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Why did Christ die to save us? So that we may avoid death and live for eternity in the presence of God. And God, being perfect, wants no unclean thing in his presence, therefore we needed to be cleansed and made righteous in his presence. Those of us who follow Jesus have been made righteous and we understand that we will enter the kingdom of heaven. Though we’ve never seen heaven, or talked to someone who has been there, we understand it. In us is a deep desire to be there.

How do we understand heaven? Because we have the spirit of God in us revealing his wisdom. The wisdom is that God has prepared a place for those who love him (Isaiah 64:4). Only those who have God’s spirit, which is the mind of Christ, can truly understand heaven and hell. This is why those who don’t know Jesus think heaven and hell are foolish ideas. Because the wisdom of God has been hidden from them.

So it might be true that if a non-believer understands heaven and hell that God’s spirit may be with them and they may be close to coming to a saving knowledge and these may be the people we need to look for.

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