Funeral Message
Scott Maze
Luke 2:13
The family thanks you for your presence here today. For the next few minutes, I want to speak about Heaven, the home for believers.
Jesus said to His followers, ''Don't be troubled for I have a place for you. I'm coming back in order to take you to my home. Once you're there, you'll be with me forever.'' And the earliest believers took His words to heart. If you visit the ancient catacombs underneath the city of Rome, you'll the richly painted tombs of some of the earliest Christian martyrs. They are decorated with heavenly scenes where children are playing and there is feasting. And among the inscriptions there, you'll read these words, ''One who lives with God'' and over another is written, ''He was taken up into his eternal home.'' Heaven has been the focus for believers since Christianity's beginning.
Over the next few minutes, I want to share with you two scenes of Heaven from the lips of Jesus.
1. A Man from Heaven
Jesus knows Heaven for He is an authority on Heaven. Jesus described Heaven as a place where the angels stare at the very face of God: ''See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven'' (Matthew 18:10). And remember it was an angel from Heaven that strengthened Jesus at Gethsemane (Luke 22:43). It was a heavenly host that told the shepherds in the middle of the night about Jesus' birth (Luke 2:13). Jesus taught us to pray to our Father in Heaven for our lives to work like Heaven on earth (Matthew 6:9). And Jesus tells us there's more joy in Heaven when one sinner repents of his sin or her sin (Luke 15:7). Yes, Jesus knew Heaven.
Jesus and Heaven had a constant stream of contact all throughout Jesus' time walking on earth. And we discover the reason, Jesus knew so much about Heaven was because He came to earth from Heaven: ''For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the wil ...
Scott Maze
Luke 2:13
The family thanks you for your presence here today. For the next few minutes, I want to speak about Heaven, the home for believers.
Jesus said to His followers, ''Don't be troubled for I have a place for you. I'm coming back in order to take you to my home. Once you're there, you'll be with me forever.'' And the earliest believers took His words to heart. If you visit the ancient catacombs underneath the city of Rome, you'll the richly painted tombs of some of the earliest Christian martyrs. They are decorated with heavenly scenes where children are playing and there is feasting. And among the inscriptions there, you'll read these words, ''One who lives with God'' and over another is written, ''He was taken up into his eternal home.'' Heaven has been the focus for believers since Christianity's beginning.
Over the next few minutes, I want to share with you two scenes of Heaven from the lips of Jesus.
1. A Man from Heaven
Jesus knows Heaven for He is an authority on Heaven. Jesus described Heaven as a place where the angels stare at the very face of God: ''See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven'' (Matthew 18:10). And remember it was an angel from Heaven that strengthened Jesus at Gethsemane (Luke 22:43). It was a heavenly host that told the shepherds in the middle of the night about Jesus' birth (Luke 2:13). Jesus taught us to pray to our Father in Heaven for our lives to work like Heaven on earth (Matthew 6:9). And Jesus tells us there's more joy in Heaven when one sinner repents of his sin or her sin (Luke 15:7). Yes, Jesus knew Heaven.
Jesus and Heaven had a constant stream of contact all throughout Jesus' time walking on earth. And we discover the reason, Jesus knew so much about Heaven was because He came to earth from Heaven: ''For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the wil ...
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