HEAVEN IS HERE!
Even now, God's invisible Heavenly Kingdom is already in operation & existence! It not only surrounds us, but it is WITHIN us!--As Jesus said, "Behold, the Kingdom of God is within you!" (Lk.17:21) If you have Jesus & are filled with His Holy Spirit, it's already entered you. If you live in the continual Heaven of His Love, peace & joy, you're already in Heaven in spirit. So if you are still looking for the Kingdom of God on Earth, you will only find it within your own heart & in the fellowship of God's children.
We who have found Jesus & faith in God, & love Him, have found Heaven on Earth, the Promised Land of His Kingdom within! He's made a Heaven of our hearts. But those who do not know God & have no faith have nothing but constant fear & have some Hell already.
Have you got HEAVEN in your heart where you are enjoying Heaven on Earth? Well, if not, take Jesus into your heart & you'll have Heaven here & now!
"Heaven is here, is here right now.
Heaven is here & I'll tell you how!
Jesus to know is Heaven below,
Heaven is here, is here, & how!"

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"HE SHALL REWARD EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS!" (MAT.16:27)

We can't earn or work for SALVATION, it's a GIFT. But we CAN earn special PRAISE & special COMMENDATION from the Lord, & we can work for REWARDS! God is no respecter of persons when it comes to Salvation. (Acts 10:34) But when it comes to works & accomplishing something for Him in His Kingdom here on Earth, He is a GREAT respecter of persons!
Heaven is not going to be a classless society. In Heaven, there will be all kinds of GRADES & LEVELS of reward, just like there will be all kinds of grades & levels of punishment for the unsaved. There will be a different glory with which each person will shine, depending on how much they did for the Lord. Some of the Christian heroes of the Faith, who have been real saints, giving their lives in love that others might be saved, where do they deserve to be?--At the Top, near the Lord in His Court! But some Christians who served poorly & lived selfishly for themselves all their lives will be rewarded poorly!
"Be ye therefore steadfast, unmovable, ALWAYS abounding in the work of the Lord, for ye know that your labours are not in vain in the Lord!" (1Cor.15:58) You'll be rewarded before long!--Amen?

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"AND HE SAITH UNTO THEM, `FOLLOW ME, & I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN!'" (MAT.4:19)

When Jesus walked by the shore, He called to the fishermen who had just caught the biggest haul of their lives: "Come follow Me & I will make you fishers of men!" And immediately they forsook everything else--the fish, their nets, their boat, their livelihood & their old life--& followed Him!
How could they do such a thing? How could they forsake their very living & their own family & friends without notice, to follow this Stranger & His motley crew?--Because He offered them a better life, a better job, in a better place with a better Boss for a better Family & greater rewards!--And those simple fishermen wandered off with a perfect Stranger & made history that has helped save MILLIONS of souls for ETERNITY!
Isn't that ridiculous now to compare those few fish, a boat, a business & even one father & family which all soon perished, with the millions of immortal souls who have been saved for Eternity through the decision of those simple fishermen to put God first that day, drop everything, forsake all & follow Jesus! Now that we can see the results, it's easy to know they made the right choice!--Has He called you? Will YOU follow Him?

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