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A famous Christian once wrote, “God became human so that humans could become God.”
This man wasn’t a Mormon.
This man wasn’t a Mormon.
He didn’t think that we will all become gods in heaven, because he clarified this by also saying, “The reason God became man was to give immortality to his mortal creation.”
God became human so that humans could become immortal, like God is.
He didn’t think that we will all become gods in heaven, because he clarified this by also saying, “The reason God became man was to give immortality to his mortal creation.”
The man who is speaking to you this morning is immortal.
The people this man is speaking to this morning are also immortal.
God became human so that humans could become immortal, like God is.
The man who is speaking to you this morning is immortal.
The people this man is speaking to this morning are also immortal.
Do you believe this?
Last week I met with a guy from soccer.
Do you believe this?
Last week I met with a guy from soccer.
His sister was killed in an accident a couple months ago.
His sister was killed in an accident a couple months ago.
She was 17.
She was 17.
He said to me, “I’ve never really thought of life after death.”
“But now I’ve been thinking a lot.
Where is she?”
He said to me, “I’ve never really thought of life after death.”
“But now I’ve been thinking a lot.
Where is she?”
I spoke to him about heaven.
He said he’d always struggled to believe things unless there was good evidence.
I spoke to him about heaven.
By evidence, he meant things that he could see.
He said he’d always struggled to believe things unless there was good evidence.
I spoke to him about heaven.
By evidence, he meant things that he could see.
I said to him, heaven is in a dimension that we can’t see.
I spoke to him about heaven.
And there are lots of real things that exist that we can’t see.
I said to him, heaven is in a dimension that we can’t see.
Think about what is keeping us alive right now.
Oxygen.
And there are lots of real things that exist that we can’t see.
Think about what is keeping us alive right now.
Oxygen.
We can’t see this.
And yet we rely on it every moment to stay alive.
Everything that is observable in our universe is made up of atoms.
We can’t see this.
And yet we rely on it every moment to stay alive.
Atoms have never been seen with the human eye.
Everything that is observable in our universe is made up of atoms.
Atoms have never been seen with the human eye.
There are lots of things that are real that we can’t see.
There are lots of things that are real that we can’t see.
Think about radio waves.
These waves range from a metre to kilometres in length.
Think about radio waves.
These waves range from a metre to kilometres in length.
They’re used to transmit data for satellites, computers and radios.
They’re used to transmit data for satellites, computers and radios.
Gravity.
We can observe the effects of gravity, but we can’t see gravity.
Then there’s the Mind and Emotions.
We can observe the brain and its chemical reactions, but thoughts are completely in the unseen realm.
Gravity.
We can observe the effects of gravity, but we can’t see gravity.
Then there’s the Mind and Emotions.
We can observe the brain and its chemical reactions, but thoughts are completely in the unseen realm.
Why am I mentioning all of this?
Because it can be easy to think like my mate.
I only believe in things that I can see.
Why am I mentioning all of this?
It sounds right, but it’s logically wrong.
Nobody lives like this, in the real world.
Because it can be easy to think like my mate.
I only believe in things that I can see.
We all believe in things we can’t see.
It sounds right, but it’s logically wrong.
Nobody lives like this, in the real world.
And this morning, God’s asking you to believe in something that you can’t see.
We all believe in things we can’t see.
In order to do this, you have to use your IMAGINATION.
And this morning, God’s asking you to believe in something that you can’t see.
Not your imaginary imagination.
But your God given imagination, so you can enter into the realities of what you can’t see.
In order to do this, you have to use your IMAGINATION.
Not your imaginary imagination.
Every night before my boys go to bed, they beg us for a story.
How do we start the story?
But your God given imagination, so you can enter into the reality of immortality.
“Once upon a time...there was a king...”
A reality that you can’t yet see.
Every night before my boys go to bed, they beg us for a story.
Immediately they’re hooked, and their imaginations are off.
How do we start the story?
They love it.
Albert Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
“Once upon a time...there was a king...”
Immediately they’re hooked, and their imaginations are off.
If Isaac Newton didn’t use his imagination, he would never have discovered gravity.
If you didn’t use your imagination, you’d never have found that lost phone of yours.
They love it.
Although ‘findmyphone’ helps those of you who are imaginatively challenged.
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