( W A Criswell ) What is a banquet to one who has no appetite? What is a music festival to one who has no hearing? What is the beauty and glory of the firmament to one who is blind? --- commenting of an unsaved person's inability to enjoy heaven.
(Criswell) On heasven: " We shall rest in God's grace and love and in the joy of our heavenly assignments. The very word rest implies the word labor. We shall work without weariness; we shall be refreshed after the labor of the day and of the century and even of the forever. We shall not be passive spectators, just observing; but we shall be an active, vital part of the whole recreated kingdom of God. We shall have a service to render according to how God has made us
and empowered us
(Criswell) For the Christian, when the shadow of this life is over, the real life begins there, in the land beyond. There is progress in the pursuit of the purpose of God for us in the rich meaning of life on a higher level. What we have begun on earth, we shall consummate in heaven. Our traits, abilities, and personalities will be the same. I will be I; you will be you; we shall be we, only we will be redeemed and glorified
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