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<v Speaker 1>Are Heaven and Hell real places? And what are they like?

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<v Speaker 2>Today?

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<v Speaker 3>On Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible Teaching Ministry of

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<v Speaker 3>Rick Warren, we continue his series called Eternal Realities, Heaven

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<v Speaker 3>and Hell. In these lessons, Rick shares what the Bible

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<v Speaker 3>says about heaven and Hell and how you can be

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<v Speaker 3>absolutely certain you'll go to Heaven. Up next, here's part

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<v Speaker 3>one of a message called the Reality of Heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 4>The truth is a lot of times we're just not

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<v Speaker 4>too excited about Heaven. I mean, we're much more interested

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<v Speaker 4>in Earth than we are about Heaven. And really that's

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<v Speaker 4>too bad, because we have been sold a bill of

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<v Speaker 4>goods about heaven. The fact is the reason we don't

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<v Speaker 4>get excited about Heaven is we have a faulty image

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<v Speaker 4>of it. We don't realize how cool, how exciting, how incredible,

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<v Speaker 4>how so much better than Earth it's gonna be.

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<v Speaker 2>I like Earth? Do you like her? I like Earth?

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<v Speaker 4>I love the sunsets, I love the sky, I love

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<v Speaker 4>the water, I love the weather. Shoot, we live in California.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, come on, you know my idea of winter.

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<v Speaker 4>As I put on socks, this is an incredible place.

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<v Speaker 4>We live in paradise, and I like this place a

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<v Speaker 4>lot in spite of the fact that it's broken, that

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<v Speaker 4>nothing actually works the way it ought to work. No

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<v Speaker 4>relationship is perfect, no body is perfect except mine.

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<v Speaker 2>No, you know, no weather is perfect.

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<v Speaker 4>Nothing is perfect on this planet because sin has broken

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<v Speaker 4>the planet. But this is all we know, so we

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<v Speaker 4>can't understand how cool heaven really is. And as I said,

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<v Speaker 4>most of our ideas are warped because they came from Hollywood.

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<v Speaker 4>Now let me just say it again. I've told you

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<v Speaker 4>many times, when you get to Heaven, it's not gonna

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<v Speaker 4>be all white. You're not gonna have wings, you're not

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<v Speaker 4>going to be an angel, you're not gonna be a

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<v Speaker 4>little chubby cherub, you're not gonna wear a white robe,

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<v Speaker 4>you're not gonna float on clouds, and you're not gonna

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<v Speaker 4>play a harp. As I've told you many times. To me,

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<v Speaker 4>that would be hell. I can't think of anything more

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<v Speaker 4>boring than to be in a colorless place having to

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<v Speaker 4>play a harp. Oh, just that would make me not

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<v Speaker 4>want to go to Heaven. So the night we're gonna

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<v Speaker 4>look at the real thing. And honestly, there's so much

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<v Speaker 4>material I'm gonna get I'm gonna hit you with a

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<v Speaker 4>ton of verses that I can't even cover it all.

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<v Speaker 4>There's so much, And sometime we'll come back and just

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<v Speaker 4>do a series on this. Now, notice there on your outline.

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<v Speaker 4>The Bible says this in Colossians chapter three, verse one,

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<v Speaker 4>Since you have been raised to new life with Christ,

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<v Speaker 4>set your sights on the realities of heaven. Circle that

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<v Speaker 4>the realities of heaven, not what Hollywood gives you, not

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<v Speaker 4>the bill of goods that you've seen by artists and

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<v Speaker 4>what people have tried to think up. Set your side

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<v Speaker 4>on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits at God's

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<v Speaker 4>hand and the place of honor and power. Now, in

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<v Speaker 4>this weekend, we're going to look at the realities of heaven,

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<v Speaker 4>and specifically, we're going to look at these five questions.

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<v Speaker 2>What is heaven? Where is it?

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<v Speaker 4>What is heaven like, how do we get into it?

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<v Speaker 4>And what should we do if we're going to heaven.

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<v Speaker 4>So let's just get right into it. We've got a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of material to cover.

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<v Speaker 2>First.

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<v Speaker 4>What is heaven, Well, the Bible tells us three things.

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<v Speaker 4>Number one, it's where God lives and rules. It is

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<v Speaker 4>where God lives and rules through the Bible, it's called

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<v Speaker 4>the dwelling Place of God, the House of God. It's

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<v Speaker 4>called the City of God. Thirty one times. Jesus calls

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<v Speaker 4>it the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven.

