0072 Reality of Eternity 11-4-04

The Reality of Eternity

Life has a purpose! What it’s purpose?

What we can take with us?

What we will leave in here?

All the things you treasure you cannot take with you.

2/3 American’s believe in life after life.

Thomas Edison (inventor of many things)

1 August 1931 – 14 October

It is beautiful over there.

Lives changed – proof of the reality of the experiences of life after death

All religions have an explanations have a certain views of life after death.

Ancient Egyptians 2500 B.C. killed kings possessions that they will join their Pharaoh in after life.

Eternity cannot be proven scientifically.

WHAT IS ETERNITY?

Eternity – time without beginning and the end. Amount of time that cannot be measured and calculated.

Timeless God who was, is, and is to come.

IS ETERNITY REAL?

~ God created time. God is timeless.

There was not time when God was not. There would be no time when you will not be.

Psalms 90:2 “everlasting to everlasting”

To doubt reality of eternity is to doubt Bible and God. To doubt God is stupid.

~ Jesus’ Resurrection

~ Experiences

Raymond A. Moody (3,000 who returned from the death)

~ Patients were able to say things that say that they were outside of their body

“who dressed my daughter?”

~ Patient heard about her brother in – law saying that he will lose his business because of her.

~ George Ritchey died. He left his body two people acted as though they were not hearing him. Went to heaven and saw Jesus. Doctor’s signed the papers.

~ Maurice Rawlings is skeptic doctor who practiced the death of the person. This person received Jesus as a result of seeing hell.

~ Kenneth Hagin’s death experience with hell.

~ African Pastor had a near death experience.

PREPARE FOR ETERNITY!

Eternity deserves your attention, for it is approaching.

How to get to hell?

Righteousness demands punishment. God punished His Son. Jesus made forgiveness available. Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Life on Earth determines life after death. Only two choices are available. Hell and Heaven.

Jesus has conquered the power of death.