WHAT WILL HEAVEN BE LIKE? (1 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: John 14:1-6
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What Will Heaven Be Like? (1 of 4)
Series: When We All Get To Heaven
Jeff Strite
John 14:1-6
OPEN: A little boy got on the elevator with his father at the Empire State Building. They were going to the observation deck at the top and view the city. As the elevator ascended the boy watched the signs flash as they went by the floors: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70. The farther up they went, the more nervous the boy became. Finally he looked up as his dad and said, ''Daddy, does God know we're coming?'' (Leighton Ford, ''Hope for a Great Forever,'' Preaching Today, Tape No. 96)
This morning, we're going to talk about what heaven is like, and the first thing I want to point out is this: God knows we're coming.
Jesus said: ''In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?'' John 14:2
God knows we're coming... and He's prepared a room just for you. You could go to the swankiest resorts or the most expensive hotels on the face of the planet and you'll never experience such a glorious room as the one God has set aside just for you.
AND many people want to go there. In fact almost every religion has some concept of what heaven is: ''It's been called paradise, utopia, Nirvana, Asgard, Valhalla, Zion, City of David, New Jerusalem, it's a city and a country, the kingdom, the city of God, the happy hunting grounds, the sweet by and by, a house not built by hands, streets paved with gold, walls made of jasper, pearls and all kinds of precious jewels.'' (Joseph Phillips)
And the reason Heaven is so universally believed in is because ''(God) has set eternity in the hearts of men...'' (Ecclesiastes 3:11) God has placed - inside of us - this idea that there's got to be more than THIS! There's got to be a place where God rewards those who love Him, and (of course) a place where God punishes those who don't!
So what will heaven be like? Well, oddly enough the Bible doesn't really tell us all that ...
Series: When We All Get To Heaven
Jeff Strite
John 14:1-6
OPEN: A little boy got on the elevator with his father at the Empire State Building. They were going to the observation deck at the top and view the city. As the elevator ascended the boy watched the signs flash as they went by the floors: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70. The farther up they went, the more nervous the boy became. Finally he looked up as his dad and said, ''Daddy, does God know we're coming?'' (Leighton Ford, ''Hope for a Great Forever,'' Preaching Today, Tape No. 96)
This morning, we're going to talk about what heaven is like, and the first thing I want to point out is this: God knows we're coming.
Jesus said: ''In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?'' John 14:2
God knows we're coming... and He's prepared a room just for you. You could go to the swankiest resorts or the most expensive hotels on the face of the planet and you'll never experience such a glorious room as the one God has set aside just for you.
AND many people want to go there. In fact almost every religion has some concept of what heaven is: ''It's been called paradise, utopia, Nirvana, Asgard, Valhalla, Zion, City of David, New Jerusalem, it's a city and a country, the kingdom, the city of God, the happy hunting grounds, the sweet by and by, a house not built by hands, streets paved with gold, walls made of jasper, pearls and all kinds of precious jewels.'' (Joseph Phillips)
And the reason Heaven is so universally believed in is because ''(God) has set eternity in the hearts of men...'' (Ecclesiastes 3:11) God has placed - inside of us - this idea that there's got to be more than THIS! There's got to be a place where God rewards those who love Him, and (of course) a place where God punishes those who don't!
So what will heaven be like? Well, oddly enough the Bible doesn't really tell us all that ...
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