Hello everybody, it's me, Mr. Paul23, back to the video.
This is another video on the basic doctrines of the Bible.
Today I want to talk about the subject of our home in Heaven.
We believe that those who are saved when they die, because they have eternal life, continue
to live on in the Spirit and Heaven with Christ.
Our flesh and blood cannot enter into Heaven according to 1 Corinthians 1550, but because
we are born again in the Spirit, when the body dies, we are present with Christ.
The Bible defines death in the following manner in James chapter 2 verse 26.
Whereas the body without the Spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
So when the Spirit departs from our body, that body is dead.
The Scriptures describe then what happens to that Spirit.
In Ecclesiastes chapter 12 verse 7 it says, Then shall the dust return to the earth as
it was, and the Spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
So our body sleeps in the dust of the earth, but our Spirit goes unto God who is in heaven.
It's written in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 6 to 8, Therefore we are always confident,
knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present
with the Lord.
So right now, while we are on this earth, in the body, we are absent from the Lord.
The Spirit indwells this earthly body, but when we die, our Spirit departs.
We, meaning the born again Spirit, which is the child of God, is rather at that point
absent from the body, but is present with the Lord, who ascended up into heaven after
his resurrection.
So all people who are saved have this guarantee that they will one day be with God in heaven.
That is why the life which has been promised is referred to as eternal life, because we
do not just live in the body, but we live forever, either in the body or apart from
the body and with the Lord.
It is written in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 9 to 10, For God hath not appointed
us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether
we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Therefore when we sleep, which is the Bible's term for a body's death, we still live together
with Christ in the Spirit.
This is what is commonly referred to as going to heaven, as opposed to going to hell.
Previously we were on our way to hell, but the Lord Jesus Christ saved us from the damnation
of hell and brought us out of the wrath of God.
Now being God's children, we are promised to live forever with God.
Paul described in the following manner in Philippians chapter 1 verse 21 to 24, For
to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour, yet what I shall choose I whatnot.
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which
is far better, nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.
So the death of a Christian in the body is not the end, for he has a home in heaven,
and therefore to die is gain, because when we do, we depart and we go unto Christ.
The only reason why we are here on this earth right now is because we have work to do, to
go out and to preach the gospel and to make disciples of all nations.
However when our flesh passes away, our spirit will rejoice forever in the presence of God
in heaven before the coming of Jesus Christ and the resurrection.
I will discuss the matter of the resurrection in the following video.
Thank you everybody for watching and goodbye.