Don't Miss Heaven
About this sermon
In “Don't Miss Heaven,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, eternal life and hope, salvation. Drawing especially from John 15, Revelation 3, John 8, Matthew 24, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ.
Chronological teaching outline
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Odle focuses on eternal life and hope while working through John 15, Revelation 3. The message argues that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith while working through John 8. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that the gospel announces Christ’s saving work and calls every hearer to repent, believe, and obey. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on biblical love while working through Matthew 24. The message argues that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Matthew 25, John 12, Ephesians 2. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that material stewardship reveals priorities and should be governed by generosity, integrity, and obedience to God. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on freedom from fear. The message argues that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Matthew 24. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on biblical love. The message argues that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. It connects this with the conviction that believers are warned to test persuasive claims and religious appearances by Scripture. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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give him glory this morning give him glory this morning Lord worship there's nobody like you there's none other you are the true God you are the way in the truth and the life all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in you you're not a part of the truth Lord you are the truth Jesus the truth your word is truth Lord we thank you for your presence Lord God we're asking that you fill us that you change us now that you open our eyes to things that we don't see that you fill us with your holy spirit that you guide us into all truth and your word and the reality is going on around us we ask you Lord God that truly that your power would come down and that we could help others see that you are liked that you are the Creator that you are the only true God that you are the way the truth and the life Lord we pray help us give us power to be a witness give us the truth and the words that will change lives and deliver them from this darkness and the deception of Satan although we pray this today in Jesus name amen and amen good morning everybody we welcome you welcome you to Fire and Grace Church we welcome those listening by blogtalk radio this morning I tell you there are times that God just overwhelms me it just puts me in awe he constantly blows my mind I don't know about you guys but the longer I live the more I study the Bible the more I hunger and thirst for truth and knowledge and understanding of him the more I ask questions he will lead and he has many times led me either to the understanding the Revelation the truth that I need to understand from his word or to somebody has gone a little further than me and I learned from them and and God has used people to teach me things and blow my mind I have to say that today starting yesterday and only into about midnight last night
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God has been blowing my mind but I can't tell you that's cruel isn't it thank you you know Jesus made this statement John 15 he said I had many things to say unto you but you can't bear them now and I promise you this one still can't wrap my brain fully around it but this much I can tell you Jesus is the way the truth and the life the Creator of the heavens and the Earth he is God manifested in the flesh he's not a god he's not part of the truth he is the truth and the word of God I don't care how many critics come against it I don't care how many preachers throw it out the door I don't care how many Christians say well I believe this but I don't believe that I don't care what they say I'm telling you this book right here every job every till every syllable every letter every word is inspired by the Creator have no doubts about that and even if you go 20 or 30 years and you know God I don't understand this it doesn't make sense to me if you keep seeking him and you keep studying and you keep praying and you keep going after God and hungering for truth he will reveal it amen I've learned that much about him turn to Colossians this morning chapter 3 there's so much I want to say well maybe I can get there myself Colossians chapter 3. 3 everybody there there's so much here actually before we we read this in Colossians see let's go back up to Colossians chapter 2 verse 1. Paul speaking here by the Holy Ghost says for I would that you knew what great conflict I have for you and for them at laodicea for as many as have not seen my place in the flesh now when Paul was saying this when he's saying if you knew to the Colossians What conflict I have and for you and for them at laodicea the conflict or the struggle going on in Paul was because the Colossians were being deceived by the philosophies and doctrines of men and we all know what happened to the Church of laodicea because Jesus revealed it in John I mean in Revelation to John Rather in Revelation 3 that they
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had become lukewarm and so long before we get to what Jesus said to the church at laodicea probably about 30 years or so maybe a little less we see Paul saying I have a great conflict going on inside of me for you um true men of God through women of God true Ministers of the Gospel they long truly long for one thing that the children of God the people of God would walk in the truth of God's word obey it live it believe it operate in it and stay faithful to it make it to heaven that's the longing desire and it should be the longing desire of every Christian you know I'm entitled this message today don't miss heaven but it's so much more than that because heaven is all about Jesus it's all about being with him for all eternity he has prepared for us a place with him he said that have not even entered into our hearts and Minds we cannot even fathom the things that God has prepared for those that love him we can't even fathom Heaven yes we have a little bit of some descriptors in the Bible and we have people that have had Visions I've seen visions of Heaven several but I still believe I haven't even seen not even a little bit of what God has for us and can I just say this real simple there is there is nothing on this Earth there is no sinful pleasure there is no lust there is there is no Rebellion there's no sin there's nothing no person on the earth that is worth losing out being with Jesus being in heaven for all eternity nothing because I promise you what little bit you know about him now you're going to be blown away for all eternity there is nothing here worth missing out on this and Paul was struggling he had a conflict in him because he knew that the colossian church he knew that the laodicean church he knew that many of them were basically going to fall away through the philosophies and doctrines of men many of them were going to fall into Warmness and be spewed out of of Jesus body out of his mouth and and so in his heart he had a great burden for the church for the people of God that they would they would not Fall Away and they would not miss out on heaven let's read on he says
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for I would that you knew what great conflict I have for you and for them at laodicea for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh that their hearts might be comforted being knit together in love and unto all Riches of the fullness of the full Assurance of understanding listen to this to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God and of the father and of Christ in whom are he had all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge and this I say lest any man beguile you deceive you with enticing words he said for though I be absent In the Flesh and I am with you in the spirit joy and beholding your order and steadfastness of your faith in Christ as you have received as you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord so walk ye in him rooted and built up in him and established in the faith as you have been taught abounding therein with Thanksgiving beware lest any man spoil you through the philosophy or through philosophy and vain deceit after the tradition of men after the rudiments of the world and not after Christ for in him that is in Jesus Christ dwelleth all the fullness of the godhead bodily now this passage itself is just simply powerful but let's read let's jump over to chapter 3 and read verse 1 here a few verses he says if you then be risen with Christ seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God set your affection your passion your desires on things above not on things on the Earth for you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God when Christ who is our life shall appear then shall you also appear with him in glory therefore for that reason if you want that mortify kill crucify Therefore your members your body that wants to sin on the in the earth he says mortify Therefore your members which are upon the Earth fornication all sexual immorality uncleanness inordinate affection evil concupiscence covetousness which is idolatry for which things take the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience in which he also walks sometime when you lived in them now we could just read on and on here but today I just want to bring out this truth God wants us the conflict that Paul had for his these two churches these people these Christians he said that they would be knit together in love unto all Riches of the full Assurance of
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