Heaven by Randy Alcorn
Book Chapters 1-4
Heaven is worth giving up all earthly possessions for.
Christ gave his life so that we could live eternally with Him.
Christ is explaining the end times in a parable.
Hell is a real place, at the end there are people that will go to Hell.
The Honesty of the text, how real hell is. Christ gave His life so that I can spend eternity with Him. The people He is talking to understand what he is saying - but do they really. Would I have really understood
Questions
I. We need to always be focused on God, His ministry and our future life with Christ. Prayer, repentance, Bible study, basking in God's creation, pursuing holiness, finding that glimpse of Heaven each day.
II. Completely distant from God God is all God, good, never ending
III. Are we willing to take up our cross? Deny self? What profit is the world to loose your life?
Hell and Heaven are real if we are not truly living out faith how then are we answering these questions. There are consequences for our sins.
IV. John 14:6; John 3:16; II Timothy 2:10; Acts 4:12; Acts 16:30-31; Psalm 3:8
"I am" verses
V. Earth is a glimpse of what is to come. If we don't see earth that way how then are we to anticipate Heaven?
Discussion Thoughts
Being a follower of Christ is a delight not a burden
v. 47 - some of every kind
There will be every tribe represented in Heaven
Diligently actively seeking truth
Truly setting our mind to do something - be diligent, step outside comfort
Understand Heaven based off scripture
Hell - a fire that can never be quenched; v. 36 is the opposite of setting our mind on things above; use contrasting Heaven and Hell when presenting the Gospel
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