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<v Speaker 4>Actually he calls it the Kingdom of Heaven because it's

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<v Speaker 4>where God not only lives, but the Rules and the

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<v Speaker 4>Bible says in Psalm one twenty three, Verse one, Lord,

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<v Speaker 4>I look up to you, up to heaven, where you rule.

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<v Speaker 4>It's where God lives. In Rules number two, it is

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<v Speaker 4>a real place. Now, we talked about this last week,

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<v Speaker 4>and let me just cover it again. It's not a

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<v Speaker 4>state of mind. It's not a state of being. It's

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<v Speaker 4>not some disembodied condition where you're gonna float around without

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<v Speaker 4>a body. It's not nirvana. It's not nothingness. It's not

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<v Speaker 4>a dream like state. It's not something intangible and ethereal.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not a feeling. It is a real place. In fact,

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<v Speaker 4>the Bible says that in heaven there are streets, there

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<v Speaker 4>are trees, there is water, there are homes. It uses

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<v Speaker 4>a lot, it hints, and in all likelihood there's gonna

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<v Speaker 4>be animals there. There are mini scriptures that allude to

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<v Speaker 4>the fact that animals will be there. It is a

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<v Speaker 4>physical place, and you will have a physical body. It's

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<v Speaker 4>not just some kind of floating around in outer space,

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<v Speaker 4>which sounds pretty boring to me. Jesus said this up

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<v Speaker 4>here on the screen in John fourteen to two. He said,

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<v Speaker 4>there are many rooms in my father's home, and I'm going.

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<v Speaker 2>To prepare a place for you.

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<v Speaker 4>If this were not so, now less, he says, I'm

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<v Speaker 4>going to prepare a place, not a state of being

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<v Speaker 4>a place. If this were not so, I'd tell you plainly,

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<v Speaker 4>heaven is a real place. It's not a state of mind.

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<v Speaker 4>And in fact, notice there on your outline, Jesus said

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<v Speaker 4>in Matthew six point twenty, store up for yourselves treasures

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<v Speaker 4>in heaven. And then he tells us this where moths

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<v Speaker 4>or rust can't destroy it. You know, moths either way

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<v Speaker 4>close and rust destroys away metal, and where thieves can't break.

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<v Speaker 2>In and steal it.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, if heaven were just a state of mind, being

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<v Speaker 4>a consciousness, you couldn't store anything up there. But he

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<v Speaker 4>says you can store up treasure in heaven. Now we're

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<v Speaker 4>going to come back to that, because he says it

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<v Speaker 4>about five times in the New Testament. But it's where

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<v Speaker 4>God lives and it's a real place. And number three,

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<v Speaker 4>this is the cool thing. Heaven was designed for us.

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<v Speaker 4>It was designed for you and for me, specifically designed

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<v Speaker 4>for us.

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<v Speaker 2>This is such an amazing.

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<v Speaker 4>Thing that God not only designed the earth for us

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<v Speaker 4>so we could live and it could sustain life, but

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<v Speaker 4>he also designed heaven for us, not for himself, but

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<v Speaker 4>for us. Notice the Bible says, come, you, who are

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<v Speaker 4>blessed by my Father, Take your inheritance. I mean something

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<v Speaker 4>I've been planning to give my kids. Take your inheritance.

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<v Speaker 4>The Kingdom prepared for who you circle the word you

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<v Speaker 4>was prepared for you, and it was prepared for you

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<v Speaker 4>from the foundation or the creation of the world. We

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<v Speaker 4>talked about this last week. When God start thinking up earth,

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<v Speaker 4>he also started thinking up heaven because we're not meant

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<v Speaker 4>to live here.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not all there is. And if the only

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<v Speaker 2>thing you.

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<v Speaker 4>Get this week is is this that there's more to

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<v Speaker 4>life than here. And now there's more to life than

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<v Speaker 4>just this life you're gonna spend how many times have

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<v Speaker 4>I said this eighty years on this planet, maybe a

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<v Speaker 4>little less, maybe a little bit more, But that's about it.

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<v Speaker 4>And really that's a good thing, because you don't want

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<v Speaker 4>to live in an imperfect place forever. You want to

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<v Speaker 4>live in a perfect place forever. So you're gonna spend

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<v Speaker 4>eighty at the most one hundred years here on the earth.

