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<v Speaker 1>Hello, everybody. This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really glad you're here today. We're continuing our series

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<v Speaker 1>from Psalm twenty three called Living in the Goodness of God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about how God's goodness meets you right where

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<v Speaker 1>you are and brings hope even in difficult seasons. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>here's part one of a message called Heaven God's eternal

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<v Speaker 1>Goodness to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Today we come to the end of our twelve part

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<v Speaker 2>series on Psalm twenty three. It's only six verses, but

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<v Speaker 2>it took us twelve sessions to get through it because

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<v Speaker 2>there's so much depth and meet on living in the

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<v Speaker 2>Goodness of God. From the very beginning, I've been saying

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<v Speaker 2>that Psalm twenty three is not about you or me.

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<v Speaker 2>Are about our trust and faith in God. It's about

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<v Speaker 2>God's goodness to us. It's not about our commitment to him,

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<v Speaker 2>It's about His commitment to us. And in Psalm twenty three,

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<v Speaker 2>he gives us twelve pictures of how God is good

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<v Speaker 2>to us on a daily basis. Now, last, in our

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<v Speaker 2>last session, we came to the last verse, which goes

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<v Speaker 2>like this, So I'm twenty three Verse six surely, goodness

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<v Speaker 2>and mercy will follow me all the days of my life.

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<v Speaker 2>And and he's got this little connector word, and I

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<v Speaker 2>will dwell in the House of the Lord forever. Now, friends,

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<v Speaker 2>this last sentence is the understatement of the millennium. And

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<v Speaker 2>I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.

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<v Speaker 2>To go through eleven pictures of the goodness of God.

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to help you rest when you're stressed out.

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to help you when you walk through the

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<v Speaker 2>valley of the Shadow of Death. He will anoint your

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<v Speaker 2>head with oil when you need healing, and he will

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<v Speaker 2>he will overflow your cup. And all of the metaphors

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<v Speaker 2>we look at how God is good to us in life,

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<v Speaker 2>and then at the end he says, oh, and by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, it just doesn't end here on earth. God's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be good to you even after you die.

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<v Speaker 2>And I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.

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<v Speaker 2>That's like saying on a TV game show you just

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<v Speaker 2>won one year's supply of potato chips and three houses

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<v Speaker 2>to eat it in. It's like it's a so much

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<v Speaker 2>bigger deal because I will dwell in the House of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord forever. It's more enormous than all the other

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<v Speaker 2>eleven pictures put together the other eleven things. He says

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<v Speaker 2>that God's gonna do for you because of his goodness,

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<v Speaker 2>only last while you're here on earth. But the last

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<v Speaker 2>one says, and by the way, God's not just gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be good to you here on earth. He's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>good to you forever and ever and ever and ever

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<v Speaker 2>and ever and ever and ever for eternity, for trillions

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<v Speaker 2>and trillions and trillions and trillions of years. I will

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<v Speaker 2>dwell in the House of the Lord forever. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest ultimate expression of God's goodness. This is the

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<v Speaker 2>eternal goodness of God to you. So what I want

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<v Speaker 2>to do in this final session is look a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more in depth and what heaven. And I want

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<v Speaker 2>to simply ask three questions, what is heaven? How is

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<v Speaker 2>it different? And what are we going to do in heaven?

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<v Speaker 2>And we're just gonna look at the front side. You'll

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<v Speaker 2>be glad. So I want us to begin by simply

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<v Speaker 2>asking the question what is heaven? Now on your outline.

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<v Speaker 2>Ephesians chapter two, verse five to seven says this it

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<v Speaker 2>is through grace that we have been saved, and God

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<v Speaker 2>has given us a place with Christ in heaven. And

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<v Speaker 2>why has God given this this place with Christ in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Why is he saying that he wants us in his

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<v Speaker 2>family and we're going to live with him forever and

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<v Speaker 2>ever and ever.

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<v Speaker 1>Well.

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<v Speaker 2>The rest of the sentence says, to show for all

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<v Speaker 2>the ages to come, God's goodness to us because of Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the ultimate expression of God's goodness to you.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't just say I'm going to help you when

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<v Speaker 2>you're down. I'm going to give you strength when you're weak.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to give you the provisions when you lack something.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll help you in your need. When you're scared, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>be with you. In addition to all those, he says,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to live with me after you die,

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<v Speaker 2>forever and ever and ever. And you're never going to

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<v Speaker 2>die after that. This is phenomenal. And why does God

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<v Speaker 2>do this? Why does God give us a place with

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<v Speaker 2>Christ in heaven? He says, to show for all ages

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<v Speaker 2>to come, God's goodness to us. God says, I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to understand, my goodness is not time dated. My

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<v Speaker 2>goodness is not limited to hear on earth. My goodness

