Longing for Heaven: Embracing Our Eternal Home
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "The closer we get to heaven, the less we're interested in the things of this world. The closer we get to catching the aroma of the glorious future in front of us, the less the things of this world like sports and Hollywood and entertainment and money and cars and houses mean to us. It's like dry old straw, and I don't want to eat it anymore because I can catch the aroma of the glorious future that's out in front of us." [52:19]
2. "All of my righteousnesses were as a pile of filthy rags. Doesn't say all of my sin was as a pile of filthy rags. It says all of my righteousnesses. The best I can offer God, the best I can do in life, the hardest I can try to be a good boy. Pile up all of my good works. All of my righteousness, God, what do you think? And God looks down, He's not talking about the mountain of my sin, He's talking about the little pile of the very best I can do. God, what do you think? And God looks down and He scrunches up His nose when the odor comes into His nostrils and He says, 'All of your righteousness is as a pile of filthy rags.'" [01:09:46]
3. "In all of your sinfulness, the fact that He died for you shouts from heaven, 'I love you.' And to love means loving the unlovable, and I was unlovable. To forgive is to forgive the unlovable, and I was unforgivable. To pardon is to pardon the unpardonable, and I was unpardonable. But for the love of God that loved me and died for me." [01:12:08]
4. "When I got saved, God placed His seed, the Holy Spirit, inside my body, and I became a son of God. I have the DNA of God within me. And because I have the DNA of God within me, it is natural for me to act like God. It is natural for me to be like God. It is natural for me to reflect God's characteristics because His DNA is in me." [01:06:51]
5. "The amazing thing is the fact that He died for you. He saw me about to absorb the judgment of God for my sin, and Jesus, as the judgment of God was beginning to be poured out on Mike Elstock, Jesus jumped in between and the judgment of God, and Jesus caught and embraced and bore all of the judgment of God that I deserved because He loves me that much." [01:12:36]
### Quotes for Members
1. "As you learn what Jesus loves and you fall in love with what Jesus loves, and as you learn what Jesus hates and you begin to hate what Jesus hates, when you understand why Jesus treated people the way He did and then you begin to treat people the way Jesus treated people, you are empowered by the Spirit of God to become like Jesus Christ now." [01:21:50]
2. "When I look into the word of God, you know what I see? I see an image of Jesus Christ. I say, 'Why did He do that?' And it's like holding that piece of polished metal and getting the light just right because I can't see perfectly. And I, 'Why did He do that? That's what Jesus is like.' And when I see Him, I become like Him. But I'm not like Him. But the glass, the polished metal, and even though the glass is perfect, my ability to see is not perfect. And so I can't see Jesus perfectly yet. I look into the mirror of His word and I get little images, little facets of the marvelous person of Jesus Christ." [01:16:47]
3. "The genuine Christian doesn't learn about the glory of heaven and say, 'Well, I'm stuck here on earth for another 20 years. I'm just going to have at it and enjoy life. I'm just going to drink it up, live it up, party it up. I'm just going to enjoy life on earth.' No genuine Christian thinks like that. This verse says if you have the hope within you that at the rapture you're going to become like Him when you see Him in His perfections, that ignites a passion within you to work on purifying yourself now while you're still alive, still on earth." [01:19:39]
4. "The Trinity does not mean that God is one person who reveals Himself in three different ways. Theologians would call that Sibelianism. And that's a heretical belief. A heretical belief on the doctrine of the person of God. But here's a diagram that shows us the Trinity in a unique way. If you look at the three corners of the triangle, you see the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And you notice the black connecting lines that the Father is not the Holy Spirit. The Son is not the Holy Spirit. The Son is not God. And yet the interlinking red lines show that the Father is God. The Son is God. And the Holy Spirit is God. They're three different persons. But they are one God." [32:18]
5. "Heaven is going to be indescribably glorious, but it's already begun in your life as you strive to be like Jesus Christ. Father, I thank you for your word. What an inspiration your word is to me and how I live my life. Lord, I understand the purpose of your first coming was to destroy sin in my life, and the hope of the second coming is that I'll step up into your presence already like Jesus Christ to the degree that I can master that in a sinful world." [01:23:27]
6. "The closer we get to heaven, the less we're interested in the things of this world. The closer we get to catching the aroma of the glorious future in front of us, the less the things of this world like sports and Hollywood and entertainment and money and cars and houses mean to us. It's like dry old straw, and I don't want to eat it anymore because I can catch the aroma of the glorious future that's out in front of us." [52:19]
7. "The hope of being like the Lord Jesus arouses the determination to be pure like Him. And this belief brings into play the will of the Christian to carry that resolve out in action. Thus, in dependence upon the Holy Spirit, the saint puts sin out of his life and keeps it out of his life. Your glorious future starts now as you strive to live a holy life as you identify every vestige of un-Christ likeness." [01:21:10]
