LIFE AFTER DEATH
Part 3: How to Get to Heaven
October 30, 2022
What you believe about _________
determines how you live___________.
Heaven is a prepared place
for a prepared people.
What is Heaven like?
(1 Corinthians 2:9 NLT) No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.
(Revelation 21:1 NIV) Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.
- Heaven is a________________.
(Revelation 21:16 NIV) The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long.
- Heaven is a________________.
(Revelation 21:4 NIV) He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
- Heaven is a________________.
(1 Thessalonians 4:17 MSG) There will be one huge family reunion with the Master.
(Revelation 21:3 NIV) And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
(Revelation 22:2) On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
- Heaven is a________________.
(Revelation 22:12 NIV) Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.
Myths About How to Get to Heaven
(2 Corinthians 13:5 NIV) Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith.
- You can get to heaven by________________.
(Romans 3:20 NIV) Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
The Truth: You can’t be________________.
(Isaiah 64:6 NIV) All our righteous acts are like filthy rags.
2. You can get to heaven by________________.
(James 2:19 NIV) You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that.
The Truth: You must ________________.
(Romans 10:9,13 NKJV) If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved…for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
3. You can get to heaven by________________.
(Matthew 7:21 NIV) Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven.
(Titus 1:16 NIV) They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him.
The Truth: You must________________.
(John 3:3 NIV) Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
(2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new is here!
4. You can get to heaven by________________.
(1 John 1:6-7 NIV) If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
The Truth: You have to________________.
(Matthew 7:22-23 NLT) On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’
(1 Corinthians 15:55-58 NIV) “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.