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<v Speaker 4>You're gonna spend trillions and trillions and trillions and trillions

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<v Speaker 4>and trillions, gazillion gazillions. I'm gonna make up a word

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<v Speaker 4>someday for the infinity to infinity and beyond. You're gonna

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<v Speaker 4>live in eternity. And God says, I designed it for

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<v Speaker 4>you now, friends, This is such an amazing expression of

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<v Speaker 4>the love of God. The Bible tells us that God

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<v Speaker 4>created the entire universe because he wanted a family. He

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<v Speaker 4>wanted a family, and he wanted a family that would

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<v Speaker 4>live with him forever. And I wasn't lonely. God has

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<v Speaker 4>never been lonely because God has fulfilled in himself and

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<v Speaker 4>he's in a relationship to himself because God is.

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<v Speaker 2>Love, father, son, holy Spirit. So he wasn't lonely.

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<v Speaker 4>But he said, I want to express my love by

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<v Speaker 4>creating human beings. I'm gonna make them in my image.

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<v Speaker 4>They're not gods. You're never going to be a god.

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<v Speaker 4>You're going to be a human. You're not going to

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<v Speaker 4>be a god in heaven. You're not going to be

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<v Speaker 4>an angel in heaven. You're going to be a human

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<v Speaker 4>being in heaven. But God said, I wanted to make

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<v Speaker 4>these human beings so that I could adopt him into

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<v Speaker 4>my family. Look at some verses here on the screen

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<v Speaker 4>Ephesians one to five. God's unchanging plan has always been

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<v Speaker 4>to adopt us into his own family by bringing us

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<v Speaker 4>to himself through Jesus Christ, and this gave him great pleasure.

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<v Speaker 4>You were planned for God's pleasure. We talk about that

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<v Speaker 4>in the Purpose Driven Life book, that God said, I

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<v Speaker 4>want you to be a part of my family. Now

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<v Speaker 4>there's a word for God's family. Look at this next verse.

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<v Speaker 4>It's verse Timothy three point fifteen, and it says there,

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<v Speaker 4>God's family is the church. God's family is the church.

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<v Speaker 2>We are.

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<v Speaker 4>The Church is the only thing that's going to last.

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<v Speaker 4>God's family is the only thing that's lawdst. One day,

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<v Speaker 4>this earth's going to burn up, and the only thing

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<v Speaker 4>that's going to last is people who are part of

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<v Speaker 4>God's family, who've chosen to be a part of his

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<v Speaker 4>family in faith and in obedience. Now the Bible says

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<v Speaker 4>this here on the screen one Peter one four. God

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<v Speaker 4>has reserved a priceless inheritance that's heaven for his children,

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<v Speaker 4>and it is kept in heaven for you. All the

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<v Speaker 4>things He's gone plan for you, pure and undefiled, beyond

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<v Speaker 4>the reach of change and decay. So what is heaven.

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<v Speaker 4>It's the place that he's preparing for his family. Oh

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<v Speaker 4>and by the way, another analogy in scripture, the Bible

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<v Speaker 4>calls the church the bride of Christ. And it's like

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<v Speaker 4>he's saying, I'm preparing this place for my bride. I

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<v Speaker 4>want to give her the best. And he says, my

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<v Speaker 4>family and my bride. He said, this is what I'm

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<v Speaker 4>preparing for you to spend eternity with me forever. And

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<v Speaker 4>the Bible says this up on the screen. This is

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<v Speaker 4>God's purpose that when the time is ripe, he will

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<v Speaker 4>gather us all together from wherever we are in heaven

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<v Speaker 4>those who've already died, or on earth those who haven't

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<v Speaker 4>died yet, to be with Him in Christ forever. Now

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<v Speaker 4>know this, it says, forever. You've heard me say this

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<v Speaker 4>before you were made to last forever. That's why your

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<v Speaker 4>mail in God's image and the implications is you're gonna

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<v Speaker 4>last forever one of two places, heaven or hell.

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<v Speaker 2>And as we talked.

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<v Speaker 4>About last week, you get to choose which door you're

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<v Speaker 4>going to go out My way or God's way, Jesus way.

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<v Speaker 4>Jesus said, I am the way. Hebrews thirteen fourteen says

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<v Speaker 4>for this world, let's read this verse together, for this

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<v Speaker 4>world is not our home. We are looking forward to

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<v Speaker 4>our city in heaven, which is yet to come.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, once you've.

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<v Speaker 4>Become a part of God's family, there's a whole lot

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<v Speaker 4>more to life than just here and now.

