Transcript Heaven
Revelation 21:1-4 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. You may not Have had a great past, But you can have a perfect future Does God care? I lost my job… I have cancer… My son has aids… My child died… I was abused... The LORD hath appeared saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee. - Jeremiah 31:3: John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. I have surely seen the affliction of my people… and have heard their cry for I know their sorrows… -Exodus 3:7 as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. - Psalm 103:13 OK, if God cares then… Why doesn’t He help me? I prayed and nothing happened? Where’s God? God doesn’t leave us. We leave Him! Isa:53:6: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. You must admit you are lost... to be found. We are lost No sense of right or wrong Morality is relative Don’t get the sanctity of life Don’t know our owner If sin is a non-issue then the Savior is a non-issue. ...every one of us shall give account of himself to God. - Romans 14:12 we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. to be conformed to the image of his Son the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. : ... the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. -Romans 8:18 ...thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away. - Job:11:16 Copyright © 2000 by Dan Ondra