Topical Summer: Heaven

SERMON NOTES

AUGUST 4, 2024

MESSAGE | PASTOR JORDAN MOODY

TOPICAL SUMMER | HEAVEN

MATTHEW 6:9-15

 

Introduction: Misconceptions of Heaven and Earth

 

Body: Kingdom of Heaven 

Conclusion: Reframing Your Conception of Heaven and Earth

Application:  Your Work is Not Wasted (1 Cor. 15:49-58) 

Discussion Questions

1. What are some general conceptions and possible misconceptions people have about heaven? What do you think of when you think of heaven? Do you include the earth in your hope for heaven as well? 

 

2. What does the phrase from the Lord’s prayer in Matt. 6:10 teach you about heaven and earth and our purpose for being here right now?

 

3. Discuss this quote: Kevin Deyoung: “Think of the good news of Revelation 11:15, which you may have heard in Handel’s Messiah. ‘The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.’ That’s what’s coming. The kingdom of God is the heavenly world breaking into our earthly existence. Do not think of the kingdom as a realm to which we are going as much as a reality that is coming to us.” 

 

4. What encouragement can you draw from 1 Cor. 15:58 for living now in light of eternity? What should we be doing right now?