Eternity

Revelation 21-22

Online Message: Pastor Luke teaches us about a true view of Eternity and that we should be finding hope in eternal treasures and not short-term pleasures.

*Many of the questions today do not have right or wrong answers. They are posed to make you think and imagine, to spur you on to “finding hope in eternal treasures and not short-term pleasures.”

1. If you could have anything in eternity, what would make it not boring for you?

       a. Do you think that it will exist on the New Earth? Why or why not?

2. Read Revelation 21:1-2 — Pastor Luke said that “new” in this passage means “renewed.” Read 2 Peter 3:3-13 —Just as the world was renewed after the Flood, so it will be renewed after the Fire. Read Genesis 2:4-7, 15 & watch this video on Mount St. Helens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unP1trzLA6I

       a. Pastor Luke said we would have purpose on the New Earth. What might it be, based on the Bible passages you just read?

       b. What purpose do you have now? How might that be renewed on the New Earth?

              i. Could it be that using or following your God-given purpose now is the prep work for fulfilling it in eternity?

3. What might you consider boring about God?

       a. How can you change that view?

4. Do you think there will be churches on the New Earth?

5. Read Matthew 5:48 & Hebrews 10:14-17 — We often equate the word “perfect” with flawless, perhaps sinless. But the Greek roots behind this word in the Bible denotes maturity in Matthew and completion in Hebrews. What are the differences between sin, imperfection, and lack of knowledge?

       a. How does this fit with Pastor Luke’s point that we will still grow in skill and knowledge on the New Earth?

6. Have you read Revelation 21 & 22 this week? What has the Holy Spirit impressed upon you?

7. Read Matthew 6:19-21 — What short-term pleasure is keeping you from making eternal investments?