PRESENCE OF GOD (1 OF 5)
Scripture: Revelation 21:1-4
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Presence of God (1 of 5)
Series: Heaven
Stephen Whitney
Revelation 21:1-4
Augustine's (400 AD) early life was a search for happiness or satisfaction which left him unfulfilled as he had a mistress who
he fathered a child with, but never married and lived for pleasure.
When he was 31 years-old he accepted Christ as his savior and wrote the classic statement, ''Thou has made us for Thyself,
Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in Thee.''
Why is it that even in our best moments and highest achievements we are not satisfied with our life here and now? C.S. Lewis in his book Mere Christianity wrote, ''If I find in myself a desire which
no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable
explanation is that I was made for another world.''
The Bible mentions heaven more than 500 times and in the
book of Revelation it is mentioned more than 50 times.
Most Americans believe in heaven and have their own ideas about what it will be like. A Newsweek poll found that people believed:
heaven would be peaceful, they would be with God and they would
see people they knew. Many Christians believe it is a place where you will stand on a cloud, sing hymns and see our Savior.
What will heaven be like? We will not be floating on clouds, strumming a harp for eternity. Instead, we will be worshiping
God our Father and Jesus Christ our Savior along with enjoying
fellowship with other believers. We will no longer experience
the effects of sin in our lives or in the world in which live.
God gives us a brief description of what heaven will be like in
Revelation chapters 21 and 22 so we would have an idea of how different it will be from what life on earth is like now.
Heaven is a real place, not a state of spiritual consciousness.
John 14:3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
NEW CREATION :1
God will create a new heaven and a new earth ...
Series: Heaven
Stephen Whitney
Revelation 21:1-4
Augustine's (400 AD) early life was a search for happiness or satisfaction which left him unfulfilled as he had a mistress who
he fathered a child with, but never married and lived for pleasure.
When he was 31 years-old he accepted Christ as his savior and wrote the classic statement, ''Thou has made us for Thyself,
Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in Thee.''
Why is it that even in our best moments and highest achievements we are not satisfied with our life here and now? C.S. Lewis in his book Mere Christianity wrote, ''If I find in myself a desire which
no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable
explanation is that I was made for another world.''
The Bible mentions heaven more than 500 times and in the
book of Revelation it is mentioned more than 50 times.
Most Americans believe in heaven and have their own ideas about what it will be like. A Newsweek poll found that people believed:
heaven would be peaceful, they would be with God and they would
see people they knew. Many Christians believe it is a place where you will stand on a cloud, sing hymns and see our Savior.
What will heaven be like? We will not be floating on clouds, strumming a harp for eternity. Instead, we will be worshiping
God our Father and Jesus Christ our Savior along with enjoying
fellowship with other believers. We will no longer experience
the effects of sin in our lives or in the world in which live.
God gives us a brief description of what heaven will be like in
Revelation chapters 21 and 22 so we would have an idea of how different it will be from what life on earth is like now.
Heaven is a real place, not a state of spiritual consciousness.
John 14:3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
NEW CREATION :1
God will create a new heaven and a new earth ...
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