WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON

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WHAT IN THE WORLDIS GOING ON?

• Heaven Our True Home
• Revelation 211-6 221-5

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WHAT IN THE WORLDIS GOING ON?

• Christians are peculiar. We are homesick for a
  place weve never been.

BIG IDEA What we really want is the person we
were created for, Jesus, and the place we were
made for, heaven. Nothing less can satisfy us.
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• Myths about Heaven

1. Heaven is a state of mind. No! Heaven is a
real place.
1. Jesus called heaven my Fathers house and
said he would prepare a place for us.
2. Jesus came down from heaven (John 651) and
went up to heaven (Acts 111).
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WHAT IN THE WORLDIS GOING ON?

• Myths about Heaven

1. Heaven is a state of mind. No! Heaven is a
real place.
3. Heaven is described with walls, gates,
foundations and a street (Revelation 219ff).
4. Heaven is called a city and our heavenly
homeland in Hebrews 1116.
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• Myths about Heaven

2. Heaven is a foreign place. No! Heaven is
our true home, a familiar place.
3. Heaven is a boring. No! Heaven is the
fulfillment of our greatest joys.
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• What will we do in heaven?

1. Singing
4. Sharing
2. Serving
5. Studying
3. Supervising
6. Being served
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• Myths about Heaven

4. Thinking about heaven is no earthly good.
No! Thinking about heaven is the best earthly
good.
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• Practical benefits of thinking on heaven

1. It restores our hope in time of suffering
2. It reassures us God is still on the throne
3. It refocuses us on the nature of true,
lasting treasure.
4. It reignites our fervor for serving the Lord
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• The Most Dangerous Myth

5. Heaven is the default destination of every
person. No! Hell is.
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• Application

1. Are you a true child of God, destined for
heaven?
2. Do you see yourself as a stranger and alien
in this current world?
3. Are you living as an ambassador in a foreign
country?
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• See you tonight for the
• Corporate Prayer Meeting