Questions Big Kids Ask - Part 9

Questions Big Kids Ask

Part 9

1. Will we fly up to heaven when we go?

2. How do we get there?

1. Will we fly up to heaven when we go?

Kind of yes.

“Rapture”

“We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus [Last day of the world/Rapture] those who have fallen asleep [Died] in him. 15 According to the Lord’s word… 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel [The Archangel Michael] and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up [Raptured] together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.”

-1 Thessalonians 4:14-18

The “Archangel Michael” & the “Angel Gabriel” represent two sides of God’s care for us.

Gabriel brings God’s word

(Hope & Direction)

Michael brings God’s Sword

(Protection & Victory)

“… in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.”

-1 Corinthians 15:52

“Do not let your hearts be troubled... My Father’s house [Heaven] has many rooms… I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back [2nd Coming] and take you to be with me [Rapture] that you also may be where I am…” 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

-John 14:1-6

2. How do we get there?

Jesus

Forgiveness

Grace

Faith 

 How do we get there?

Jesus!

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

-John 14:6

How do we get there?

Forgiveness

 “He does not treat us as our sins deserve… For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”

- Psalm 103:10–12

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord.“ Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”

- Isaiah 1:18

“Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? … you delight to show mercy… you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.”

- Micah 7:18–19

[NO FISHING ALLOWED]

“He [Jesus]himself bore [Took] our sins in his body on the tree…”

-1 Peter 2:24

“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”

“I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

-Isaiah 43:25; Hebrews 8:12

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

- 1 John 1:9

“He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

- Colossians 1:13–14

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”

- Luke 23:34

“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.”

-Ephesians 1:7

How do we get there?

Jesus

Forgiveness

Grace

Faith 

“It is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

-Ephesians 2:8-9

Reformation   /  All Saints’ Day

(October 31st)  /  (November 1st)

To eliminate abuse or malpractice and get back to the Bible.

Grace Alone

Faith Alone

Scripture Alone

“Here I stand, I can do no other.”

 -Martin Luther

  (By Grace through faith, not works)

“It is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

-Ephesians 2:8-10

“Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.”

- Acts 3:19

WORLD

WORD

Guilt and Grace

“There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

-Romans 8:1

“…the word of the Lord stands forever… Resist him, [Satan] standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings … be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.”

 (1 Peter 1:25, 1 Peter 5:9, James 5:8)

Get ready to fly to heaven