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Randy Alcorn points out that we are often uncomfortable about the idea of God giving us rewards. But rewards are simply what God wants to give because He delights in us and we have pleased Him. This doesn't make it about the rewards, rather it makes it about the God who gives the rewards. Yet we should gladly receive the gifts that God wants to give us. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn quotes Charles Spurgeon who said, "We know little of spiritual things because we are so occupied by worldly things." In Heaven, there will be no idols between us and God; we will see God as He is and so all else will fall into place. In the same way, for everything to be right in this life, our hearts must be occupied by nothing besides God. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn recommends the audio reading of his book "We Shall See God" because of the wonderful British voice actor who reads as Charles Spurgeon. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

As Jonathan Edwards tells us, God is our great good, which redemption has enabled us to enjoy. Randy Alcorn explains that all other things that we enjoy in this life are secondary to our enjoyment of God. In fact, as Augustine said, we are made for God and so He is the chief object of our desires; we will be restless until we find rest in Him. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn shares a memory of snorkeling in order to describe how he thinks we will respond when we first see God. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn quotes Bruce Milne who emphasizes that in the New Heavens and New Earth God will overfill His creation. Today there is much that blocks our view of Him. But one day God will fill all of creation with Himself. So life in the new Holy City will be totally centered on God. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Some say that the doctrine of resurrection is not found in the Old Testament, but Randy Alcorn points out that Job clearly understood that he would be resurrected, and that he would be himself, not some new version of himself with no memory of his life on earth. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn highlights that the blessing mentioned in Matthew 5:8 is in the present tense. We are blessed here and now by anticipating the future event of one day seeing God. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

David tells us that in God's prescence is the fullness of joy and pleasures unceasing. From this Randy Alcorn argues that Christians are supposed to seek pleasure - in God that is. This Christian hedonism says, "I want to find all the joy in God I can find." And I will sacrifice lesser, immediate pleasures in order to pursue God. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

We know that Christ is our greatest joy. But Paul tells us that God giving us His son provides the opportunity to give us all things. It is not quite biblically accurate to say that Christ is our only treasure. Rather he is our primary, ultimate treasure who enables us to receive secondary treasures from God. This video clip was excerpted from Randy Alcorn's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn quotes Jonathan Edwards who asserted that what we see of God in others will bring us the greatest delight. God is our greatest "happy making sight." Seeing Him is our greatest pleasure. This is what it means to be blessed. However, we must remember that when we are in sin, seeing God will not make us happy, but rather terrified by His greatness. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

We will not know true life until we are with God. In the mean time, Randy Alcorn encourages us that the challenges of life cause us to thirst for God. This is what David expressed in Psalm 63. In the midst of these challenges we must look to Him for strength and provision. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn tells us that, according to David, the greatest thing we can ask of God is to gaze upon His beauty. Getting to know God is our most important prayer request and our highest destiny. In fact, we will spend all of eternity getting to know God more and more. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Randy Alcorn answers this question from a student. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.