Introduction: There’s no place like HOME! HOME SWEET HOME!! This earth is not our home. We are pilgrims passing through a weary land. But one day in the near future we will be in our Heavenly Home! This is the message of the Bible.

1. Our Citizenship is in HEAVEN!

“20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.” (Phil 3:20,21)

This is what every believer is looking forward to… being at Home with the Lord Jesus, the One that bought us with His redeeming blood.

2. To live is Christ and to die is GAIN!

“21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: 24Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.” (Phil 1:21-23)

We are here on earth for a purpose… to glorify Jesus Christ. Paul wanted to go to heaven but realized he was on a MISSION on earth. And until our God is finished with us, we are to fulfill our calling.

3. We are Going Home to a BETTER COUNTRY!

“But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.” (Heb 11:16)

Heaven is going to be Sweet!

4. Heaven is for REAL!

“1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband….. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.” (Rev 21:1f)

Oh the glories of heaven!

Conclusion: Are you looking for that city that is yet to come?

“For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.” (Heb 13:14)