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  (AUDIO SERMON CLIP) ETERNITY LASTS FOREVER
  by Basilea Schlink
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the eternal hope of believers to be with
the Lord in heaven, highlighting the temporary nature of earthly
suffering compared to the immeasurable glory and joy of eternity. It
encourages setting our minds on heavenly things as our true home,
reminding us of the brevity of life on earth and the importance of
preparing for eternity with Jesus.

Duration: 3:31 Topics: "Eternal Hope", "Preparing for Eternity"
Scripture References: Romans 8:18, Colossians 3:2, 2 Corinthians 4:17, John 14:2, Psalm 23:6

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This sermon emphasizes the eternal hope of believers to be with the Lord
in heaven, highlighting the temporary nature of earthly suffering
compared to the immeasurable glory and joy of eternity. It encourages
setting our minds on heavenly things as our true home, reminding us of
the brevity of life on earth and the importance of preparing for
eternity with Jesus.

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CONTENT
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...to believe we'll be with the Lord forever, isn't it? But the Bible
says so. And so all our suffering is worth it, as the Apostle Paul
writes. The sufferings of the present time are slight and momentary and
short-lived.

They are not worth comparing with the immeasurable glory of heaven. They
actually create for us glory and joy beyond all compare, for all
eternity. What tremendous power lies in the message of heaven for
someone in pain or at death's door.

Not for nothing the Bible tells us to set our minds on heaven, the
things that are above. Heaven is our real home. These few years on
earth, you can count the decades on your fingers, are soon over.

Hardly anyone lives to be over a hundred. Our time on earth passes by so
quickly. Some may live to be 70, others 80 or 90, and then it's all
over.

And the question is, what did my life bring me? Eternity lasts forever.
Where will I be then? What kind of dwelling place will I have? Will I
see Jesus? Will I taste the glory which comes from suffering and
affliction, and which the Lord Jesus always spoke of? Where will I be
then? When we ask ourselves this, may our reply be, Oh, heaven, that's
where I want to be. That's where real life will begin, and not in the
kingdom of death or in hell.

Every morning when I thank Jesus for going to Calvary for us, I close
with, and your sufferings opened up heaven for me. Heaven awaits us. The
Lord Jesus awaits us above.

How He waits for the coming of a soul who loves Him, and whom He has
chosen and loves. And what a glorious homecoming that will be. Then we
won't just stand before the gates of heaven.

They will swing open. Angels will be there, and if we have the honor,
and this is something none of us can know for sure, of being received by
Jesus Himself at the gates of heaven, it will be too wonderful for
words. And we'll say, Now I am home.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/ZWSdSfF_5yo.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/basilea-schlink/audio-sermon-clip-eternity-lasts-forever/
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