1. Heaven, our home
Based on a sermon by Brett Hogland

2. The word “HOME” Where we belong Changes over time
Security, warmth, safety, love, happiness, contentment
Changes over time
People grow up
People pass away
Some have it destroyed by sin

3. Heaven, the home of the saved
1 Peter 1:3-5 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
A home with no problems or dysfunction.
Cannot be destroyed
Never changes

4. Heaven, our home
Because we don’t belong here.

5. We don’t belong here
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 3:11 …Also He has put eternity in their hearts,…

6. We don’t belong here Philippians 3:20
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
We don’t fit in.
John 15:18-19, 17:14, John 3:19-20, Matthew 5:14- 16, Psalm 119:105, 1 Peter 4:1-4
The light exposes evil and illuminates the path
John 17:14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

7. We don’t belong here If we try to fit in, we will lose our home.
1 John 2:15-17, 1 Corinthians 5:9-10
We are sojourners and pilgrims
1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
Hebrews 13:14  For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
A ship belongs in the sea, but if the sea gets in the ship, you’ve got problems.

8. Heaven, our home
Because we don’t belong here.
Where our heart is

9. Where our heart is Matthew 6:19-20 Colossians 3:1-3
We must desire something better than what we have here.
The Israelites desired to go back to Egypt, Exodus 16:3
Hebrews 10:35-39
Exodus 16:3 And the children of Israel said to them, “Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
That’s the home they knew.

10. Heaven, our home Because we don’t belong here. Where our heart is
Where rest, peace and safety are

11. Rest, peace and safety
Revelation 14:13  Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”
Hebrews 3:12 – 4:13
4:9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
2 Thessalonians 1:6-7
Rest from spiritual warfare
from concern for others
from the trials and tribulations that test us
the sorrow and sadness

12. Rest, peace and safety
God keeps us while we are here. How much more when we are in His presence?
John 10:27-29, Romans 8:38-39
John 14:1-3, Acts 2:33
Jesus is at the right hand of the Father. He is going to receive us to Himself when He returns.

13. Heaven, our home Because we don’t belong here. Where our heart is
Where rest, peace and safety are
Where God is

14. Where God is
Philippians 1:21-23
2 Corinthians 4:16-5:8

15. Prepare for Heaven Believe – John 8:24 Confess – Romans 10:10
Repent – Acts 17:30
Be baptized – 1 Peter 3:21
Be Faithful – John 8:51
John 8:51  Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.”