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What happens when you die? Unless Jesus returns in your lifetime, you will die. It is a fixed, certain reality and nothing you are currently are doing will change that. For a Christian, however, there should not be a fear of death. Rather, there should be a sort of anticipation of it, for it is the doorway into the presence of their Savior. But there are a lot of questions about this and that is the purpose of this sermon, to learn what it is that occurs when a believer dies.

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How do we think about heaven? This is harder than many realize and the reason in that people have written and taught on heaven for over 2,000 years. Today the average Christian can access countless videos, documents and interviews that span an incredibly diverse range of beliefs and ideas. In this sermon we will see how groups and people over the centuries have tried to understand heaven. This involves going beyond what the bible actually teaches and into the world of imagination. This is not necessarily bad, but imagination must be always kept where it belongs.

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In this opening sermon we consider the many ways people talk about heaven and then seek to get key ideas clarified so that we can then begin to appreciate the promises given to all who place their hope in Jesus Christ. What does it mean to go to heaven? What happens when you die as a Christian? Will the body be in heaven? These are normal questions. But even more important is how one can be confident that heaven is where you shall be for eternity.

In this final sermon we see how Jesus, Himself, describes the final judgment and hell. Often the discussion of hell is separated from God in such a way as to diminish God’s part in the whole affair. It is seen as a necessary evil but something that makes Jesus sad to have to do. But the gospels portray it very differently. Jesus speaks boldly and clearly about the nature and purpose of hell and He makes it clear that He is central to it all.

If you pull the idea of hell out of its context in the bible then you can do all sorts of reworking on the doctrine. But if you have a correct, biblically sound perspective on what hell represents and why it is present, then you will find a sobering, but beautiful doctrine.