Sermon Jonathan Edwards

"The redeemed have all their objective good in God. God Himself is the great good which they are brought to the possession and enjoyment of by redemption. He is the highest good, and the sum of all that good which Christ purchased. God is the inheritance of the saint; He is the portion of their soul. God is their wealth and treasure, their food, their life, their dwelling place, their ornament and diadem, and their everlasting honor and glory. They have none in heaven but God; He is the great good which the redeemed are received to at death, and which they are to rise to at the end of the world. The Lord God, He is the light of the heavenly Jerusalem; and is the "river of the water of life" that runs, and the tree of life that grows, "in the midst of the paradise of God." The glorious excellencies and beauty of God will be what will forever entertain the minds of the saints, and the love of God will be their everlasting feast. The redeemed will indeed enjoy other things; they will enjoy the angels, and will enjoy one another: but that which they shall enjoy in the angels, or each other, or in anything else whatsoever, that will yield them delight and happiness, will be what will be seen of God in them. " This is the way we, as Christians, should feel about God. He should be our "highest good." When we die and enter into eternity, it is God Himself that we receive. That's what it means to say that HE is our inheritance. Not the crowns or the mansions or being able to see loved ones gone before us. No!!! It's God Himself that will be our portion, our treasure, our bread, our crown. Search your heart for the answer to this question. Why do you want to go to Heaven? To not go to hell? To see loved ones? To get your mansion? Jesus said in John 17:3 ~ "This is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." If your desire for eternal life is anything but God Himself, you need to examine the depth of your relationship with Him. He should be all we want in this life and in the life to come.