![“I do not want you to be ignorant of the future, my
brethren. With all the death, sorrow and
discouragement that everyone feels, I don’t want
you to lose sight of a better place to come…
Comfort one another with the words of heaven.”
1 Thes.4:13
[Paraphrase]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/whathappenswhenidie-190705212028/85/What-happens-when-i-die-2-320.jpg)
What happens when i die?
- 1. TheFuture The Doctrine of Week 3: What Happens When I Die?
- 2. “I do not want you to be ignorant of the future, my brethren. With all the death, sorrow and discouragement that everyone feels, I don’t want you to lose sight of a better place to come… Comfort one another with the words of heaven.” 1 Thes.4:13 [Paraphrase]
- 3. “I do not want you to be ignorant of the future, my brethren. With all the death, sorrow and discouragement that everyone feels, I don’t want you to lose sight of a better place to come… Comfort one another with the words of heaven.” 1 Thes.4:13 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain… For I am hard pressed between the two (living or dying), having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better. Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you..” Philippians 1:21-23
- 4. “It’s not the jeweled walls or pearly gates that will make heaven attractive, but God Himself. Do you live for money? Then to die is to leave it all behind. Do you live for fame? Then to die is to be forgotten. What if you live for power? Then to die is to lose it all. But if you live for Jesus Christ, then you will have Him both now and for evermore.” D.L. Moody
- 6. Luke16:19-31 Not everyone goes to the same place. Angels carry us to our eternal place. We will be aware of our former existence There seems to be instant comfort or instant torment We are held accountable for the gifts given to us
- 9. “Paradise” prepared hetoimazo “To make ready; to make arrangements ahead of time.”
- 12. V.13-15: We’ll walk and converse V.17-19: We’ll retain our memory of past events V.27: We’ll retain our knowledge of Scripture V.30:We’ll enjoy food and drink V.31: We may be able to transport from place to place V.39:We’ll have tangible bodies V.41-43: We’ll have full retention life abundantly
- 13. “Watch out that no one deceives you. There are countless groups, religious and secular, that will assure you heaven is your automatic destination, or that it can be attained by hard work and abstinence from sin. This is false. There is no salvation except by Jesus Christ and His redemptive work.” Randy Alcorn- “Heaven”
- 14. “All your life an unattainable ecstasy has hovered just beyond the grasp of your consciousness. The day is coming when you will wake to find, beyond all hope, that you have attained it, or else, that it was within your reach and you have lost it forever.” CS Lewis
- 15. TheFuture The Doctrine of eschatology: (es´kuh-tol´uh-jee) The doctrine of the last things