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• God has given humans an instinct, a sixth sense, that there is an afterlife.
• Illustration: Hybels tells how ancient Egyptians not only believed in an afterlife, but were nearly obsessed by it.

• The bumper sticker says it all: "I Want It All and I Want It Now."
• Our economy reflects it: Easy credit, no down payment, instant pleasure.
• Our morality reflects it: We think our "day of reckoning" is a long way off.

• One central theme of Christ's teaching was to prepare today for the afterlife.
• Illustration: Hybels met a woman who didn't believe in an afterlife-just that one's "candle goes out" -and who based her eternal destiny on a "roll of the dice."
• God's Word is the ultimate source for information about the afterlife.

• Biblical writers used symbolic language to describe that which defies description.
• Illustration: Hybels tells of a young man who's head-over-heels in love, and tries to describe the relationship: "Well, it's, uh, gee, boy, man - it's great!"

• Illustration: Hybels tells of meeting a fellow believer on a flight. Though strangers, they had "a rapport and a community going on."
• Christ prepares mansions for us, but they're our home, not mere "houses."
• A home represents security, refuge, a sense of permanence.

• What about those white robes we hear about in heaven?
• They represent purity, the joy of never sinning again, and lack of regret.
• Illustration: Hybels tells of crawling out of bed one morning to confess his never-ending frustrating struggle with sin.

• Illustration: Hybels tells of soul-stirring moments in Colorado's Garden of the Gods and on the cliffs overlooking a sunset over the Pacific.

• Our most important decision in life is where we'll spend eternity.