THOUGHT: So You're Dead...Now What? 03 Heaven Follow Up

The series continues with the third installment focusing on heaven. What is heaven like? Who goes to heaven? Is heaven going to live up to the hype? Listen to the podcast then work through these thoughts and questions. Or just use the questions as a study aid by themselves.

Ice Breaker:

What activities (hiking, biking, golf, etc.) do you enjoy here on earth that you hope you’ll also get to do in heaven? How might the experience be even better in heaven?

In the book of Matthew Jesus says this about heaven:

You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose the easy way.
Matthew 7:13 (NLT)

This passage says that the gate to heaven is narrow. How could someone who is choosing the easy way be deceived into believing they were going to heaven?

What do you think are some common misconceptions about heaven?

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him
1 Corinthians 2:9 (NLT)

How does this verse affect your ideas of what heaven will be like?

READ: Revelation 21:4-5
What pain are you experiencing today that will be absent in heaven? Does that help you in dealing with the pain? Why or why not?

How does your understanding of what heaven will be like affect your life right now?
Life Support Group Questions - Week 3

For Further Study

2 Corinthians 5:1-10 Open

What do you imagine heaven will be like? What common cliches do you frequently hear when people talk about heaven?

Explore
What can Christians look forward to? (5:1) How could Paul feel confident in the face of ill health and death? (5:1-10) Why did Paul long for heaven? (5:2-3) For what purpose has God made us? (5:4-5) How does the Spirit guarantee what is to come? (5:5) What is true as long as we are alive on this earth? (5:6) How is the Christian life lived? (5:7) What should be the believer's goal? (5:9) Who will be judged by Christ? (5:10) Why must we all appear before the judgment seat of Christ? (5:10) What will people receive at the judgment seat of Christ? (5:10)

Reflect
How can Christ be glorified through the weaknesses of men and women? What does it mean to live by faith and not by sight? What comfort or satisfaction can we derive from knowing that the Holy Spirit guarantees our future in heaven? How should we regard death?

Apply
In what small way can you detach yourself from worldly things? What things do you need to leave behind today instead of waiting until the end?

Keep at it and don't give up. Heaven's waiting.

g-ram