Nothing But Christ

                                      "It is better to end life with nothing but Christ,
                                       than to end life with everything but Christ."
                                                                                 John Blanchard


                                                          ***********



                                "But man, despite his riches, does not endure;
                                 he is like the beasts that perish."
                                                                                 Psalm 49:12


                                "Whoever trusts in his riches will fall,
                                 but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf."
                                                                                 Proverbs 11:28


                                " ... for riches do not endure forever.
                                  and a crown is not secure for all generations."
                                                                                 Proverbs 27:24


                                "And God raised us up with Christ and seated us
                                 with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
                                 in order that in the coming ages he might show
                                 the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed
                                 in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus."
                                                                                Ephesians 2:6-7


                                "To them (the saints) God has chosen to make known
                                 among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery,
                                 which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
                                                                                Colossians 1:27


                                " .. I have come that they (my sheep) may have life,
                                 and have it more abundantly."
                                                                                 John 10:10b


                                "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,
                                  but whoever rejects the Son will not see life,
                                  for God's wrath remains on him."
                                                                                 John 3:36


                                 "For whoever wants to save his life will lose it,
                                  but whoever loses his life for me and for the
                                  gospel will save it.
                                  What good is it for a man to gain the whole
                                  world, yet lose his soul?"
                                                                                  Mark 8:35-36


                                 "For the wages of sin is death,
                                  but the gift of God is eternal life
                                  in Christ Jesus our Lord."
                                                                                  Romans 6:23

                                  "God has given us new birth into a living
                                    hope through the resurrection of Jesus
                                    Christ from the dead, and into
                                   ... an inheritance that can never perish,
                                   spoil or fade - kept in heaven for you,
                                   who through faith are shielded by God's
                                   power until the coming of the salvation
                                   that is ready to be revealed in the last time."
                                                                                  1 Peter 1:4-5


                                  "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus
                                   Christ, that though he was rich, yet for
                                   your sakes he became poor, so that you
                                   through his poverty might become rich."
                                                                                 2 Corinthians 8:9