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1. "The closer we get to heaven, the less we're interested in the things of this world. The closer we get to catching the aroma of the glorious future in front of us, the less the things of this world like sports and Hollywood and entertainment and money and cars and houses mean to us. It's like dry old straw, and I don't want to eat it anymore because I can catch the aroma of the glorious future that's out in front of us." [52:19]
2. "All of my righteousnesses were as a pile of filthy rags. Doesn't say all of my sin was as a pile of filthy rags. It says all of my righteousnesses. The best I can offer God, the best I can do in life, the hardest I can try to be a good boy. Pile up all of my good works. All of my righteousness, God, what do you think? And God looks down, He's not talking about the mountain of my sin, He's talking about the little pile of the very best I can do. God, what do you think? And God looks down and He scrunches up His nose when the odor comes into His nostrils and He says, 'All of your righteousness is as a pile of filthy rags.'" [01:09:46]
3. "In all of your sinfulness, the fact that He died for you shouts from heaven, 'I love you.' And to love means loving the unlovable, and I was unlovable. To forgive is to forgive the unlovable, and I was unforgivable. To pardon is to pardon the unpardonable, and I was unpardonable. But for the love of God that loved me and died for me." [01:12:08]
4. "When I got saved, God placed His seed, the Holy Spirit, inside my body, and I became a son of God. I have the DNA of God within me. And because I have the DNA of God within me, it is natural for me to act like God. It is natural for me to be like God. It is natural for me to reflect God's characteristics because His DNA is in me." [01:06:51]
5. "The amazing thing is the fact that He died for you. He saw me about to absorb the judgment of God for my sin, and Jesus, as the judgment of God was beginning to be poured out on Mike Elstock, Jesus jumped in between and the judgment of God, and Jesus caught and embraced and bore all of the judgment of God that I deserved because He loves me that much." [01:12:36]
### Quotes for Members
1. "As you learn what Jesus loves and you fall in love with what Jesus loves, and as you learn what Jesus hates and you begin to hate what Jesus hates, when you understand why Jesus treated people the way He did and then you begin to treat people the way Jesus treated people, you are empowered by the Spirit of God to become like Jesus Christ now." [01:21:50]
2. "When I look into the word of God, you know what I see? I see an image of Jesus Christ. I say, 'Why did He do that?' And it's like holding that piece of polished metal and getting the light just right because I can't see perfectly. And I, 'Why did He do that? That's what Jesus is like.' And when I see Him, I become like Him. But I'm not like Him. But the glass, the polished metal, and even though the glass is perfect, my ability to see is not perfect. And so I can't see Jesus perfectly yet. I look into the mirror of His word and I get little images, little facets of the marvelous person of Jesus Christ." [01:16:47]
3. "The genuine Christian doesn't learn about the glory of heaven and say, 'Well, I'm stuck here on earth for another 20 years. I'm just going to have at it and enjoy life. I'm just going to drink it up, live it up, party it up. I'm just going to enjoy life on earth.' No genuine Christian thinks like that. This verse says if you have the hope within you that at the rapture you're going to become like Him when you see Him in His perfections, that ignites a passion within you to work on purifying yourself now while you're still alive, still on earth." [01:19:39]
4. "The Trinity does not mean that God is one person who reveals Himself in three different ways. Theologians would call that Sibelianism. And that's a heretical belief. A heretical belief on the doctrine of the person of God. But here's a diagram that shows us the Trinity in a unique way. If you look at the three corners of the triangle, you see the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And you notice the black connecting lines that the Father is not the Holy Spirit. The Son is not the Holy Spirit. The Son is not God. And yet the interlinking red lines show that the Father is God. The Son is God. And the Holy Spirit is God. They're three different persons. But they are one God." [32:18]
5. "Heaven is going to be indescribably glorious, but it's already begun in your life as you strive to be like Jesus Christ. Father, I thank you for your word. What an inspiration your word is to me and how I live my life. Lord, I understand the purpose of your first coming was to destroy sin in my life, and the hope of the second coming is that I'll step up into your presence already like Jesus Christ to the degree that I can master that in a sinful world." [01:23:27]
6. "The closer we get to heaven, the less we're interested in the things of this world. The closer we get to catching the aroma of the glorious future in front of us, the less the things of this world like sports and Hollywood and entertainment and money and cars and houses mean to us. It's like dry old straw, and I don't want to eat it anymore because I can catch the aroma of the glorious future that's out in front of us." [52:19]
7. "The hope of being like the Lord Jesus arouses the determination to be pure like Him. And this belief brings into play the will of the Christian to carry that resolve out in action. Thus, in dependence upon the Holy Spirit, the saint puts sin out of his life and keeps it out of his life. Your glorious future starts now as you strive to live a holy life as you identify every vestige of un-Christ likeness." [01:21:10]
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