2. Heaven (Part 2 of “Faith Basics”)

3. Heaven Changes Your Life on Earth:

4. Heaven is Worth the Wait

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7. ESV Luke 23:43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

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9. ESV 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

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11. ESV John 20:25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

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13. ESV 1 Corinthians 2:9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—

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15. Heaven Changes Your Life on Earth: Heaven is Worth the Wait

16. Heaven Changes Your Life on Earth: Heaven is Worth the Wait We’re Judges

17. ESV 1 Corinthians 6:2-3 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!

18. Heaven (Part 2 of “Faith Basics”)

19. Heaven Changes Your Life on Earth: Heaven is Worth the Wait We’re Judges

20. Heaven Changes Your Life on Earth: Heaven is Worth the Wait We’re Judges Everyone Gets Their Just Rewards

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22. ESV Luke 19:12-14 A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return. Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Engage in business until I come.’ But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

23. ESV Luke 19:15-17 When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business. The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.’ And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

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25. ESV Luke 12:32-34 Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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27. ESV 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

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29. Challenge:

30. What’s one area of your life where a change in beliefs about heaven would make your life more peaceful, more joyful or more Christ-like? Spend 5 minutes in prayer about that place in your life.