You Asked for It

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You Asked for It An Open Door After this I
looked, and there before me was a door standing
open in heaven Revelation. 41 I. What happens
when we die? A. Some people believe that nothing
happens B. Most people believe that something
happens (Ecclesiastes 311) II. Are people in
heaven aware of what is happening on earth? A.
What do they know? (Luke 126-28 Luke 928-36
Luke 157 Rev. 191-5) B. How are they aware?
(Hebrews 121) III. Can people on earth
communicate with people in heaven? A. Wrong
attempts to communicate 1. Channeling
attempting to talk with the dead through the use
of spiritual mediums (Deuteronomy
1811-12) 2. Reincarnation the belief that
we just keep being recycled. Death is nothing
more than the transition from one body to another
(Lev. 1931)
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3. Near-death experiences reports from people
who claim to have died and returned to their
bodies 4. Purgatory a temporary place where
those who have died and are sorry for their
sins have the possibility of purified by
punishment and the prayers of people on earth.
(Hebrews 927) B. A right attempt to
communicate - Intercession (Romans 826-27,
34) IV. What will we remember in heaven? A.
Life on earth has eternal significance. (II
Corinthians 510 II
Corinthians 314 Luke 1627-31) B. The joys
of heaven are not rooted in ignorance, but
perspective. (Mark 1332 I Corinthians
1312) C. The joys of heaven are not dependent
upon an erased mind, but a renewed mind.
(Isaiah 6517)