Heaven is a real and wonderful place! For those that accept God\u2019s invitation by believing in Jesus, Heaven is a paradise and a future home where we will be able to live in God\u2019s presence forever. The truth about how to get to heaven is so wonderful that we should share it with others.<\/p>\n
Jesus answered him, \u201cTruly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.\u201d
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How does Jesus describe heaven?<\/p>\n
Why can we look forward to heaven?<\/p>\n
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
\nFor where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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My Father\u2019s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
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For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
\nMeanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,
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Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
\nSet your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
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and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,
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Then I saw \u201ca new heaven and a new earth,\u201d for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
\nI saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
\nAnd I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, \u201cLook! God\u2019s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
\n\u2018He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death\u2019 or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.\u201d
\nHe who was seated on the throne said, \u201cI am making everything new!\u201d Then he said, \u201cWrite this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.\u201d
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Although God wants everyone to go to heaven, we cannot go to heaven unless our relationship with God is right.
2 Peter 3:9 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Matthew 5:20 (NIV)<\/strong> Mark 9:47-48 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Matthew 13:40-43 (NIV)<\/strong> What kind of place will we go to if we don\u2019t go to heaven?<\/p>\n \u201cEnter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. In what way is it our choice whether we will go to heaven or hell?<\/p>\n What does it mean to \u201cfollow the narrow path\u201d?<\/p>\n Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)<\/strong> <\/p>\n Acts 4:20 (NIV)<\/strong> Why would it be wrong for us not to tell others about heaven and how to get there?<\/p>\n \u201cThere was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. Does this story motivate you to tell others about Jesus? Why?<\/p>\n
\nThe Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.<\/p>\n
\nFor I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
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\nAnd if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
\nwhere \u201c \u2018the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched.\u2019<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAs the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
\nThe Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
\nThey will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
\nThen the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.
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\nBut small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
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\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\nTelling Others<\/h2>\n
\nThen Jesus came to them and said, \u201cAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
\nTherefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
\nand teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAs for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.\u201d
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\nAt his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
\nand longing to eat what fell from the rich man\u2019s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
\n\u201cThe time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham\u2019s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
\nIn Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
\nSo he called to him, \u2018Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.\u2019
\n\u201cBut Abraham replied, \u2018Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
\nAnd besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.\u2019
\n\u201cHe answered, \u2018Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family,
\nfor I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.\u2019
\n\u201cAbraham replied, \u2018They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.\u2019
\n\u201c \u2018No, father Abraham,\u2019 he said, \u2018but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.\u2019
\n\u201cHe said to him, \u2018If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.\u2019 \u201d
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