At Home With Christ
Christ is preparing a place for us in the future state, where we will experience the fullest life that man can live, filled with joy and satisfaction.
In this sermon by Marcus Dods, he reflects on the comforting words of Jesus in John 14:2, where Christ assures His followers that He is preparing a place for them in heaven. Dods draws a parallel to how we eagerly prepare for the arrival of a beloved guest, ensuring every detail is perfect for their comfort and joy. Similarly, Christ, who knows us intimately, is meticulously preparing a place tailored to our individual needs and desires in the eternal realm. While we may not fully comprehend the nature of our future existence, we can trust that in God's presence, we will experience the ultimate fulfillment and abundance of life beyond our earthly comprehension.
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"I go to prepare a place for you"
(John 14:2).
This of itself is enough to give us hopeful thoughts of the future state. Christ is busied in preparing for us what will give us satisfaction and joy. When we expect a guest we love and have written for, we take pleasure in preparing for his reception,--we hang in his room the picture he likes; if he is infirm, we wheel in the easiest chair; we gather the flowers he admires and set them on his table; we go back and back to see if nothing else will suggest itself to us so that when he comes he may have entire satisfaction. This is enough for us to know--that Christ is similarly occupied. He knows our tastes, our capabilities, our attainments, and he has identified a place as ours and holds it for us. What the joys and the activities and occupations of the future shall be we do not know. With the body we shall lay aside many of our appetites and tastes and proclivities, and what has here seemed necessary to our comfort will at once become indifferent. We shall not be able to desire the pleasures that now allure and draw us. The need of shelter, of retirement, of food, of comfort will disappear with the body; and what the joys and the requirements of a spiritual body will be we do not know. But we do know that at home with God the fullest life that man can live will certainly be ours.
Sermon Outline
- Christ's Preparation for Us
- The Future State
- Life with God
- The fullest life that man can live will be ours
- We will experience joy and satisfaction
Key Quotes
“I go to prepare a place for you” — Marcus Dods
“Christ is similarly occupied” — Marcus Dods
“We shall not be able to desire the pleasures that now allure and draw us” — Marcus Dods
Application Points
- We can trust that Christ is busy making arrangements for our future satisfaction and joy.
- We will lay aside many of our physical appetites and tastes when we receive our spiritual bodies.
- Life with God will be the fullest life that man can live, filled with joy and satisfaction.