Funeral Service

i) Because Christ conquered death there should be no fear for the Christian because through Christ we also conquer death.

2) We are Troubled when we view death as an end instead of a beginning.

2 Cor 5:1 "For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."

a) ________’s life is not over, as a matter of fact, it has just begun.

i) __________ has shed the temporary for the eternal, the tarnished for the spotless and the passing for the everlasting.

ii) Yes our earthly bodies die, however our heavenly bodies endure for all eternity.

iii) I love how the bible puts all this in perspective.

2 Peter 3:8-9

8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Everyone here knows that it was _________’s desire to go home to be with the Lord and there’s nothing more that she wanted. And if you talked with her for a short while you would realize that she understood what Jesus meant when He said "Don’t let your hearts be troubled". I think trouble was the last thing from ________’s mind.

Not only can we face death without fear,

II. The Second Promise is Jesus Prepares a Place for Believer’s

in Heaven. What has He Prepared?

Rev 21:4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."

1) A place with no more sorrow or crying.

a) Heaven is a place where the hurts and disappointment of this world have no more sting.

b) Where the frustrations of life are replaced with unspeakable joys.

c) Where the pains of life are not permitted and the failures of life control us no longer.

2) A place with no more pain.

a) Heaven has no handicap parking places.

b) There are not pharmacies and prescriptions to fill.

c) Heaven doesn’t have hospitals, nursing homes, or rehabilitation centers.

d) The days of aches and pains for ________ are over, the trips to the doctors have ceased, and the all her pain has ended.

3) A place of Great beauty.

a) Let me give you a small glimpse of what ________ is looking at right now.

Rev 21:18-22:5 18 The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. 22 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. 25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). 27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. 22:1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. 4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. 5 There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.