A Sure Pathway To Living An Overcoming Christian Life.
Bible Passages: Gen 1:1 | Matt 6:33 | Gen 14:22 | Gen 24:7 | Matt 11:12 | Rev 21:1
INTRODUCTION:
Why Heaven? Why Did God Create Heaven and Wants Us To Be There? Revelation 20:6 | Revelation 21:1 | John 3:16
i. Heaven and heaven on earth is the original plan.
ii. Heaven is a confirmation, proof and affirmation of God’s love for Man.
iii. It is the ultimate end of the work of salvation that the Lord Jesus came to do.
iv. It is those that God to heaven that have eternal life.
v. It is those that go to heaven now that can come back and live in the new earth the Lord will make.
vi. It is those that go to heaven that will reign with Christ.
vii. It is part of the reward for living holy and in obedience to the Lord Jesus.
viii. It is the opposite of hell and eternal damnation.
The Way To Heaven and How To Get There: Matthew 12:50
i. Those who know, believe, accept and live in the reality of having Jesus as Lord, Saviour and Master – Hebrews 10:34
ii. Those who become disciples of the Lord Jesus – Hebrews 12:23
iii. Those that seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness – Matthew 6:33 | Matthew 10:32 | Matthew 10:33
iv. Those who love holiness and living holy daily – in their thoughts, imaginations and deeds – Matthew 5:48 | 1Peter 1:16-17
v. Those who are winning souls into the kingdom of God regularly – Matthew 28:19-20
vi. Those who love their neighbours as themselves – Matt 22:37-40
vii. Those who are occupying for Jesus until he come – Matthew 16:19
viii. Those who are looking up to Jesus as the author and finisher of their faith – Hebrews 12:2
ix. Those who have no other God besides the Lord God Almighty – Deuteronomy 5:7
x. Those who are in covenant relationship with God – Deuteronomy 5:2 | Hebrews 13:20
xi. Those who flee from all appearance of evil – 1 Thessalonians 5:22
xii. Those love Jesus, his appearing and being with him forever. – 2 Corinthians 5:2
xiii. Those who become like to God and for God. – Matthew 18:3 | Matthew 18:4 | Matthew 19:14
xiv. The kingdom is for the prepare. – Matthew 25:1
xv. Heaven is a place of rewards. For those who have invested in heaven and kept treasures there. – Mark 10:21 | Luke 6:23 | 1 Peter 1:4 | Matthew 5:3 | Matthew 5:10 | Matthew 5:12 | Matthew 5:20 | Matthew 5:48 | Matthew 6:20 | Matthew 7:21
What Should I Do About Heaven? 2 Timothy 4:8 | 2 Cor 6:14-18
i. Let the thought of it fill your heart.
ii. Live heavenly by faith, by grace and in your practical life/living.
iii. Relate more with heavenly focused and minded people – 2 Cor 6:!4-18.
iv. Why? If you do not accept by faith and live in the reality of heaven now, you may not get there.
v. Heaven must be in your heart and fill your heart now and always for you to get there. Matthew 6:33 | Philippians 3:20
CONCLUSION
Heaven that we are really speaking about is beside the Lord God Almighty who lives forever. Yes, this heaven, the physical one shall pass away but there will be a new heaven – the one that is described in this study. It is not a child’s play preparing for heaven, living for heaven and dying for heaven.
Matthew 5:18 | Revelation 6:14 | Revelation 20:11 | Revelation 21:1 | Revelation 21:3
