You Only Go Around Twice!

Sermons – Hope Community Church

Pastor Jim Bohrer– February 28, 2021 The Best is Yet to Come You Only Go Around Twice! What people think typically about heaven and eternal life now: • __________ • __________ • __________ • God’s Original Plan for the earth and people did not get __________ by the Devil and Adam. Genesis 2:8 NASB95 • Jesus came to redeem the entire __________. John 3:16 NASB95 Genesis 1:1 NASB95 Revelation 21:1–3 NASB95 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them. Thinking Biblically about Heaven 1. Heaven a. ___________ heaven. • God’s __________ Place with His angels and redeemed people. 2 Corinthians 5:8 NASB95 • God’s __________ from where He rules and Jesus is seated at His right hand. Psalm 132:7 NASB95 Acts 7:49 NASB95 • Our ____________Experience. 2 Corinthians 5:8 NASB95 1 Samuel 28:13 ESV 2. ____________ Heaven. 1 Corinthians 7:31 NASB95 Isaiah 65:17 NASB95 2 Peter 3:13 NASB95 Revelation 21:1 NASB95 • kainós ____________ to néos. • ____________ bodies. Romans 8:22 NIV Job 19:26–27 NLT 1 Corinthians 15:42 NASB95 • _____________ Individual identity. • ___________ reality of Eden. • We will ________ and _______ with the Lord forever. Questions to consider: • Discuss with someone how this view of heaven changes your thoughts about the future. • What are some things you look forward to enjoying in heaven? • If you reap what you sow, what are you sowing in this earthly body that you will reap in heaven?