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7. CHRIST THE COMING ONE
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”—
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7In the 2007 film The Bucket List, two terminally ill men—played by Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman—take a road trip to do the things they always said they would do before they “kicked the bucket.”
In anticipation of the film’s release, Nicholson was interviewed for an article in Parade magazine.
While reflecting on his personal life, Nicholson said:
I used to live so freely.
The mantra for my generation was “Be your own man!”
I always said, “Hey, you can have whatever rules you want—I’m going to have mine.
I’ll accept the guilt.
I’ll pay the check.
I’ll do the time.”
I chose my own way.
That was my philosophical position well into my 50s.
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve had to adjust.
But reality has a way of getting the attention of even a Jack Nicholson.
Later in the interview, Nicholson adds:
We all want to go on forever, don’t we?
We fear the unknown.
Everybody goes to that wall, yet nobody knows what’s on the other side.
That’s why we fear death.
1. THE PERSON
“I”
2. THE POWER
“I will.”
3. THE PROMISE
“I will come.”
4. THE PROSPECT
“I will come again.”
5. THE PEOPLE
“And receive you unto myself.”
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THE PLACE
“That where I am.”
7. THE PURPOSE
“There ye may be also.”
Davis, B. L. (2012).
52 Sermons about Jesus (pp.
16–17).
Barry Davis.
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