Living With Eternity in Mind | What Comes Next Week 3 | Pastor Candace Cortez

Revelation 4:1 NIV: After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3 Things We Gain From Living With Eternity in Mind

1. We benefit from the hope that this earth will be made new!(MULTILINE)

a. God restores(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

b. The sin on this earth that torments will not exist forever.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

c. The time will come when heaven and earth will be one idea.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

“Nothing is often more misdiagnosed than our homesickness for Heaven. We think that what we want is sex, drugs, alcohol, a new job, a raise, a doctorate, a spouse, a large screen television, a new car, a cabin in the woods, a condo in Hawaii. What we really want is the person we were made for, Jesus, and the place we were made for, Heaven. Nothing less can satisfy.” – Randy Alcorn, “Heaven”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. We can celebrate (even during trials) because we get to know God!(MULTILINE)

a. On this earth, we benefit from access to God.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

b. In heaven, we will have the ability to see God face to face(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

i. Exodus 33:18-23(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

ii. Hebrews 12:1(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

iii. Revelation 22:4(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

c.  In Heaven, God will dwell with His people. (2 Corinthians 6:16)(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

d. We can draw from the Joy of heaven and anticipated face to face encounters with God today.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. We live on assignment.(MULTILINE)

a. Luke 12:45-47(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

b. This short life we live on earth, has a disproportionate impact on billions of years of eternity.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

c. We are caretakers of ourselves, other people, the systems and the planet.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Are you living with the hope of heaven? Or for your single breath on earth?(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)