It will be worth it!

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Heaven will surely be worth it all

You know the song, but let me show the lyrics again, think about them. Lyrics by W. Oliver Cooper, Music Minzo C. Jones (song 680 in our song book)

Heaven Will Surely Be Worth It All

Lyrics: W. Oliver Cooper Music: Minzo C. Jones
Often I'm hindered on my way, Burdened so heavy I almost fall; Then I hear Jesus sweetly say; "Heaven will surely be worth it all."
Many the trials, toils and tears, Many a heartache may here appall; But the dear Lord so truly says: "Heaven will surely be worth it all."
Toiling and pain I will endure, Till I shall hear the death angel call; Jesus has promised and I'm sure Heaven will surely be worth it all.
Chorus: Heaven will surely be worth it all. Worth all the sorrows that here befall; After this life with all its strife, Heaven will surely be worth it all.
Jesus spoke that there will be tribulation in our life, but how we look at it, what we do when we are in it matters.
John 16:33 NASB95
33 “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”
There are many sacrifices that a Christian, a faithful Christian, makes. But the end, the glorious end, Heaven will be worth it all.
The promise that we receive by faith will be worth the cost (Rom8:18, 2Cor4:16-18)
Romans 8:18 NASB95
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
The glory of heaven
2 Corinthians 4:16–17 NASB95
16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
2 Corinthians 4:18 NASB95
18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
The challenge found in (v.16) - don’t loose heart
The hope (v.17) - producing for us an eternal weight of glory
The Way (v.18) - look for unseen things, by faith that are eternal.
Sometimes we may need to be reminded that Heaven will be worth it all, but it does come with a cost of discipleship but the rewards are heavenly.

I. The Cost

Jesus must come first
The cost is your own self (Lk9:23-24)
Luke 9:23–24 NASB95
23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. 24 “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
The cost is must be before even family (Lk14:26)
Luke 14:26 NASB95
26 “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
It can be divisive too (Mt10:34-37)
Matthew 10:34–35 NASB95
34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 “For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
Matthew 10:36–37 NASB95
36 and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household. 37 “He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
And if before anyone, it’s cost is also before anything (Lk9:25)
Luke 9:25 NASB95
25 “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
We must be willing to suffer, or share in the suffering for Christ
Cost of bearing our own cross (mentioned before Lk14:27)
Cost of ridicule and persecution (2Tim3:12)
2 Timothy 3:12 NASB95
12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Sometimes it may be physical persecution (1Pt4:12-13)
1 Peter 4:12–13 NASB95
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; 13 but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.
Sometimes verbal persecution (Lk6:27-28)
Luke 6:27–28 NASB95
27 “But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Some of the cost at times are at the hands of others
Consider 2Cor11:23-29
Paul paints picture of his suffering not as a put down of those who are being lazy, slothful, but to encourage them to step up
While when some are unwilling to work, it burdens on those who are working, in the end, Heaven will be worth it all! - so stay your course, serve the Lord even if you are few in numbers, or in difficult places and times, it will be worth it.
“Heaven will surely be worth it all”
(this is not on a slide) The song mentions hindered, burdened,d trials, toils and tears and many a heartache, but it also tells us, reminds us that the cost is worth it for Heaven will be worth it all!

II. The Rewards

The rewards are worth it all, and let’s prove it through the scripture.
From the man who endured much hardship (2Cor11:23-25)
2 Corinthians 11:23–24 NASB95
23 Are they servants of Christ?—I speak as if insane—I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death. 24 Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes.
2 Corinthians 11:25 NASB95
25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep.
The rewards
A house not made by human hands (2Cor5:1)
2 Corinthians 5:1 NASB95
1 For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
The riches of God’s grace (Eph2:7)
Ephesians 2:7 NASB95
7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
A glorious transformation (Php3:20-21)
Philippians 3:20–21 NASB95
20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21 who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
Transform our body into conformity with the body of HIS GLORY!
A crown of righteousness (as noted in 2Tim4:8)
A heavenly kingdom (2Tim4:18)
2 Timothy 4:18 NASB95
18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
His heavenly kingdom! Oh don’t you long for it, hope for it, pray for it?
Paul was not alone in his telling of the rewards
According to Peter we have an imperishable inheritance (1Pt1:4)
1 Peter 1:4 NASB95
4 to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
Imperishable, undefiled, reserved for you in heaven!
A place where righteousness dwells (2Pt3:13-14)
2 Peter 3:13–14 NASB95
13 But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,
How about John, we know He suffered for his discipleship- he was exiled (Rev1:9) but he speaks of the rewards too to those who are faithful
Faithful and triumphant through tribulation (Rev7:9-10)
Revelation 7:9–10 NASB95
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; 10 and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
And we have a few minutes so want to unpack another portion of scripture
Heaven will surely be worth it all to those who have been redeemed (Rev21:1-7 ; 22-27)
Revelation 21:1–2 NASB95
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:3–4 NASB95
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:5–6 NASB95
5 And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” 6 Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.
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A new heaven and earth (v.1)
A place where God dwells (v.3)
No more tears or sorrow (v.4)
and then I need to give you this one
Revelation 21:7 NASB95
7 “He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.
Just a few verses down
Revelation 21:22–23 NASB95
22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
Revelation 21:24–25 NASB95
24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. 25 In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed;
Revelation 21:26–27 NASB95
26 and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; 27 and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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No temple, for the Lord will be our temple (v.22)
No light, for the glory of God will be our light (v.23)
A place where nothing unclean will be (v.27)
Oh the suffering, oh the cost, the affliction or the persecution we may face now in the flesh will all be worth it in the end.
Whatever the cost is of following Jesus in this life, may we find the comfort of the scripture and the reminders in songs like this one tonight for us to be faithful and to persevere until the end. (Heb10:35-36)
Hebrews 10:35–36 NASB95
35 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
(lead to encouragement/invitation)
(insert Invitation slide)
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