The Best is Yet to Come!

Do you really believe this?  Do you believe that the best is yet to come?  The Bible teaches that Christ-followers to live life not looking in the rear view mirror but with a hope for eternity.

The Best is Yet to Come!

Part 3 in the series From Here to Eternity!

What happens to me as a Christ-follower when I die?

1. 1.     Ultimately, I will go to ________________________________!

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.

Revelation 21:1 (NIV)

1. 2.     But first, I will go to ________________________________!

Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Luke 23:43 (NIV)

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”

John 14:1-3 (NIV)

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses…

Hebrews 12:1a (NIV)

What does it mean for me now?

1. 1.     My present life is ________________________________!

Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die.  The wind blows, and we are gone—as though we had never been here.

Psalm 103:15-16 (NLT)

How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it's here a little while, then it's gone.

James 4:14 (NLT)

1. 2.     This world is ________________________________!

Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord.  We live by faith, not by sight.  We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.  So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

2 Corinthians 5:6-9 (NIV)