Can You Know You’re Going To Heaven? Yes. Only those who grab onto life through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are destined for Heaven.Ĥ. Unfortunately, the Bible says that ALL of us are headed for hell.
Most people think that they and their loved ones are headed for heaven. Our misguided attempts to make Heaven ‘sound spiritual’ (i.e., non-physical) merely succeed in making Heaven sound unappealing.”ģ.
So, when Heaven is portrayed as beyond the reach of our senses, it doesn’t invite us instead, it alienates and even frightens us. “Everything pleasurable we know about life on Earth we have experienced through our senses. Is Heaven Beyond Our Imagination? Alcorn says no. I’m pretty sure it won’t be boring, and it won’t be repetitious, and it won’t be what I expect. I don’t exactly have that problem, but I do have a somewhat “unformed” idea of what heaven will be like. I know that lots of people have a misguided and uninformed idea of what heaven will be like. Are You Looking Forward to Heaven? Yes, I am.
I’ll give you a list so that you can see what I mean about having heard it before, and then you can know whether you should read the first part or skim it to get to the next part.ġ. It seems that I’ve heard most of this first part before, and I’m hoping to get to the “good part” soon, the part that tells me what I can expect heaven to be like.Įach sub-section begins with a question. I frequently find myself skimming through books that explicate Scripture, just as I zone out during sermons sometimes whether I intend to do so or not. I think I must learn better through story than through exposition. I hate to admit it: I found the first part a little bit. I started reading Randy Alcorn’s book, Heaven, the January selection for my Semicolon Book Club.
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