SERMON OUTLINE # 5 - "A New Heaven and A New Earth"

"A New Heaven and A New Earth"

Text: Is. 65:17-25

As dear children of God, we are all expecting the glorious appearing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His kingdom is at hand. He will come sooner but nobody knows when. The only hope that we have is His promise to take us all into His kingdom. He promised that He will create a new heaven and a new earth where we will dwell with Him forever. But why will God destroys this present world?

I. The condition of this present world
       1. Sin dwells therein
           1.1 Sin and Death inhabit the world - Rom. 5:12
           1.2 All are doing wicked things before God - Rom. 3:10; Jas. 4:17; Neh. 9:33

       2. People have perverted their ways  - Jer. 3:21
          2.1 They love the darkness rather than the light - Jn. 3:19
          2.2 They are living in an ungodly manner - 2 Tim. 3:1-7
          2.3 They will not listen to God's Word - Mat. 13:15; 1 Cor. 2:9; 2 Tim. 4:3-4

II. God's judgment of this present world
       1. Love not the world - 1 Jn. 2:15, 16
       2. God will judge the wicked - Ez. 18:4
       3. God will destroy this present world - 2 Pet. 3:10-13; Rev. 21:1

III. The new heaven and earth
       1. Its environment
          1.1 No more seas - Rev. 21:1
          1.2 The people will rejoice - Is. 65:18
          1.3 No more weeping - Is. 65:19; Rev. 21:4
          1.4 The Lord will dwell in it - Rev. 21:3
          1.5 No more marriage, no one will grow old and no more death - Is. 65:20; Mat. 22:29, 30
          1.6 There is joy and gain in every work - Is. 65:21, 22, 23
          1.7 God will give His grace all the day - Is. 65:24
          1.8 No more wild beasts - Is. 65:25

       2. Its dwellers
          2.1 The new creations - Rev. 21:5, 6; 2 Cor. 5:17
          2.2 The faithful and he who overcomes the world - Rev. 21:7

Living in this present world and suffering all its persecutions will not truly give a sad ending. We will dwell in this new heaven and new earth once we overcome the world. God once said in Jn. 16:33, "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." Therefore, as God's heir of promise, we should not be worry of what will happen to us because we will live happily ever after.