The problem with this world is sin. It was very good until sin corrupted God’s creation in the Fall of man. All sickness, death, fights, and bitter feelings are a result of sin. Jesus tells us it will be different in Heaven:
40As
the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the
age. 41The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather
from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. 42They
will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and
gnashing of teeth. 43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in
the kingdom of their Father.
Matthew 13:40-43
In Heaven, there will be no temptations or selfish desires. We
will sin no more. If you think about it, that is logical. God promised Heaven would
last forever, so it must be impossible for His new creation to become corrupted
by sin like this one. Therefore, sin must not be possible in the eternal New
Heaven and New Earth, or we would end up in the same condition we are in now.
The promise of our afterlife being eternal was around even before
Jesus promised it to us:
Many
of those who sleep
in the dusty ground will awake -
some to everlasting life,
and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
Daniel 12:2
Think about the implications of not having sin or temptations in
Heaven. You will no longer be tempted to get even with someone because of
something they did against you. You will never have inappropriate thoughts
about someone else. You will never be tempted to cheat someone or lie to them.
Every thought will be honorable and good. You will never make a choice you will
regret.
Many wonder if we will have free will if we are not free to sin.
Does God have free will? By nature, He is incapable of sinning, yet I don’t
think anyone would say He does not possess free will. Our resurrected condition
will be like God in that we will be incapable of sinning, yet we will be free
to choose among an infinite array of good choices, just as God does.
Being face to face with God in Heaven will be glorious. However,
that is not something we can relate to. But we can all relate to the daily
temptations of life, so having those temptations taken away is one aspect of Heaven
we can greatly desire.
What excites you about having no more temptations in Heaven?
Matthew 13:37-42;
Luke 6:43-45; John 3:36, 5:24, 10:28; Romans 7:14-25, 8:1-13; Galatians 5:15-25
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