Dr. Robert Jeffress

Robert Jeffress - How Can I Know I'm Going To Heaven When I Die? (Part 2)

February 19, 2025 | S25:E86

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - How Can I Know I'm Going To Heaven When I Die? (Part 2) | February 19, 2025

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Dr. robert jeffress: hi, i'm robert jeffress and welcome
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It's been said that in this world, nothing is certain except
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Death and taxes, and while most of us deal with our taxes in
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April, the fact is nobody gets out of this life alive.
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So, what's going to happen to us after we die?
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Although we experience the same fate, death, the bible teaches
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That we're going to experience one of two very different
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Destinations, and today i'm going to share with you five
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Biblical facts about heaven and how to get there.
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My message is titled, "how can i know i'm going to
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Heaven when i die?"
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If you've ever wondered how you can know the bible is true or
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How you can know if you're going to heaven,
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Jeffress: it was the patriarch job who asked perhaps the most
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Consequential question of life.
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If a man dies, will he live again?
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Is this life all there is, or is there something that awaits us
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Beyond the grave?
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The answer to that question has grave, so to speak, implications
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For every one of us.
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If there is an existence after the grave, then what is it and
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How do we conform our beliefs and behavior in a way to ensure
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Our well-being and that existence after the grave?
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That's what we're looking at right now in our
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Series "how can i know?"
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Last time we began looking at the question, how can i know i'm
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Going to heaven when i die?
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Jesus and the other new testament writers had
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A lot to say about heaven.
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Interestingly, jesus talked more about hell than he did about
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Heaven, but he did teach about heaven, and although the
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Information we have is accurate, it's not complete.
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Jesus doesn't tell us everything we wanna know about heaven.
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Sometimes i wonder why that is.
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I think if we really knew what awaited us as christians, there
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Probably would be mass suicides.
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We would all want to get there as quickly as we possibly could,
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And if not, at the very least, it would be a distraction to us
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If we really knew what was waiting for us in heaven.
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We'd be like the little boy who was told by his parents to eat
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His meat and vegetables, but he had a hard time doing that
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Because there was also an ice cream sundae in front of him.
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He couldn't get past the sundae in order to concentrate on his
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Meat and vegetables.
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I think that's the way we would be.
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We'd find it very hard to fulfill our responsibilities
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Here on earth if we understood the truth about heaven.
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Nevertheless, jesus gave us just enough information about heaven
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To whet our appetites.
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And tonight--this morning what i wanna do is look at five truths
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That the bible teaches us about heaven, the kind of heaven
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You're going to experience if you know jesus as your savior.
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First of all, the bible teaches heaven is an actual location.
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John 14, beginning with verse 1, jesus said, "do not let your
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Heart be troubled; believe in god, believe also in me.
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In my father's house are many dwelling," what, "places."
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Underline that word places.
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"if it were not so, i would have told you; for i go to prepare
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A," there it is again, "a place for you.
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And if i go and prepare a," there it is again, "place for
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You, i will come again and receive you unto myself."
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Three times in three verses, jesus uses the word place.
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That word is topos in greek.
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It literally means a geographical location.
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Heaven is an actual location.
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Secondly, heaven is both an immediate and an
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Ultimate destination.
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It's both an immediate and an ultimate destination.
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Let me explain what i mean.
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We saw last time when we looked at the rich man, the bible says
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He was in hell.
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Some versions say he was in hades.
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It tells us, among other things, that when a non-christian dies,
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He doesn't cease to exist, he doesn't go into some waiting
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Station, he doesn't go into soul sleep.
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An unbeliever begins suffering immediately in a very real
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Place, but it's only a temporary place.
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An unbeliever doesn't go to the lake of fire.
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He goes to hades.
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The hades is the waiting place of the unsaved dead.
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It's a place of immediate torment and pain as jesus
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Described, but it's not the forever destination of
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The unbeliever.
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The unbeliever is in hades awaiting what?
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That great final white throne judgment in revelation chapter
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20 when all people whose names are not written in the book of
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Life will be deposited into the lake of fire.
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The ultimate destination for unsaved people is the lake of
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Fire, gehenna, where they will also be tortured and suffer day
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And night, forever and ever.
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We use the term hell as a catch-all term to describe both
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The immediate place of the unsaved dead and the ultimate
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Place, the lake of fire.
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In the same way, heaven we use as a generic term.
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It describes where christians go immediately when they die, but
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Where they go immediately is not where they will go ultimately.
