Authority in the eternal state
152A New Law (Part 1)
9 Jan 2023
15:29¶ 71
“And heaven – or the world to come, the new creation, whatever we should call it – is not a world of inactivity. The…”
16:00¶ 72
“I remember a young man in college who said basically that in heaven nobody has to give orders. I said, “Who decides what side…”
16:28¶ 73
“The real topic now I remember was whether or not heaven is a democracy. He was kind of leaning toward, “Well, no one’s going…”
110Rulers
21 Mar 2022
33:51¶ 82
“A memory comes back to me from my college years. I was talking to a young man who was new to the faith and…”
34:15¶ 83
“I said, “No, that’s not exactly what the Bible says.” We’re not told heaven is a democracy. The words are, “Be thou ruler over…”
34:53¶ 86
“Yeah, leading is not the same thing as having to punish wickedness. Sometimes you just have to know, “What time do we get there?…”