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  DO YOU LOVE BEAUTY?
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the stark contrast between the ugliness
of sin and the beauty of heaven, with the Son's coming to save us and
deliver us to eternal fellowship with God.

Topics: "Beauty", "Heaven and Hell"
Scripture References: Psalm 27:4, Isaiah 65:17, Matthew 5:8, John 14:2, Romans 8:18, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Philippians 3:20, Hebrews 11:10, 1 Peter 1:4, Revelation 21:4

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DESCRIPTION
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A.W. Tozer emphasizes the stark contrast between the beauty of heaven
and the ugliness of sin that scars our world. He warns that hell
represents the ultimate moral ugliness, while heaven embodies perfect
harmony and beauty. Tozer encourages believers to appreciate the beauty
around them and to remain steadfast in their faith, as they are promised
eternal fellowship with God in a beautiful heaven. The sermon serves as
a reminder of the choices we face between the good and the bad in our
earthly lives. Ultimately, it calls us to love and seek beauty as a
reflection of our relationship with God.

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CONTENT
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When we look closely at this world system and society, we see the
terrible and ugly scars of sin. Sin has obscenely scarred and defaced
this world, taking away its harmony and symmetry and beauty. That is the
negative picture. Thank God for the positive promise and prospect that
heaven is the place of all loveliness, all harmony and beauty. These are
not idle words. If you love beautiful things, you had better stay out of
hell, for hell will be the quintessence of all that is morally ugly and
obscene. Hell will be the ugliest place in all of creation! It is a fact
that earth lies between all that is ugly in hell and all that is
beautiful in heaven.

As long as we are living here, we will have to consider the extreme-much
that is good and much that is bad!

As believers, we are held firm in the knowledge that the eternal Son
came to save us and deliver us to a beautiful heaven and everlasting
fellowship with God!

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/do-you-love-beauty/
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