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what is your conviction about heaven
have you thought about it
now our conviction is a belief that you
hold but which you’re willing to take a
strong stand for
what do you believe about heaven
you say well I hadn’t really thought
about it much well the truth is most
people don’t think about it much
when’s the last time you’ve heard a
sermon on Heaven when’s the last time
you’ve given it any serious thought
unless you’re in the hospital and
thought you were dying
when do you think about heaven not many
folks think about it
many people are very very ignorant about
it
and most people have a very very
unbiblical view of what heaven’s going
to be like
and so somebody says well I don’t have a
conviction about some things that I
don’t know much about I understand that
well the purpose of this message is to
introduce you
to Heaven not to give you a complete
explanation of what it’s all about
number one you couldn’t do that in one
sermon or a whole book but at least I
can introduce you to heaven
in such a fashion that if you’re
interested in going I’ll tell you how to
get there
and maybe give you some insights to help
you to start living more like you’re
going there than that you intend to stay
here forever
and the first thing I want to say is
about heaven our heavenly father is
there and it’s interesting in Matthew in
The Sermon on the Mount you’ll notice
that uh
Jesus talked about
the heavenly father and he mentioned it
six times in the Beatitudes and then of
course I think about 14 times the rest
of the Gospel of Matthew
so if somebody says well where is Heaven
this is the simplest answer wherever God
is
wherever God is because somebody says is
he up there out there danianda that’s
not even the issue wherever God is
that’s where Heaven is even today so
heavenly father is there
secondly Our Savior the Lord Jesus is
there you remember when
Jesus was about to ascend in that first
chapter of Acts and as they were gazing
intending into the sky while he was
going behold two men in white clothing
stood by him they also said men of
Galilee why do you send looking up into
the sky this Jesus who has been taken up
from you into heaven will come in just
the same way as you have watched him go
into heaven so the scripture says that
Jesus who was physical and human and
Heavenly that he ascended into heaven
and they watched him Ascend into heaven
so when you say well who’s going to be
in heaven God’s in heaven and the Lord
Jesus Christ is there now the question
is are you going to be there
and I wonder if you can say this morning
for sure when I die I’m going to heaven
where God is