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<v Speaker 2>to you is for the rest of your life, and

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<v Speaker 2>your life is forever and ever and ever. I have

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<v Speaker 2>long range plans for you, not just the ninety or

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred years you live on earth, but forever and

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<v Speaker 2>ever and ever, and I will be good to you

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<v Speaker 2>throughout all of eternity. So let's just look at this

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<v Speaker 2>subject of heaven. And there's so much, as I've studied

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<v Speaker 2>all this past week about heaven. Really, we could do

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<v Speaker 2>a whole series on ed, another twelve week series just

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<v Speaker 2>on Heaven. I'm going to be hitting the high points,

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<v Speaker 2>hitting the rooftops, the peak tops of what the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says about heaven. Everything you've seen in movies about heaven

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<v Speaker 2>is one hundred percent wrong. There's never been a movie

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<v Speaker 2>that got heaven right. Never, never, never, Even the Christian

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<v Speaker 2>movies don't get it right. Because it is Heaven in

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<v Speaker 2>many ways is unexplainable or incomprehensible to the size of

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<v Speaker 2>our brain. I told you in the previous message that

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<v Speaker 2>for you to try to understand heaven is like an

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<v Speaker 2>ant trying to understand the Internet. You don't have the

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<v Speaker 2>brain capacity to actually understand how cool, how great it is.

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<v Speaker 2>And all of the images that we have of Heaven

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<v Speaker 2>are so inferior and so imperfect that it makes Heaven

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<v Speaker 2>sound boring. Now, let me ask you when you go

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<v Speaker 2>and you look at the surf of the ocean, and

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<v Speaker 2>you look at the sunrises and sunsets over giant mountain

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<v Speaker 2>peaks with snow capped, you know, mountains and beautiful valleys,

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<v Speaker 2>and you look at the intricacies of you know, art

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<v Speaker 2>and flowers and plants and animals. Does that look like

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<v Speaker 2>boring to you? No? And this is an imperfect world.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you think about all of the really beautiful sounds, sights,

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<v Speaker 2>tastes and pleasures that God invented, every pleasure you've ever

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<v Speaker 2>experienced was because God invented it. And this is an

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<v Speaker 2>imperfect world. Heaven is going to be at a whole

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<v Speaker 2>another level because there's no imperfections in heaven. So what

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<v Speaker 2>is heaven? Well, let me just summarize what the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says in three sentences. You might write these down if

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<v Speaker 2>you're taking notes. First, Heaven is a physical place, not

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<v Speaker 2>a state of being. Heaven is the actual, literal, real place.

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<v Speaker 2>It has a location. It is a physical place. It

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<v Speaker 2>is not a state of being. It's not like Nirvana.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a dream it's not a kind of a

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<v Speaker 2>subsistence or existence or you know, ouey guey metaphorical attitude

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<v Speaker 2>that you've got out there. Now, this is a real place.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus told us about it in John fourteen, and he

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<v Speaker 2>says to his disciples in verse two and three of

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<v Speaker 2>John fourteen, there are many rooms in my father's home. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, the word father's home is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the many terms that are used to describe Heaven. Heaven's

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<v Speaker 2>called the Father's home. Heaven is called Paradise, Heaven is

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<v Speaker 2>called the Kingdom of Heaven. There are many, many terms

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<v Speaker 2>to describe heaven in the Bible. But Jesus is talking

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<v Speaker 2>about heaven, and he says, there are many rooms in

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<v Speaker 2>my father's home, and I am going to prepare a

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<v Speaker 2>place for you. He's talking to disciples. This is after

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<v Speaker 2>he's died, the cross resurrected. He's got actually right before

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<v Speaker 2>he's going back to heaven. I'm going to prepare a

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<v Speaker 2>place for you, he says, I wouldn't tell you this

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<v Speaker 2>if it wasn't true. And when your place is ready,

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<v Speaker 2>notice God has a place specifically for you. When your

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<v Speaker 2>place is ready, I'll come back to get you. So

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<v Speaker 2>that you'll always be with me and live where I live.

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<v Speaker 2>If Heaven is not true, Jesus Christ is the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>liar who ever lived, because he said, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>prepare a place for you, and I'm going to come

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<v Speaker 2>back to get you. And if I come back, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to take you to place, and I'm preparing a

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<v Speaker 2>place specifically for you. You got a condo in heaven somewhere.

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<v Speaker 2>God is planning the place that he wants you to

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<v Speaker 2>spend eternity with him. Why because God is your heavenly father,

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<v Speaker 2>and he wants his children to live with him at

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<v Speaker 2>home forever. So it's a physical place, not a state

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<v Speaker 2>of being. Number two. Second thing we know about heaven

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<v Speaker 2>is that it's a permanent place that's going to last forever.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not just a physical place, it's a real location.

