Our Common Hope Blest Be the Tie That
Our Common Hope Blest Be the Tie That Binds “When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again. ”
Our Common Hope • Heaven means to be in the presence of God: John 14: 23; Revelation 4: 1; Exodus 33: 18, 20 • Heaven means an honorable, powerful, and imperishable body: Ecclesiastes 11: 7 -12: 7; I Corinthians 15: 35 -44, 50 -54; Acts 17: 31 -32; John 5: 2829 • Heaven means where righteous dwells: II Peter 3: 13; Revelation 21/ “no-mores”
Our Common Hope • Heaven means we will be like Christ: Romans 8: 28 -29; I John 3: 2 • Heaven means we will do what we have been created for: Psalm 95; Hebrews 4: 1 -11; Luke 19: 11 -27; Ephesians 2: 10
Our Common Hope II Corinthians 12: 2 -4 – “I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago – whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows – such a man was caught up into the third heaven. And I know how such a man – whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows – was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak. ”
Our Common Hope II Corinthians 12: 2 -4 – “I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago – whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows – such a man was caught up into the third heaven. And I know how such a man – whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows – was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak. ”
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