Author: Kevin Burgess

John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Every __________________ in human history has been shaped by the idea that we will live ______________ _____________.
Early Christianity was hyper-focused on ____________.
Acts 2:44
“If any righteous man among the Christians passed from this world, they rejoice and offer thanks to God, and they escort his body with songs and thanksgiving as if her were setting out from one place to another nearby.”
– Aristides, AD 125,
Anyone who has been in a foreign lands longs to return to his own native land. We regard paradise as our native land”
– Cyprian
Philippians 1: 21—23 / II Corinthians 5:6 - 8
Even the most spiritual elements of our life focus more on the ____________ as opposed to the ___________.
Notes:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Heaven is not like you think…(part 1)
Heaven is not like you think (part 1)

John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Every __________________ in human history has been shaped by the idea that we will live ______________ _____________.
Early Christianity was hyper-focused on ____________.
Acts 2:44
“If any righteous man among the Christians passed from this world, they rejoice and offer thanks to God, and they escort his body with songs and thanksgiving as if her were setting out from one place to another nearby.”
– Aristides, AD 125,
Anyone who has been in a foreign lands longs to return to his own native land. We regard paradise as our native land”
– Cyprian
Philippians 1: 21—23 / II Corinthians 5:6 - 8
Even the most spiritual elements of our life focus more on the ____________ as opposed to the ___________.
Notes:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Heaven is not like you think…(part 1)
Heaven is not like you think (part 1)

Why aren't we more excited about Heaven?
We have ___________ ______________ about Heaven.
“Nearly every Christian I have spoken with has some idea that eternity is an unending church service…We have settled on an image of the never-ending-sing-along in the sky, one great hymn after another, forever and ever, amen. And our heart sinks. And then we sigh and feel guilty that we are not more spiritual. We lose heart, and we turn once more to the present to find what life we can.” - John Eldrege
1. We are going to _________.
Hebrews 9:25
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2. We are ___________ to.
Colossians 3:1-2
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zeteo – (set your hearts on) “Denotes mans general philosophical search or quest” “the search that drives your life”. This is the same word used in Luke 19:10…where is states that the Son of Man came to seek… It speaks of the purpose of a life.
3. It keeps this _____________ in _________________.
Romans 8:18
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“If you read history, you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. The Apostles themselves, who set on foot the conversion of the Roman Empire, the great men who built up the Middle Ages, The English Evangelicals who abolished the Slave Trade, all left their mark on Earth, precisely because their minds were occupied with Heaven. It is since Christians have largely ceased to to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Aim at Heaven and you will get earth thrown in: am at earth and you will get neither.” - C.S. Lewis
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Why aren't we more excited about Heaven?
We have ___________ ______________ about Heaven.
“Nearly every Christian I have spoken with has some idea that eternity is an unending church service…We have settled on an image of the never-ending-sing-along in the sky, one great hymn after another, forever and ever, amen. And our heart sinks. And then we sigh and feel guilty that we are not more spiritual. We lose heart, and we turn once more to the present to find what life we can.” - John Eldrege
1. We are going to _________.
Hebrews 9:25
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. We are ___________ to.
Colossians 3:1-2
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
zeteo – (set your hearts on) “Denotes mans general philosophical search or quest” “the search that drives your life”. This is the same word used in Luke 19:10…where is states that the Son of Man came to seek… It speaks of the purpose of a life.
3. It keeps this _____________ in _________________.
Romans 8:18
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“If you read history, you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. The Apostles themselves, who set on foot the conversion of the Roman Empire, the great men who built up the Middle Ages, The English Evangelicals who abolished the Slave Trade, all left their mark on Earth, precisely because their minds were occupied with Heaven. It is since Christians have largely ceased to to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Aim at Heaven and you will get earth thrown in: am at earth and you will get neither.” - C.S. Lewis
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Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. 5 Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. 6 I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
Isaiah 52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

One entire group blew the opportunity to sit in the Kings banquet.
Then there is the guy that actually showed up, but could not be troubled to put on a wedding garment.