(Audio Sermon Clip) Eternity Lasts Forever — Basilea Schlink

Present Suffering and Future Glory

To believe we'll be with the Lord forever, isn't it? But the Bible says so. And so all our suffering is worth it, as the Apostle Paul writes. The sufferings of the present time are slight and momentary and short-lived.

They are not worth comparing with the immeasurable glory of heaven. They actually create for us glory and joy beyond all compare, for all eternity. What tremendous power lies in the message of heaven for someone in pain or at death's door.

Setting the Mind on Heavenly Things

Not for nothing, the Bible tells us to set our minds on heaven, the things that are above. Heaven is our real home. These few years on earth, you can count the decades on your fingers, are soon over. Hardly anyone lives to be over a hundred.

The Question of Our Eternal Destiny

Our time on earth passes by so quickly. Some may live to be 70, others 80 or 90, and then it's all over. And the question is, what did my life bring me? Eternity lasts forever. Where will I be then? What kind of dwelling place will I have?

Longing to See Jesus in Glory

Will I see Jesus? Will I taste the glory which comes from suffering and affliction, and which the Lord Jesus always spoke of? Where will I be then? When we ask ourselves this, may our reply be, oh heaven, that's where I want to be.

Heaven Opened Through Christ's Suffering

That's where real life will begin, and not in the kingdom of death or in hell. Every morning when I thank Jesus for going to Calvary for us, I close with, and your sufferings opened up heaven for me. Heaven awaits us.

The Believer's Homecoming in Heaven

The Lord Jesus awaits us above. How He waits for the coming of a soul who loves Him and whom He has chosen and loves. And what a glorious homecoming that will be. Then we won't just stand before the gates of heaven.

They will swing open. Angels will be there. And if we have the honor, and this is something none of us can know for sure, of being received by Jesus Himself at the gates of heaven, it will be too wonderful for words.

And we'll say, now I am home.