“Saints, When Absent from the Body, Are Present with the Lord” — A Sermon by Jonathan Edwards (1747)

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:8
August 18, 2024

2 Corinthians 5:8: We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Sermon Outline

1. Departed saints live in the same wonderful place as Christ

• Christ in Heaven still has a human nature

• Heaven is a place

• Angels are in heaven

• Departed saints are in heaven

• We who are saved will be in heaven

2. The souls of saints in Heaven have an unhindered sight of Jesus Christ

• When absent from friends, we can only think about them

• “But then we shall see him face to face”

• Those in Heaven see him “as he is”

3. Departed saints become perfectly like him by seeing him

4. Departed saints enjoy a glorious and immediate closeness with him

• Departed saints are present with the Lord

• But His glorious state won’t intimidate them

• Reasons with his majesty won’t intimidate them