Crossing into Eternity

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Crossing into Eternity
Pastor Dave Martin Cross Creek Community Church
March 25, 2007
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Man has an insatiable fascination with the
afterlife
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• Eternal Having no beginning or end, existing
  outside of time, forever, perpetual, unlimited
  duration, everlasting.

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Truth of Gods Word teaches

• 1. God is Eternal
• 1 Timothy 117 Now to the King eternal, immortal,
  invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for
  ever and ever. Amen.
• Psalms 902 Before the mountains were born or you
  brought forth the earth and the world, from
  everlasting to everlasting you are God.

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Truth of Gods Word teaches

• 2. God Created Man an Eternal Being
• Genesis 127a So God created man in his own
  image
• Genesis 27 the LORD God formed the man from the
  dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils
  the breath of life, and the man became a living
  being.

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• Ecclesiastes 311 He has made everything
  beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity
  in the hearts of men yet they cannot fathom what
  God has done from beginning to end.

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Two men who crossed over

• Luke 1619-31
• (Pew Bible page 741)

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3. Crossing over and spending

• Eternity in Hell (Luke 1619-31)
• Underworld made up of various regions.

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3. Crossing over and spending

• Eternity in Hell
• Underworld made up of various regions.
• Prepared for the Devil his demons.
• Matthew 2541 "Then he will say to those on his
  left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into
  the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his
  angels.

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3. Crossing over and spending

• Eternity in Hell
• Underworld made up of various regions.
• Prepared for the Devil his demons.
• Torment, consciousness, inescapable

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Some false teachings

• Universalism eventually all will arrive in
  heaven
• Annihilation all wicked are burned up and gone
• Second Chance extra chance to merit heaven

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Heaven

• Revelation 211-4 Then I saw a new heaven and a
  new earth, for the first heaven and the first
  earth had passed away, and there was no longer
  any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new
  Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
  prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her
  husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the
  throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with
  men, and he will live with them. They will be his
  people, and God himself will be with them and be
  their God. 4 He will wipe every tear from their
  eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or
  crying or pain, for the old order of things has
  passed away."

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4. Crossing over and spending

• Eternity in Heaven (Rev 21-22)
• Place of No mores
• Serving worshipping God
• Wondrous beyond human comprehension

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5. Crossing into Heaven Requires a Passport

• Philippians 320 But our citizenship is in
  heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there,
  the Lord Jesus Christ,

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Be sure to have your passport to cross over into
eternity

• John 336 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal
  life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see
  life, for God's wrath remains on him."
• John 524 "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my
  word and believes him who sent me has eternal
  life and will not be condemned he has crossed
  over from death to life.

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• Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner. Thank you for
  dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door
  of my heart and receive You as my Savior and
  Lord. Forgive my sins, and take control of my
  life, and allow me to cross over from death to
  life and be the person you want me to be. Amen.

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See you in Heaven!