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That Blessed Hope
The anticipation of Heaven is a vital Doctrine for living victorious in Jesus.
Heaven is the great hope that we have that puts all our current trials and challenges into perspective.
Heaven is a wonderful promise for the Christians rest.
But Heaven is also the settlement of mans greatest fear.
Mans greatest fear is death.
Anyone who says that they dont fear death is lying, we want to live.
But death is also the ultimate statistic: 10 out 10 people die.
You will die, unless the Lord returns within your lifetime.
That is assuming you only die at an old age.
But 150 000 people die everyday, some young, some old, men, woman, death does not discriminate and of that 150 000 people how many of them knew that today would be their last day?
But for the Christian, death is not a terror but a rest.
Jesus attended a wedding and turned water into wine, but Jesus also attended a funeral and truned tears into joy.
The Comfort of Jesus
When someone we love does, Jesus does not say “Don’t let your heart be sad” because sadness and sorrow are not evil things.
But he does say that our hearts should not be troubled.
Our hearts are troubled when we see death as an end, or as a mystery.
The great beyond, the great unknown....
Jesus wants everyone of us to know that He had disarmed death of its fear.
And does not want you to be uninformed about this reality of life.
So Jesus says: Let not your hearts be troubled.
Next: In my fathers house are many mansions.
If were not so He would have told us.
If there was no hope, no heaven, no eternal life, Jesus would have told us explicitly.
But he is there is a Heaven and There are mansions waiting in Heaven.
Look what he says next: I am going to prepare a place for you.
This iss amazing.
There is a place in heaven prepared and reserved for each of God’s children.
AND NOT ONLY THAT but Jesus promises to come and take us home PERSONALLY!!!
“I will come again and recieve you to myself..”
He does not delegate the ask to an angel or some one else, as if Jesus has more important things to do.
Some will ask don’t angels take you to heaven?
well yes they did.
But this begger died under the old covenant, but john 14 is Jesus speaking to those under the new covenant.
Do you thing Jesus would come in the flesh, live a sinless life, die an excruciating death all so that you can go to heaven and then not even bother to show up when you do?
Lets talk about that for a moment.
The Dying Part
Likie i said, everbody dies.
Its just a question of when and how.
However when someones does, we also ask another question, especually if its someone we will miss, when, how, but also why?
Why did they have to die?
Lets what Paul has to say on this issue:
Notice the word goes used to describe our bodies: tabernacles, ie tents.
Tents are not homes, they are by design not permanent dwelling places, their nature is temporary.
We stay in tents, or the weekend, but we dont live in tents all the time.
Tents are not meant for that.
Go buy a new tent.
Its great - like our young bodies.
Everything works.
But take that same tent out season after season and the temporary nature of the tents starts to show.
The zips get stuck the net gers ripped, the seams come loose.
Our bodies are the same, as we accumulate the years, the back gets stiff, the knees get weak, the eyes go dim.
thats assuming you get old.
Your tent many be quite new but mould can grow and then its finished, tents are not very durable.
Nor are bodies.
Disease and illness can cut our lives shorter as well.
And then an intresting situation arises: God has to make a choice: There is one of his beloved children - living in an old broken down tent, a tent that cause pain, suffering and sorrow.
And There is heaven is a brand new empty mansion ready and reserved for that self same saint.
And when we die, the why is an easy question: The tent that the child of God was living in, was no longer fit for such a precious inhabitant and God is his mercy, took them home to their new mansion.
Thats why Jesus says: Do not let your hearts be troubled.
He also says:
He says: And you know how to come into possession of this wonderful mansion.
Thomas the disciple cant take this and asks perhaps the best question anyone can ever ask:
Translation: How do we get to Heaven?
Am i good enough to go to heaven when i die?
Are you good Enough to Go to Heaven?
Thats a good question and you dont have to hope or wonder.
God did not leave us any ambiguity over this issue.
God has told us what His standard of goodness is.
He has said: That you have to be this good to enter into Heaven.
What is that Standard? the 10 commandments.
Thou shall not lie, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not blaspheme, thou that not commit adultery.
Are you good enough to Go to heaven?
No and i knew before the test.
So when Thomas ask Jesus How do we get to Heaven, what is Jesus response?
Unless we have repented and trusting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour we will not go to heaven.
But If you have:
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