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Alright, guys, let's wrap up the week. This week we've been looking at one of my favorite books of all time, from one of my favorite authors of all time, Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Specifically, we've been digging into some passages from the book that expose the heart of a man and recenter him on the gospel of Jesus Christ. So this week we've covered natural law, we've looked at the cost of perfection, Lewis's famous trilemma, and the problem with, you know, nice guy Christianity. But today we're going to talk about the hope of heaven. And in order to do that, let's read the following passage from Book 3, Chapter 10 of Mere Christianity. The Christian says, Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger, well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim, well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire, well, there is such a thing as sex. If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. If none of my earthly pleasures satisfy it, that does not prove that the universe is a fraud. Probably earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy it, but only to arouse it, to suggest the real thing. If that is so, I must take care, on the one hand, never to despise or be unthankful for these earthly blessings, and on the other, never to mistake them for the something else of which they are only a copy or echo or mirage. I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death. I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside. I must make it the main object of life to press on to that other country and to help others do the same. I mean, let me read that last line again. I must make it the main object of life to press on to that other country and to help others do the same. Now, I've heard it said before that for unbelievers, this world is the closest they'll get to heaven, but for believers, this world, this world that we're in right now is the closest they'll get to hell, right? And that's the reality. Because, guys, if we are disciples of Jesus, this means that this world is just our temporary residence. This is not our final destination, and because we are not of this world, the world will hate us. Here's Jesus as recorded in John 15, verses 18 and 19. If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. And some of us feel that. I mean, we feel that tension, right? There's there's always just this, you know, minimum sort of anxious tension going on in our lives, but it's actually necessary. There is a necessary tension for Christians living in this world because we are not made for it. We were made for the next one. That is where our citizenship is, and that is where we are to look forward to. The Apostle Paul says this in Philippians 3, 20 and 21, but our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. So let me be clear, guys. We have the hope of heaven. If we are in Christ, our final destination for all of eternity has already been secured, and we would do well to point our attention and energy in the direction of our future residents, and we must compel those around us to put their faith in Christ so that they can be there with us. Thank you for your attention this week. Stay sharp.

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