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Thirdly, the bible says heaven will be primarily a
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Re-created earth.
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When we talk about this fourth heaven, this ultimate
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Destination that we're going to spend eternity in, what does the
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Bible teach us about it?
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Well, it will primarily be a recreated earth.
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You know, one of the biggest misconceptions about heaven is
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That when we die, we become these disembodied spirits that
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Just float around up there somewhere
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In a galaxy far, far away.
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Dr. criswell used to say, "if i felt like i was gonna spend
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Eternity on some distant rotating ball billions of miles
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Away, one that i'm not familiar with, i wouldn't get excited
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About heaven at all.
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I like this earth.
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I like everything about this earth except the sin, the
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Sickness, and the sadness of it, and that will be gone forever."
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Ladies and gentlemen, we were made not for another world, we
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Were made for this world, and that's why the bible says
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Ultimately our ultimate destiny--destination is not up
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There somewhere, it's right here on the recreated earth.
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Now if you think i'm making that up, just jot down these
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Scripture verses, psalm 37, verse 9.
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"but those who wait upon the lord shall inherit the,"
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What, "earth."
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Earth, our inheritance is the earth, or 2 peter 3:13, "but
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According to god's promise we are looking for new heavens and
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A new earth, in which righteousness dwells."
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That shouldn't surprise us, that god is going to recreate
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This world.
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Remember that god originally created man to be perfect and to
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Enjoy perfect fellowship with a perfect god and he made a
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Perfect earth for man to dwell in, but sin ruined all of that,
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At least temporarily.
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Not only did the fall of adam and eve, not only did it result
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In the corruption of man, but it corrupted the earth as well.
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Paul writes about that in romans 8.
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He said the whole creation is
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Groaning right now, longing to be released from the curse.
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Look, our eternity is not a case of us going up
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Someplace unidentified.
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That's not what heaven is.
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It's not our going up there.
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The new heaven and the new earth is god coming down to where
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We are.
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We are not going up to dwell with him.
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He's coming down to dwell with us.
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The full meaning of the word emmanuel, "god is with us."
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He is coming down and will rule over us forever and ever, and
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That leads to a fourth truth about heaven.
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Heaven is a continuum of our earthly existence.
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It is a continuum of our earthly existence.
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This is one of the most frequent misconceptions people have about
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Life after death.
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They think our life after death has nothing to do, no
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Connection, with our life on earth, but nothing could be
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Further from the truth.
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Our existence is a continuing between now and eternity.
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For example, there's a continuity between the present
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Earth and the new earth.
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Notice in revelation 21 verses 1 to 3, the descriptions of this
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New earth that god gives us.
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Just enough detail to whet our appetite.
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He said, "then he showed me a river of the water of life,
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Clear as crystal, coming from the throne of god and of
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The lamb.
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And in the middle of the street there was a tree of life,
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Bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month;
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And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."
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What is the new earth going to be like?
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It's gonna have trees and rivers and water and mountains.
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I mean, just think of the most beautiful place that you have
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Ever gone here on earth.
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That's only a pencil sketch of what heaven is gonna be like and
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The new heaven and the new earth, but it's gonna contain
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Those things that we're gonna be familiar with, and by the way, i
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Think part of that new heaven and new earth are gonna
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Be animals.
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God included animals in the garden of eden, why not think
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He's going to do the same now, and i'm not saying it's gonna be
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Your pet fido, but i'm saying there are going to be animals,
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Most likely, in the new earth that god creates.
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Secondly, there's a continuity between our earthly bodies and
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Our eternal bodies.
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A continuity between our earthly bodies and eternal bodies.
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You know, people ask me all the time about heaven.
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Will we know one another in heaven?
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Will we all be the same in heaven?
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Will we eat in heaven?
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What exactly is going to be our existence like in heaven, and
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Interestingly, the bible gives us a lot of detail about that.
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If you want to know what your body is gonna be like in the new
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Heaven and new earth, just look at jesus's resurrection body.
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Remember, after he was raised from the dead, he spent 40 days
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On earth interacting with his disciples and other people.
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Interestingly, his disciples recognized him, though not
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Always immediately.
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They weren't expecting to see him, but then when they realized
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Who he was, they recognized him.
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He bore similarities in his new body and his first human
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Body that he had.
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And thirdly, there's a continuity between our present
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Choices and our future existence, and this is what is
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So important to understand.
