Category Archives: heaven
On the Resurrection Body
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the 3rd heaven?
“2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. 3And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 4was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell.”
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Treasure in Heaven?
Just recently, someone aksed me what I thought ‘treasure in heaven’ was. Here’s what I answered:
You said:
The idea of treasure still seems a little mercenary: I’m not doing it for Jesus
so much as for the heavenly goodies I’ll get.
Every good deed we do in dependence on God does just the opposite of paying him back; it puts us ever deeper in his debt to His grace. And that is exactly where God wants us to be through all eternity.
Good deeds do not pay back grace; they borrow more grace.
Which sort of leads to your second question:
What’s your take Keith: what is treasure in heaven? A room with a river-of-life
view? A seat closer to Jesus?
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