“Pondering the Eternal at Christmas”
Hebrews 9:27-28; Luke 2:19
Eric Estes
December 5, 2021

We need to ponder our

.
• Life is .
• Life is .
• Life is .

We need to ponder our

.
• Death is .
• Death is a consequence of
.
• Death is a multi-sided .

  • death: We are all spiritually dead.
  • death: We will all experience physical death.
  • death: We all deserve eternal death.
    “If we are spiritually separated from God when we physically die then our physical death finalizes our spiritual death forever.”

• Death is not the

.

We need to ponder coming

.
• The fact of judgment is .
• The desire for judgment is .
• The warnings of judgment are .
• The scope of judgment will be .
• The nature of judgment will be .
• The effect of judgment will be .

We need to ponder the

of Jesus.
• He came once in humility to provide salvation from sin.

  • He lived the life we could not live.
  • He died the death we deserve to die.
  • He conquered the enemy we cannot conquer.

• He is coming back in glory to execute judgment for sinners.