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  REAL ESTATE IN HEAVEN
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: We have a better and enduring substance in heaven, and this
promise should reconcile us to present losses and give us better
spirits.

Topics: "Assurance of Salvation", "Eternal Hope"
Scripture References: John 14:2, Hebrews 10:34

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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes the assurance of our eternal inheritance in
heaven, contrasting the fleeting nature of earthly possessions with the
enduring substance promised by God. He reassures believers that they
possess a title deed to heaven, experiencing its reality through faith
even in the present. Spurgeon encourages the faithful to find comfort in
the promise of a better land, which should help reconcile them to any
losses faced in this life. He reminds us that while we may lose material
things, our true treasure remains secure in Christ, who has prepared a
place for us. Therefore, we should maintain a spirit of gratitude and
praise for the hope we have in the eternal covenant.

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Kneeing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring
substance. (Hebrews 10:34)

This is well. Our substance here is very unsubstantial; there is no
substance in it. But God has given us a promise of real estate in the
gloryland, and that promise comes to our hearts with such full assurance
of its certainty that we know in ourselves that we have an enduring
substance there. Yes, "we have" it even now. They say, "A bird in the
hand is worth two in the bush," but we have our bird in the bush and in
the hand, too. Heaven is even now our own. We have the title deed of it,
we have the earnest of it, we have the firstfruits of it.

We have heaven in price, in promise, and in principle; this we know not
only by the hearing of the ear but "in ourselves."

Should not the thought of the better substance on the other side of
Jordan reconcile us to present losses? Our spending money we may lose,
but our treasure is safe. We have lost the shadows, but the substance
remains, for our Savior lives, and the place which He has prepared for
us abides. There is a better land, a better substance, a better promise;
and all this comes to us by a better covenant; wherefore, let us be in
better spirits, and say unto the Lord, "Every day will I bless thee; and
praise thy name for ever and ever."

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