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As brief as our life here on earth is, the choices we make
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Impact us forever and ever and ever.
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In the same way the decision an unbeliever makes in this life to
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Reject or simply neglect the gospel of jesus christ has
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Eternal ramifications.
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Revelation 20:15 says, "if any man's name was not found written
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In the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
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Do you know, to me one of the most horrible aspects of hell is
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Not just the fact of the physical suffering, the
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Eternality of suffering, the forever destination, it's the
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Fact that in hell people will have the opportunity to remember
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Their earthly existence.
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Remember what abraham said to the rich man who was in agony in
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The flames.
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He said, "'child, remember that during your life you received
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Your good things, and likewise lazarus bad things; but now he
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Is being comforted here, and you are in agony.'"
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Abraham was simply saying, remember, you had many
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Opportunities while on earth to thank god for your provisions,
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To acknowledge his sovereignty over your life, remember.
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An unbeliever who ends up in hell will be able to remember
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Those opportunities to receive christ, when a friend invited
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Him to church or shared the gospel with him, but it will be
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Too late.
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There's a continuity between life here on earth
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And life in heaven.
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Remember, when you die, it's not somebody else who goes to heaven
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Or to hell, it is you.
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Randy alcorn writes it this way about that continuity.
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Earth leads directly into heaven just as it leads directly
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Into hell.
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Life here is a running start into one place or the other.
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Heaven and hell are both retroactive to earth.
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The best of earth is a glimpse of heaven and the worst of earth
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Is a glimpse of hell.
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Earth is the in-between world, touched both by heaven and hell,
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Affording a choice between the two.
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And that leads to the final truth about heaven, and that is
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Heaven is reserved for those who trust in christ.
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If you believe that there is life after death and if you
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Accept that jesus is probably the best authority to tell--tell
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Us about heaven and hell, then it only makes sense that we
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Would trust what he said is the way to heaven.
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How can i know i'm going to heaven when i die?
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What did jesus say about that?
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Jesus linked our entrance into heaven to what we believe.
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Belief and salvation are inseparably linked to
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One another.
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In john 6:40, jesus said, '"truly, truly, i say unto you,
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He who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has
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Eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed
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From death into life."'
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He who believes.
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Or john 6:40, '"for this is the will of my father, that everyone
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Who beholds the son and believes in him will have eternal life,
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And i myself will raise him up on the last day."'
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Or jesus said in john 11, "'i am the resurrection and the life;
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He who believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he
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Live again.'"
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It's clear, only those who believe in christ will be saved
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By christ.
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But here's the $64,000 question.
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What does it mean to believe in jesus?
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If you don't hear another word i say today, hear this.
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To believe doesn't mean to agree with a certain amount of facts
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About jesus.
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To believe in jesus doesn't mean to believe, well, i believe, i
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Agree that he is the son of god.
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I believe that he died on the cross for the sins of the world.
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I believe that he was raised from the dead on the third day.
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I believe, i believe in these facts about jesus.
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That won't get you into heaven.
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You know how i know that?
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Because the demons, even satan themselves, believe all of
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Those facts.
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Did you know that the devil and his demons believe that jesus is
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The son of god?
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They were always saying, the demons, "who are you, son of
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God, to do this to us?"
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They recognized him.
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They believed that he died on the cross
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For the sins of the world.
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They were there that friday afternoon, they watched it.
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They know that jesus was raised from the dead, but does anybody
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Want to argue that they're gonna be in heaven.
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No, they believe those things.
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In fact, they believe them more than you do and i do because
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They were there to witness those things, but intellectual belief
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Is not enough.
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No, to believe in the bible, that greek word means to trust
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In, to depend upon, to lean upon, to put your whole
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Weight upon.
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It means to come to that point that you say, "god, i know i'm
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A sinner.
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I know i deserve your punishment, but i am trusting
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And believing and depending on what jesus did for me to save me
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From my sins."
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Jesus said it this way, "for god so loved the world, that he gave
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His only son, that whoever believes in jesus shall not
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Perish, but shall have everlasting life."
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To illustrate what it means to believe in jesus, i like to use
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This illustration.
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Men, just imagine you want to take your wife out to a nice
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Restaurant here in dallas, an expensive restaurant, and you
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Arrive at the restaurant, you're in nice but casual clothes,
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You're ready to be seated, but the host said, "sir, i'm sorry,
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But," and he points to a sign, "jackets are required for
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Our establishment.
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You have to be wearing a jacket."
