Ecclesiastes 12:7

What do you think your favorite thing will be?

• Being in the presence of God.

  • Matthew 25:34, 41, 46

  • Matthew 7:23

  • I John 3:1-3 – We will see God as He is!

  • I Thessalonians 4:17-18

• Being with other saints

  • I Thessalonians 4:15-17

  • Revelation 6:9-11 – This seems to imply that those in the afterlife remembered their lives on earth.

• No more troubles

  • Luke 16:19-26 – All physical problems will be gone in heaven!

  • Hebrews 4:8-11 – God gave the Israelites rest in the sense of Canaan, but there is a greater rest waiting for God’s people.

  • Matthew 5:11-12

  • Romans 8:18

  • Philippians 3:20-21 – Sin and temptation will be left behind!

Myths about Heaven

• It will be boring.

  • James 1:17-18

  • God created everything we enjoy on earth. How much better will Heaven be?

• It’s not an actual place.

  • Acts 1:9-11; I Thessalonians 4:16 – Heaven is always described as an actual place.

What all of this means right now.

• I should be living like a citizen of Heaven!

  • Philippians 3:20-21, 19

  • Colossians 3:2

  • Matthew 6:19

• Appreciate what Jesus did!

  • Philippians 2:5-11

  • John 17:5