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  LIFE IN HEAVEN
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The sermon 'Life in Heaven' explores the idea that heaven is a
place of intense joy, where all the sorrow and suffering of this life
are replaced with the pure great life of ages.

Topics: "Eternal Life", "Heavenly Hope"
Scripture References: John 12:24, 1 Corinthians 15:42, Philippians 1:21, Philippians 1:23

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the perspective of a Christian on
life and death, emphasizing the joy and anticipation of departing from
this world to be with Christ in a far better place. She highlights the
willingness to endure sorrow and suffering on earth knowing that it
leads to a glorious eternity with loved ones and an intensified life in
a world fitted for highest life. Tileston uses the analogy of a seed's
hidden life underground, preparing to bloom into a flower in the
sunshine, to illustrate the transformative nature of death into the life
of heaven.

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For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain ... having a desire to
depart and to be with Christ which is far better.

PHILIPPIANS 1:21,23

IF I were annihilated this moment, I should bless God for having been
allowed to live. Far more, if I were to have to toil and suffer in this
sorrowful but glorious earth-life through unnumbered ages, and the
sorrow and suffering continued to bring the living life with it that it
has brought, I would gladly accept sorrow and suffering here on earth.
How much more, then, when I expect, and am sure, that a very few years
more will place me with these precious life-powers in a world fitted for
highest life, with life intensified, and all the pure great life of ages
gathered there, besides those whom I have dearly loved.

EDWARD THRING

Our present life in Christ may be compared to that of the seed; a hidden
life, contending underground against cold and darkness and obstructions,
yet bearing within its breast the indestructible germ of vitality. Death
lifts the soul into the sunshine for which a hidden, invisible work has
prepared it. Heaven is the life of the flower.

DORA GREENWELL

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/life-in-heaven/
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