06-09-24
Our Mission: Bringing Hope and Impacting Our Community
by Leading People into a Growing Relationship with Jesus
AFTER THIS
PART 3
From Revelation to Reality
It is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,… Hebrews 9:27 (WEB)
What you believe determines how you live!
14 “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? 3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”5 “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. John 14:1-6 (NLT)
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among His people! He will live with them, and they will be His people. God Himself will be with them. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.” 5 And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!… 7 All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children. Revelation 21:1-5,7 (NLT)
1. REGARD HEAVEN AS A ________ PLACE
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT HEAVEN:
- Heaven is filled with ______ & ________ & clouds
- Heaven is a ‘never-ending _____________’
- We go through a ________ Check
- Heaven will be __________
- At last all my questions will be ______________
2. EXPECT __________________
But the day when the Lord comes again will surprise everyone like the coming of a thief. The sky will disappear with a loud noise. Everything in the sky will be destroyed with fire. And the earth and everything in it will be burned up. 2 Peter 3:10 (ERV)
3. CONTEMPLATE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU ______ IN HEAVEN
- You can’t pray _____________ prayers
- You can’t leverage your resources in heaven
- You can’t share the __________
- You can’t ________ to Jesus