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2. Your Reward in Heaven
Matthew 5:16

3. What Is Heaven? A reward to get (Mt. 5:16; Heb. 11:6)
A treasure to find (Mt. 6:19; 19:21)
A prize to win (1 Cor. 9:24-25; Col. 2:18)
A goal to reach (Phil. 3:14)
A hope to be realized (Col. 1:5)

4. What Is Heaven?
An inheritance to be received (1 Pet. 1:3-5)

5. Heaven Is A Reward A common, ordinary reward has no incentive
Why do I want to go to heaven?
There are four things about heaven that motivate us to go there!

6. Heaven: It’s For Everyone
The poor in spirit (Mt. 5:3)
Many from the east & west (Mt. 8:11)
Little innocent children (Mt. 19:13-14)
For all (1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9)
Whosoever will, may come (Mt. 11:28; Rev. 22:17)

7. Heaven: It’s Forever
Eternal (everlasting) life (Mt. 25:46; Rom. 2:7; Gal. 6:8; Tit. 1:2; 3:7; Rev. 22:5)
Never fades (1 Pet. 1:4)

8. Heaven: It’s Built by God
Prepared by Jesus (Jn. 14:1-3)
A city built by God (Heb. 11:10, 16; 12:22; 13:14; Rev. 21:10; 22:19)

9. Heaven: It’s Out of This World
The Father is there (Mt. 6:9; Rev. 4:2)
OT righteous (Mt. 8:11; Heb. 11:40)
Righteous angels are there (Mt. 18:10; 22:43; Lk. 15:7,10)
A new world (Mk. 10:30)

10. Heaven: It’s Out of This World
NT righteous (Lk. 10:20; Phil. 4:3)
Heavenly body (1 Cor. 15:49; 2 Cor. 5:1)
Heavenly home (2 Cor. 5:8)
Unspeakable things (2 Cor. 12:3-4)
Citizenship in heaven (Phil. 3:20)

11. Heaven: It’s Out of This World
Jesus is there (Phil. 1:23; Heb. 9:24; Rev. 5:6; 22:1; Acts 7:56)
A grand reunion (1 Thess. 4:17)
All who truly love the Lord (2 Tim. 4:8)
A heavenly kingdom (2 Tim. 4:18)

12. Heaven: It’s Out of This World
A heavenly rest (Heb. 4:9-11; Rev. 14:13)
A heavenly country (Heb. 11:16)
A new heaven/earth (2 Pet. 3:13)
The H.S. is there (Rev. 1:4-5)

13. Heaven: It’s Out of This World
All who are truly committed are there (Rev. 2:10; 6:9; 14:12-13)
All whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life (Rev. 3:5; 20:12, 15; 21:27)
A place of heavenly praise (Rev. 14:1-5; 15:2-3; 22:3)

14. Heaven: It’s Out of This World
A beautiful paradise: no more sickness, sorrow, sadness, or sin (Rev. 2:7; 7:14-17; 20:11-15; 21:4, 8, 27; 22:1-5, 14-15)

15. Great Is Your Reward in Heaven
It’s For Everyone!
It’s Forever!
It’s Built by God!
It’s Out of This World!