I’ve Got a Mansion

1. I’ve Got a Mansion John 14:2

2. John 14:2 “In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”

3. Ira Stamphill “I’ve Got A Mansion I'm satisfied with just a cottage belowA little silver and a little gold,But in that city where the ransomed will shineI want a gold one that's silver lined.I've got a mansion just over the hilltopIn that bright land where we'll never grow old.And some day yonder we will never more wanderBut walk on streets that are purest gold.

4. I’ve Got A Mansion • This Earth is not our home • Ecc. 12:5; 2 Cor. 5:1; John 14:1-4

5. Ecclesiastes 12:5 “Also they are afraid of height, And of terrors in the way; When the almond tree blossoms, The grasshopper is a burden, And desire fails. For man goes to his eternal home, And the mourners go about the streets.”

6. 2 Corinthians 5:1 “For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”

7. John 14:1-4 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

8. I’ve Got A Mansion • This Earth is not our home • Ecc. 12:5; 2 Cor. 5:1; John 14:1-4 • To go to heaven, you must desire it • Paul did! (Philippians 1:23-24)

9. Philippians 1:23-24 “For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. 24Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.”

10. I’ve Got A Mansion • This Earth is not our home • Ecc. 12:5; 2 Cor. 5:1; John 14:1-4 • To go to heaven, you must desire it • Paul did! (Philippians 1:23-24) • There is only one way to God • John 14:6; Matt. 7:13-14; Prov. 14:12

11. John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’”

12. Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”

13. Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.” Christ has the right way, not man!

14. I’ve Got A Mansion • This Earth is not our home • Ecc. 12:5; 2 Cor. 5:1; John 14:1-4 • To go to heaven, you must desire it • Paul did! (Philippians 1:23-24) • There is only one way to God • John 14:6; Matt. 7:13-14; Prov. 14:12 • The way home is simple • Out of self, into Christ, into heaven! • Matt. 16:24; Rom. 6:3-4; Matt. 25:34

15. Matthew 16:24 “Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.’” Out of Self

16. Romans 6:3-4 “Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Into Christ

17. Matthew 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on His right hand, "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Into Heaven: Our Destination!