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HEAVEN by Randy Alcorn (All material we use at FBCLC is subservient to the Word of God) PART I – A THEOLOGY OF HEAVEN (Section One – Realizing Your Destiny) 1. Are You Looking Forward to Heaven? 2. Is Heaven Beyond Our Imagination? 3. Is Heaven Our Default Destination…or Is Hell? 4. Can You Know You’re Going to Heaven? Section Two – Understanding the Intermediate Heaven 5. What is the Nature of th...

I. The Preparation of Jesus’ Death 1. The Worship of Mary – 12:1-3 2. The Waste according to Judas – 12:4-6 3. The Warning of Jesus – 12:7-8 II. The Confession before Communion – Lord’s Supper 1. The Confession of Salvation – Romans 10:9-10; I John 2:23; I John 4:5 2. The Confession of the Son – Matthew 10:32-33; Luke 12:8-9; Revelation 3:5 3. The Confession of Sin – Psalm 32:1-5; Psalm 38:18; Pro...

HEAVEN: Our Future Home, Sermon 2 “The Best is Yet to Come” / Revelation 21 & 22 / Sep. 8th and 15th, 2021 There is an old saying that says, “Some people are so heavenly-minded that they are no earthly good.” That’s not what the Bible says. Colossians 3:1-3 & Hebrews 11:13-16 I. The New Heaven & New Earth – Revelation 21 & 22 c. The Interior Beauty – 21:21b-22:2 d. The Privileges of the Prepared –...

V. The Devastation of Death Part I (Martha) – 11:17-23 (See Lk 10:38-42) VI. The Divine Declarations – 11:24-27 VII. The Devastation of Death Part II (Mary) – 11:28-36 VIII. The Dialogue of Delay – 11:37 IX. The Divine Display – 11:38-44 X. The Division of Response – 11:45-57

I. The New Heaven & New Earth – Revelation 21 & 22 1. The Appearance & Capital of Heaven – 21:1-2 2. The Adoration of Heaven – 21:3-6a 3. The Audience in Heaven (Place of the Prepared) – 21:6b-7 4. The Absence in Heaven (Problem of the Unprepared) – 21:8 5. The Aura of the Capital of Heaven – 21:9-22:5 a. The Same Angel (from the plagues to Paradise) – 21:9 b. The Exterior Beauty – 21:10-21a c. Th...

I. The Dilemma of Sickness – 11:1-3 II. The Delight of Glory – 11:4 III. The Delay of Purpose – 11:5-15 IV. The Disciple of Doubt – 11:16

Exalting - More than a Man - One with the Father; Mt. 1:18-23, “Immanuel”; John 1:1-3; Col. 1:25-20; Heb. 1:1-14; Rev. 1:12-19 Evangelizing - Gospel of faith of believing of receiving of abiding of following - 20:30-31 Exposing - false teachers & false faith John 10 concludes the public ministry of Jesus. Feast of Dedication / of Lights / Hanukkah - It was a Historical Feast not a Biblically manda...

Jude Part 1

I. Jesus is the great I AM - Exodus 3:10-14 I AM the bread of life - John 6:35, 41, 48, 51 I AM the light of the world - John 8:12; 9:5; (Genesis 1:3) I AM the door - John 10:7, 9 I AM the Good Shepherd - John 10:11, 14; (Psalm 23:1) I AM the resurrection and the life - John 11:25-26 I AM the way, the truth, and the life - John 14:6 I AM the true vine - John 15:1, 5 *John 8:58 & John 18:4-11 II. T...

I. Spiritual Sight requires Divine Intervention – 9:35 (thus the Incarnation) 1. Luke 19:10 2. John 5:14 3. John 15:16 4. Romans 3: II. Spiritual Sight requires Faith – 9:36-37 III. Spiritual Sight requires the Submission to Jesus Christ – 9:38a IV. Spiritual Sight requires the Worship of Jesus Christ – 9:38b V. Spiritual Blindness – 9:39-41 1. Receives judgment – 2. Refuses to admit blindness - 3...

- The Man Born Blind - 9:1-3 - The Light of the World - 9:4-7 - The Hostility in Jerusalem - 9:8-17 - The Pressure not Praise- 9:18-24 - The Testimony/Teaching of the former Blind man - 9:25-38 - The Indictment of Jesus - 9:39-41

(Jesus didn’t condone; Jesus didn’t condemn; Jesus did call for a change – after they met) Who God Saves (Isa. 59:1-2) & Who God Uses (All that He saves) I. Those Saved have more in Common than we have Differences – John 8:12 1. “I am the light of the world” – More than a Man statement I AM – “The bread of life” John 6; “The door of the sheep” John 10; “The resurrection and the life” John 11; “The...

I. Jesus brings CLARITY (where there is confusion) II. Jesus takes CONTROL (when the world seeks to usurp Him) III. Jesus CRIES OUT (so that His voice rises above all others)

Independence Day then Dependence Day - (Free from sin to follow the Savior) (Disclosure/Division/Dependence) John 7:1-24 I. Jesus back in Galilee - 7:1 1. The Feast of Tabernacles - v. 2 2. The 1/2 Brothers of Jesus - vv. 3-9 3. Jesus goes Privately - vv. 10–13 4. Jesus goes Public - vv. 14-24

1. All that Father gives me I will lose none and will raise them up - “believe”- John 6:37-40 2. Some leave the fellowship - John 6 “disciples” & Judas; II Peter; I John 2:18-19 3. Some are removed from fellowship - Matthew 18:15-17; I Corinthians 5:9-13; I Thessalonians 5:14; II Thessalonians 3:6-15 4. Some are restored to fellowship - II Corinthians 2; Luke 15 (Problems w/ Prodigals) a. You can’...

I. The Call of Faith (All in) - vv. 22-59 1. The Attitude Issue - vv. 60-61 (see vv. 41, 52) 2. The Attitude Adjustment - vv . 62-63 3. The Actual Problem (Faith)- vv. 64-65 4. The Present Action of Defection - vv. 66-67 a. False disciples move on - John 8:28-32; Mark 4:13-20 (John 15:8) b. False disciples return - II Peter 2:21-22 c. False disciples go back - I John 2:18-19 d. Repentant disciples...