What Happens when I Die?

I. The State of the Believer Immediately Upon Death

A. Paul's Teaching on “This Tent” 2 Corinthians 5:6-8

    Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of Heaven.
    Before we can go there – we must either die or be changed.
        
    Heaven is where believers who die are today.
    Where is Heaven?  It is where the Lord Jesus Christ is today.

B.  The Thief on the Cross -- Luke 23:42-43


C.  Paul's Dilemma   Phil. 1:21-24	

    

II. A Case Study – The Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16:19-29

A.  The Purpose of the Account  v. 14

B.  The Application of the Account	

    1.  There is a complete reversal of their situation.
    2.  The eternal state of each man was “fixed”.  V. 26
    3.  The rich man's essential wickedness and unbelief was unchanged   
    

III. Heaven is a Place of Rest and Happiness Rev. 4:4

A. “Rest” often does not mean inactivity, but satisfaction in the midst
of labor and the joy of accomplishment. Rev. 7:15-17

B.  “Rest”  carries the idea of the end of sorrows.
        
C.  “Rest”carries the idea of freedom from sin and the troubles that 

plague us today.