How Beautiful Heaven Must Be

II Corinthians 5:1-9

I Corinthians 2:10

“But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”

I. Heaven is a reality John 14:1-6

Heaven is more real than anything we come in contact with because Heaven is eternal and these things are temporal. Temporal = pertaining to this life or this world body only…(Noah Webster’s 1828). Measured or limited by time, or by this life or state of things; having limited existence, espoused to eternal.

II. Heaven has a ruler. Hebrews 11:10

“For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” God wants to have his way on earth, but man has refused to let God have his perfect way; but, we know he is the builder and maker of Heaven and shall be the object of out praise.

III. Heaven has a requirement. John 3:7

“Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.” Before Jesus Christ could come into our world, he had to be born into it. Before we can go into his world, we must be born into it.

IV. Heaven has a roll. Revelation 20:12-15

God is keeping a record of our attitudes here on earth. Malachi 3:16, 17.

V. Heaven has a robe. Revelation 19:7, 8

God wants His church, which is the bride of His Son, to be pure, spotless, and arrayed in the robe of righteousness, which far exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees.

VI. Heaven has a reservation. I Peter 1:3, 4

You don’t have to worry about anybody taking your place in heaven, for God has it reserved.

VII. Heaven has a reward. I Corinthians 3:1-14

Nothing that you do for Jesus will go unrewarded if it is done in love and loyalty (I Corinthians 13). If we keep our head in heaven, we can have a stabilized walk on earth.

Jerry Mitchell