Sunday Sermon

Why I Want To Go To Heaven Dale Herboldt April 30, 2006

Scripture Reading: I PETER 1:3-5

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

WHY I WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN

I. I WANT TO BE WITH GOD

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.  - Phil. 1:21-24

A. Greatness of God

To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to? As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it. A man too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot. He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple. Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?  - Isa. 40:18-21

1. Creation of universe

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.  - Psa. 19:1

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?  - Psa. 8:3-4

2. Worldly distractions
3. Live for today

II. BECAUSE OF GOD’S LOVE & CONCERN FOR ME

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  - Jn.3:16

A. Who do you enjoy being around?
B. Father in Heaven; has always been concerned

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.  - Psa 139:13-14

1. Made the ultimate sacrifice

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.  - I Pet. 1:3-5

2. Reserved an inheritance, home for me in heaven

III. HEAVEN’S GLORY Rev. 21

A. Description of Heaven’s beauty
B. Comforting nature of heaven
C. Eternal nature of Heaven

IV. I WANT TO MEET THE PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE

A. Heroes of faith we read about in Heb. 11
B. Loved ones from my past

V. BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO GO TO HELL

A. There is a choice; we must choose Heaven

1. Terms to describe hell: sobering
2. Motivated by fear?? Motivated by love??

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