Quotes About Eternity

Christ is and will forever remain both God (from Heaven) and man (of earth). I

I have met no people who fully disbelieved in Hell and also had a living and life-giving belief in Heaven.

the video Homesick for Heaven: www.epm.org/homesick

To be truly happy—a man must have sources of gladness which are not dependent on anything in this world." —J. C. Ryle

Inside your body, even if it is failing, is the blueprint for your resurrection body. You may not be satisfied with your current body or mind—but you'll be thrilled with your resurrection upgrades. With them you'll be better able to serve and glorify God and enjoy an eternity of wonders he has prepared for you.

If you get it right about Jesus, you can afford to get some things wrong. But if you get it wrong about Jesus, in the end it won't matter what else you got right.

The gospel is far greater than most of us imagine.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (NIV)

God could have created us without loving us, but He would not have gone to the Cross without loving us.

The beginning of the way to heaven, is to feel that we are on the way to hell." —J. C. Ryle

But earth is not heaven." "And those who expect it to be," Dani said, "can never know Joy.

If the Bible is right about what happens to us after death, it means that more than 250 000 people every day go either to Heaven or to Hell.

God isn't just preparing a place for us. He is preparing us for that place.

But doesn't Shengjing promise to wipe away all tears?" "That promise is for after he defeats sin and ends suffering and sets up his Kingdom. That time has not yet come.

Aim at Heaven and you will get earth 'thrown in': aim at earth and you will get neither."34 We need a generation of heavenly minded people who see human beings and the earth itself not simply as they are, but as God intends them to be.

God's people are not looking for deliverance from Earth, but deliverance on Earth. That's exactly what we will find after our bodily resurrection.

we fail to take seriously what Scripture tells us about Heaven as a familiar,  physical, tangible place.

So Heaven is not our default destination. No one goes there automatically. Unless our sin problem is resolved, the only place we will go is our true default destination . . . Hell.

Goodness can endure a few moments; holiness is life-defining.

Historic figures have homes to visit for posterity; the Lord of history left no home. Luminaries leave libraries and write their memoirs; He left one book, penned by ordinary people. Deliverers speak of winning through might and conquest; He spoke of a place in the heart.

His life spells living. Your life or my life, apart from Him, spells death.

That truth, by the way, is why even the horror of hell is more the outcome of a heart that seeks to disown God and play God and live eternally with those who do the same than it is retribution against evil. C. S. Lewis once wrote that "there are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'"46

The Bible offers a beautiful passage from the heart of one who knew much, suffered much, endured much, and wrote much: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceivedwhat God has prepared for those who love him." 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9

Time isn't just a fleeting thing. It never moves forward without engraving its mark upon the heart.