Day 31: Because of Jesus’ Finished Work on the Cross, My Citizenship is in Heaven!

One of the most staggering truths of the Scriptures is to understand that we do not earn our way to heaven. …works have a place–but as a demonstration of having received God’s forgiveness, not as a badge of merit of having earned it.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.

Philippians 3:20-21

Global Circumstances Won’t Affect You Because of Your Heavenly Citizenship

Scripture repeatedly makes clear that heaven is a realm of unsurpassed joy, unfading glory, undiminished bliss, unlimited delights, and unending pleasures. Nothing about it can possibly be boring or humdrum. It will be a perfect existence. We will have unbroken fellowship with all heaven’s inhabitants. Life there will be devoid of any sorrows, cares, tear, fears, or pain. – John MacArthur

Joy is the serious business of Heaven. – C.S. Lewis

I have all that I need here and heaven hereafter! How much richer could anybody want to be? – Lester Roloff

We don’t seek to escape this life by dreaming of heaven. But we do find we can endure this life because of the certainty of heaven. Heaven is eternal. Earth is temporal. Those who fix all their affections of the fleeting things of this world are the real escapists, because they are vainly attempting to avoid facing eternity – by hiding in the fleeting shadows of things that are only transient. – John MacArthur

I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years. – Martin Luther

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. – Jonathan Edwards

God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile. – Max Lucado