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<v Speaker 2>It is also a permanent place. It's not in ten

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<v Speaker 2>years they're going to bulldoze it for urban renewal and

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<v Speaker 2>build something else. This place will last forever. First Second Corinthians,

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<v Speaker 2>chapter five, Verse one says here on the screen, it

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<v Speaker 2>will be a home in heaven that will last forever.

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<v Speaker 2>And another verse look up here on the screen. Ephesians

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<v Speaker 2>Chapter one, verse ten says this, this is God's purpose

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<v Speaker 2>that when the time is right, God's timing is always perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>When the time is right, he will gather his children

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<v Speaker 2>together from wherever they are to be with him in

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<v Speaker 2>Christ forever. And where's that going to be. It's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be in this place called heaven. There are already

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<v Speaker 2>millions of people there, and other millions will join him.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a physical place. It's a permanent place. But here's

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<v Speaker 2>the third thing, and a lot of people get this

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<v Speaker 2>one wrong. It is a reserved place. It is a

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<v Speaker 2>reserved place for only God's family. Heaven is not for everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody is not going to be in heaven. If everybody

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<v Speaker 2>could go to heaven, you'd have backbiting and jealousy and

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<v Speaker 2>gossip and war and lust and rape and murder and

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<v Speaker 2>all these other things. Heaven would be no different than Earth.

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<v Speaker 2>If everybody could go, if Hitler could go to heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>and if Paul Pot and Stalin and Mao and other

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<v Speaker 2>genociders who've killed millions and millions of people could go

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<v Speaker 2>to heaven just the way they were, then what's the

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<v Speaker 2>special thing about it. Heaven is not for everybody. Heaven

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<v Speaker 2>is only for the children of God. It's God's home.

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<v Speaker 2>He gets to choose who goes to it. Now you

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<v Speaker 2>get to choose if you want to be a part

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<v Speaker 2>of his family, and that's totally up to you. God

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<v Speaker 2>invites everyone to Heaven, but not everybody's going because not

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<v Speaker 2>everybody's willing to meet the conditions. And what's the condition

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<v Speaker 2>that you accept God's grace, that you accept his forgiveness,

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<v Speaker 2>that you realize you could never get to Heaven on

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<v Speaker 2>your own power. Heaven is a perfect place, and I'm not,

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<v Speaker 2>and neither are you. I stop being perfect about ten

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<v Speaker 2>seconds after birth, and so I need a plan to

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<v Speaker 2>get to heaven. And that's God's plan of salvation, where

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus came and paid for all your sins so you

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<v Speaker 2>could go. But it is a reserve place only for

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<v Speaker 2>God's family. In the Book of Revelation, chapter twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>verse twenty seven, it says this only those whose names

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<v Speaker 2>are written in the Lamb's Book of Life will be

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<v Speaker 2>able to enter. Talking about heaven, now, what is the

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<v Speaker 2>Lamb's book of life? This Lamb's Book of Life is

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<v Speaker 2>mentioned several times in Scripture. In the Book of Revelation,

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<v Speaker 2>the lamb is always a symbol for Jesus. He's the

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<v Speaker 2>Lamb of God who is sacrificed for our sins, like

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<v Speaker 2>the Lamb of sacrifice in the Old Testament. So he's

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<v Speaker 2>talking about there is a book of Life that if

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<v Speaker 2>Book of Life? Do what God says? Jesus said, I

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<v Speaker 2>who was sacrificed for me, so I don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>and so I trust him. Then my name gets written

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<v Speaker 2>in the Book of Life. But evidently there is a

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<v Speaker 2>registration book in heaven. You gotta have a reservation. You

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<v Speaker 2>just don't die and then decide, oh, now I'd like

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<v Speaker 2>to go to heaven. You have to make an advanced reservation,

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<v Speaker 2>and your name has to be in the Book of

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<v Speaker 2>Life or you don't get in. Heaven is not for

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<v Speaker 2>a first place. I don't know why anybody who doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>Show me the person who goes. I want to live

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<v Speaker 2>disobey what God says to do. I want to do

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<v Speaker 2>smarter than God. I know it will make me more

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<v Speaker 2>happy than God. I don't even believe in God, and

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<v Speaker 2>if I do believe him, I don't want to obey him.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be my own God. Why would that

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<v Speaker 2>person that say when he dies, oh, now I want

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<v Speaker 2>to spend the rest of my life with you. That

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't make sense. And Jesus God says, have it your way.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't want me in your life when you're on earth,

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<v Speaker 2>and I gave you all those years to decide for me,

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<v Speaker 2>and you decided against me. Why in the world would

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<v Speaker 2>you want to live with me now for eternity. If

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<v Speaker 2>in the world would you want me in your life

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<v Speaker 2>and eternity. You see, God doesn't actually send anybody to hell.

