Oak Hill Church of Christ 5-26-24 Message: "Set Your Sights On Heaven"

Oak Hill Church of Christ preaching minister, Randy Sterling, delivers a message on the importance of looking toward the eternity we are promised through Christ.

Heaven is a popular topic. You will find many books about Angels and the way Heaven looks. You might even hear a story or two about people who said they saw God in a near death experience.

However, that Heaven is roped off into the world of fantasy as much as anything. It often doesn't draw from the Bible and the minute detail regarding the properties of each being bears more similarity to Tolkien or Jordan than it does to Moses or Luke.

For the Christian, Heaven is a real place, not a fantasy realm. Heaven is described to us in the Bible and revealed as the destination of those who choose to dwell eternally with God through Christ.

Just as the fantasy can distract us from the real Heaven, so, too, can this life also distract us. We find ourselves looking in the wrong direction, focusing on the wrong things. Sometimes, we even talk about spending enough money to be able to create Heaven in this world.

But, Heaven is a place not built with hands and not understood with the human mind. It is the dwelling place of God and the immortal destiny of the Christian.

Like the Prodigal Son who turned away from his fantasy paradise and toward the home of his father, so, too, we Christians should turn ourselves to the everlasting and eternal home of our Father, and make that place our goal.