The Wonders of God Heaven

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The Wonders of God Heaven

• Part 5
• John 141-4 Selected
• Cross Creek Community Church
• Pastor Dave Martin
• November 17, 2002

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Celebration of the Lords Supper, the Four
Looks(Mark 1417-25 1Co. 1123-32)

• Backward Look Remembrance (1Co. 1124-25)
• Inward Look Examination (Vs 27-32)
• Upward Look Thanksgiving (V24)
• Forward Look Celebration (v26)

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The Wonders of God Heaven

• John 141-4 "Do not let your hearts be troubled.
  Trust in God trust also in me. In my Father's
  house are many rooms if it were not so, I would
  have told you. I am going there to prepare a
  place for you. And if I go and prepare a place
  for you, I will come back and take you to be with
  me that you also may be where I am. You know the
  way to the place where I am going."

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Jesus speaks to His Disciples about Heaven

• YOU stay encouraged, dont despair!
• Im preparing a place in Heaven for YOU!
• Keep trusting me Ill return to get YOU!
• YOU will be with Me in Heaven!
• YOU know the way to get there! (Through me)
• A prepared place for a prepared people!
  (John 141-4)

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Get YOUR bags Packed,dont buy any green
banana'sJesus is coming soon!

• Wonders of Heaven (Rev. 21 22)

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1. Heaven is Real

• Heaven is mentioned over 600 times in the Bible!
• God who cannot lie can be fully trusted!
• Were Citizens of heaven already!
• Philip. 320-21 But our citizenship is in heaven.
  And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the
  Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables
  him to bring everything under his control, will
  transform our lowly bodies so that they will be
  like his glorious body.

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2. Heaven is Perfect

• No sin, No wickedness, No unbelievers!
• Perfect place for perfect redeemed saints!
• Hebrews 1222-23 But you have come to Mount Zion,
  to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living
  God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of
  angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the
  firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You
  have come to God, the judge of all men, to the
  spirits of righteous men made perfect,

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3. Heaven is Awesome

• Huge in size (1500 X1500 X1500miles)!
• Beautiful beyond description!
• A place of no mores!
• Dwelling place of the Triune God and us!

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• Rev. 212-3 I saw the Holy City, the new
  Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
  prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her
  husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne
  saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and
  he will live with them. They will be his people,
  and God himself will be with them and be their
  God.

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4. Heaven is Personal

• A Prepared place for YOU! The body of Christ!
• Reunion knowledge with loved ones and friends!
• 1 Cor. 1312 Now we see but a poor reflection as
  in a mirror then we shall see face to face. Now
  I know in part then I shall know fully, even as
  I am fully known.

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5. Heaven is Eternal

• God is Eternal! (1Tim 117)
• Jesus Christ is Eternal! (Heb 138)
• Holy Spirit is Eternal! (Heb 914)
• Heaven is Eternal! (2Co. 51)
• Our Salvation is Eternal! (Heb 59)
• We will Serve Worship our Lord God throughout
  eternity!

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• Rev. 2212 "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward
  is with me, and I will give to everyone according
  to what he has done.
• The choices we make today will affect
• my life throughout eternity!
• I Am Coming Soon! Jesus

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God of Wonders

• Be Spiritually Seeing the Wonders of God!
• He is Lord of Heaven and Earth!
• He is Lord of all Creation!
• He is the God of Wonders!
• (Words on back of your bulletin)

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