a void” comes from Augustine, and not from Scripture. You are a blessed teacher; please think on these things. FOI has all the right eschatology, but could use some passion for Reformed soteriology.

  3. Thanks Steve for the reminder of having no regrets.
    It does take humility and forgiveness to keep families close.
    This life will soon be past;
    And the only thing done for Christ will last.

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