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<v Speaker 2>You choose. You choose. A person chooses. If there's one

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<v Speaker 2>door that says life eternal through Jesus Christ and salvation,

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<v Speaker 2>and one over here says life separated from God, which

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<v Speaker 2>is hell. If I go, I don't want to do

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<v Speaker 2>it your way. I don't want to believe you. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to trust you, I want to obey you. I

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<v Speaker 2>to Hell? You have to do almost the impossible. You

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<v Speaker 2>have to reject the love of God. You have to

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<v Speaker 2>reject the grace of God. You have to reject the

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<v Speaker 2>forgiveness of God. You have to reject God himself. Why

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<v Speaker 2>in the world would anybody do that? Pride? Pride, that's why.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I want to be my own God. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want anybody telling me what I should be doing with

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<v Speaker 2>my life. And so God says, you got to tr

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<v Speaker 2>I give you the choice. You want to live in

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<v Speaker 2>my house. Here are the house rules, okay? And what's

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<v Speaker 2>the house rules? Real? Simple? You trust me for your

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<v Speaker 2>salvation because you can't be good enough to get into

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<v Speaker 2>a perfect place, and you asked me for forgiveness. And

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<v Speaker 2>you learn to love me as much as I love you.

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<v Speaker 2>I created you for a purpose. I have a plan

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<v Speaker 2>for your life, and I want you to know me.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's a physical place, and it's a permanent place,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is a reserve place only for God's family.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. One time in the Bible tells us the

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<v Speaker 2>story how Jesus sent his original twelve followers, they were

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<v Speaker 2>going to give you the authority to do miracles. So

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<v Speaker 2>you can go out and you can pray for people.

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<v Speaker 2>They're gonna get well, and they're people who are oppressed

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<v Speaker 2>what happened. That's exactly what happened. And these guys, twelve guys,

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<v Speaker 2>I going, WHOA, you wouldn't believe what happened. I saw

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<v Speaker 2>this guy here, and I saw this miracle here, and

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<v Speaker 2>I saw this freedom here in this liberation there, and

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<v Speaker 2>they're all celebrating it, and Jesus goes, wait a minute, guys,

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<v Speaker 2>you're celebrating the wrong thing. He says, Rather than celebrating

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<v Speaker 2>Look up here on the screen, Luke, Chapter ten, verse twenty.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, instead, you should rejoice that your names are

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<v Speaker 2>recorded in heaven. The moment you step across the line,

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<v Speaker 2>as most of you have and has said, Okay, I'm in,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna trust Christ for my salvation. I know I

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<v Speaker 2>need a savior. I can't save myself. I can't solve

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<v Speaker 2>my own problems. I certainly can't save myself life from

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<v Speaker 2>all my sins. And the moment you step across the line,

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<v Speaker 2>evidently your name is written down in the Registry of Heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>in the Book of Life. And when you die, they say,

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<v Speaker 2>come on in. We have a reservation for you. We've

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<v Speaker 2>been waiting for you. Welcome, Welcome to Heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about you, but I am encouraged after

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<v Speaker 1>that message. And let's keep the encouragement going with a

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<v Speaker 1>letter from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's rick you know I love hearing from Daily Hope

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<v Speaker 2>listeners like you. And here's one note that I got

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<v Speaker 2>from Raymond in New York, your pastor Rick. I'd like

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<v Speaker 2>you to know how much I appreciate the Daily Hope broadcast.

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<v Speaker 2>The nuggets that I get I share with my lunch

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<v Speaker 2>group at work, and my family benefits as well because

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<v Speaker 2>at dinner time, my wife and my son here the

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<v Speaker 2>nugget that I learned during the day, and we discuss it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's awesome. Well, let me just say this, Raymond, thanks

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<v Speaker 2>for writing me, and thanks for sharing your story. You

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<v Speaker 2>encouraged me just now. I'm happy to hear that your

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<v Speaker 2>sharingring Daily Hope with your co workers and with your family.

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<v Speaker 2>If God has used this broadcast in your life, would

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<v Speaker 2>you let me know about it and tell your story.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll be good for you, it'll be good for me,

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<v Speaker 2>and it'll be good for all the others who hear it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love you, and I thank God for you, and

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<v Speaker 2>join me next time as we continue to look into

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<v Speaker 2>God's word for our daily hope.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, if you'd like to let Rick know how much

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<v Speaker 1>this broadcast has blessed you, please feel free to send

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<v Speaker 1>him an email. He loves it. Send it to Rick

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<v Speaker 1>at Pastorrick dot com. That's Rick at pastorick dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Be sure to join us next time as we look

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<v Speaker 1>into God's word for our daily hope. This program is

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<v Speaker 1>sponsored by Daily Hope Ministries and your generous financial support