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<v Speaker 2>And really, this world is not in my home.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm just passing through. I think every believer should be

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<v Speaker 4>given a green card because this is not your ultimate citizenship,

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<v Speaker 4>your ultimate citizen. You're only here on earth sixty seventy

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<v Speaker 4>eighty ninety one hundred years. God says, your ultimate home

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<v Speaker 4>And the answer is we don't know. All we know

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<v Speaker 2>Now, while we don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>The location of heaven, it's a specific place. We don't

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<v Speaker 4>Not by being good enough, which none of us can

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<v Speaker 4>trying to keep his laws, but by a new way

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<v Speaker 4>promised in scriptures a long time ago. Okay, so what

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<v Speaker 4>the Bible says this in job chapter eleven. Can you

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<v Speaker 4>understand the mysteries surrounding God Almighty? They are higher than

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<v Speaker 2>So what can you do when you know so little?

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<v Speaker 4>And these mysteries outreach the earth and the ocean.

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<v Speaker 4>you go. And when you get there, you're going, whoa,

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<v Speaker 4>the very first time. Now, the hundredth time you're gone,

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<v Speaker 2>And no matter how well my dad tried to describe it, he.

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<v Speaker 4>that are simply indescribable. You just can't excribe it, describe.

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<v Speaker 4>having carried those babies inside of her. That is an

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<v Speaker 4>indescribable feeling. And there are some things in life you

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<v Speaker 4>simply have to experience. And all the art and all

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<v Speaker 4>the truth is there's really nothing on earth to compare

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<v Speaker 4>Heaven too. We are a poor carbon copy, a xerox.

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<v Speaker 4>We're an imitation of something much much greater, more fulfilling,

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<v Speaker 4>more beautiful, more exciting. And the Bible tells us this.

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<v Speaker 4>They're in First Corinthings two. No eye has ever seen,

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<v Speaker 4>ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him. Now,

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<v Speaker 4>I know many of you are kind of like me.

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<v Speaker 4>I've got a pretty fertile imagination. I can think up

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<v Speaker 2>People have accused me of being.

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<v Speaker 4>A dreamer or a visionary, and I do have a

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<v Speaker 4>pretty vivid imagination. God says, Rick, you think of use

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<v Speaker 4>your imagination to think of the greatest thing you can

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<v Speaker 4>think heaven could be, and.

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<v Speaker 2>I can top that.

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<v Speaker 4>So all I can do is take the five or

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<v Speaker 4>ten top peak experiences in my life, throw them all together,

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<v Speaker 4>and multiply them by an exponential factor of a billion,

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<v Speaker 4>and go, that must be what it's like to be

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't.

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<v Speaker 4>Really know, and even the things that I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>But the Bible does.

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<v Speaker 4>Give us some very important information on heaven. And I'm

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<v Speaker 4>i want you to see what it is. And I'm

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<v Speaker 4>going to give you five things that will not be

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<v Speaker 4>in heaven. And there are five things that will be

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<v Speaker 4>in heaven, and since I was going to cover all

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<v Speaker 4>these verses, I even wrote them down for you.

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<v Speaker 2>There.

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<v Speaker 4>What's not going to be in heaven and what is

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<v Speaker 4>to be in heaven is no sickness. Look at this

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<v Speaker 4>verse up here on the screen. The Bible says, everything

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<v Speaker 4>in the heavens has a body, and so does everything

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<v Speaker 4>on earth, but each one is very different. Now, these

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<v Speaker 2>Our ugly and weak bodies.

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<v Speaker 4>Anybody want to say yay God?

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<v Speaker 4>It says our our ugly and weak bodies are gonna

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<v Speaker 4>The Bible says that there won't be any sickness in heaven. Why,

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<v Speaker 4>because you're gonna get a new, perfect body. You will

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<v Speaker 4>have a body in heaven just like you got a body.

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<v Speaker 4>So I know we're gonna eat in heaven because Jesus

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<v Speaker 4>stomach's never gonna growl there, and you'll never have gas.

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<v Speaker 4>And because you will never have any needs in heaven,

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<v Speaker 4>and when you eat, it will eat simply because of pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>You just want to eat.

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<v Speaker 4>But you're gonna get a perfect body. Now, the Bible

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<v Speaker 4>have a body like Christ. And we get a little

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<v Speaker 4>fore knowledge of that. If you want to study this more,

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<v Speaker 4>you can go and look at the kind of body

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<v Speaker 4>Jesus had after he rose back from death. But we're

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<v Speaker 4>gonna have a perfect body. No, So that means no sickness.

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<v Speaker 3>What a great message from Pastor Rick today, there's something

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Rick to tell you how you can help support

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<v Speaker 4>Jesus told his disciples that they should live their lives

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<v Speaker 4>And then Jesus said, go make disciples. That's evangelism. Baptize

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