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And you get frustrated and mad.
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You say, "well, that is so out of date.
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Nobody requires that any longer."
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You can say, "well, i didn't know about this requirement.
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It's unfair that you would make me follow this," and the host
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Said, "you know, you're not the first person who's come in here
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With that same problem, and that's why we keep a spare
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Jacket in the back.
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Let me go get it."
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He comes out with this jacket.
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He said, "now, if you want to put it on, you're welcome to
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Come into the restaurant."
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You've got a choice to make.
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You can continue to protest of how fine your clothes are and
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How unfair this law is, and you'll be turned away and miss a
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Great meal, or you can humble yourself, put on the jacket, and
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Enjoy an unforgettable evening.
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Did you know god has a dress code for heaven?
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Not our physical clothing, but our spiritual clothing.
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He demands, for entrance into heaven, you have to be
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Absolutely perfect, perfect.
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"well, pastor, nobody can be perfect."
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Exactly, and that's why god sent jesus.
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2 corinthians 5:21 says, "god made him," jesus, "who knew no
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Sin to become sin for us, that we might become the
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Righteousness of god in him."
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When jesus died on that cross, he took all of our sins.
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God placed all of our sins and wrapped them around jesus so
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That jesus became the recipient of the punishment we deserve
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From god.
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He took our unrighteousness and wrapped it around jesus and he
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Took the perfect righteousness of jesus and wrapped it around
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Us so that when god looks at us, he doesn't see our soiled and
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Imperfect garments of sin that we wear.
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He sees the perfection of his son.
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See, the bible says in isaiah 64:6, the best we can do, our
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Righteousness is like a filthy garment to god.
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So we've got a choice.
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When we approach god, we can take a chance and just see if
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Our garments, our behavior, are good enough to get into heaven.
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If we take that chance, we're gonna lose because nobody's
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Perfect enough to go to heaven, or we can wrap ourselves in that
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Perfect garment of righteousness, jesus christ.
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You know, the apostle paul had to make that decision.
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He described himself before he became a christian as the hebrew
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Of the hebrews, the jew of the jews.
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I was righteous in my mind.
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I kept the law, but that encounter with jesus on the road
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To damascus changed everything, and suddenly paul saw his
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Sinfulness and his need for a savior, and that's why in
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Philippians 3:9 he prayed, he said, "my prayer is that i might
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Be found in christ, not having a righteousness of my own derived
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From the law, but that righteousness that comes from
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Christ on the basis of faith."
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Let me ask you, when that day comes that you meet god face to
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Face, do you want to be found wrapped in your righteousness or
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Do you wanna be found wrapped in the righteousness of jesus?
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If you wait until you die to make that choice, you will have
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Waited too long.
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Only those who trust in christ in this life
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Can know for sure they're going to heaven when they die.
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♪ music ♪
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There's no response more appropriate right now,
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And nothing more urgent than saying yes to god's invitation.
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Go ahead, trust in his provision,
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And put on the garment of god's love and forgiveness.
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Now, as we conclude today,
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I want to share a note from jim in texas.
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He wrote, "i haven't been to church in about nine years.
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When you teach, i know the word of god is taught properly
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And not watered down.
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I'll admit, my life isn't where it needs to be,
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And i'm not walking right,
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But god is working through your program
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To help bring me back to him."
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[narrator] if a friend
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Or one of your children came up to you and asked,
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"how do you know christianity is the right religion?"
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Could you give a clear and credible answer?
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Today, we've learned that heaven is a real place,
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Prepared by god for those
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Who put their trust in jesus christ.
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Our present choices have eternal consequences,
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And the single most important decision any of us can make
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Is to accept god's free gift of salvation
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Through faith in his son.
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But that leads to another crucial question
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That many people struggle with.
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If god is so good that he prepared heaven for us,
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Why does he allow suffering in this world?
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Well, next time we'll discover
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How to reconcile god's goodness
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With the reality of evil and pain.
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Stay tuned for a preview
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Of what's coming up next in our series, how can i know?
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Have you ever heard anybody ask the question,
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"how can i know god is good
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With all the porcupines in the world?"
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I mean, porcupines do not represent a threat
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To the goodness of god,
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But the existence of evil in the world does.
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Why is that?
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It's because evil seems to contradict everything else
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We know about god.
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Robert Jeffress - How Can I Know I'm Going To Heaven When I Die? (Part 2)

February 19, 2025 | S25:E86

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