(John 14:1-6)............."I'M GOING SOMEWHERE!"
With sin, crime and ungodliness abounding everywhere, it is easy to become discouraged, disillusioned and disappointed. That is why it is important for us to remember where we are going!   Let's take a few minutes to look at the biblical facts surrounding the place called Heaven.  It has been said that the best way to describe Heaven is by what is NOT there.  I preached years ago on the thought "I'm in something big"!....There may not be a whole lot to get excited about down here, but there is plenty waiting on the other side!

I. v.3 THE PLACE CALLED HEAVEN
A. A Prepared Place -Heaven is a place made by Jesus just for His bride the church.) (The description and dimensions of that city - Rev. 21:1-22:4.  1500 miles squared!)
B. A Populated Place - Heaven wasn’t built just to be the habitation of God. He built the city so that those saved by grace might spend eternity with Him there.
C. A Perpetual Place - Ps.145:13 (The Light of that city will never dim nor go out! The glories of that city will never fade away. --Ceasarea, Capernaum, Chorzin are in ruins.....These homes we live in down here rot, rust and ruin, but Heaven will abide unchanged throughout the endless ages!)
D. A Perfect Place - Rev. 21:27 - (Jesus is PERFECT!   To think of him preparing anything that is less than perfect is wrong!) (STORY-A little girl was taking an evening walk with her father. Wonderingly, she looked up at the stars and exclaimed; "Oh, Daddy, if the wrong side of heaven is so beautiful, what must the right side be!")
1. Perfect existence - Rev.21:4 -The trials here!
2. Perfect Peace - Rom 14:17 -No disturbances allowed!
3. Perfect Joy - Rev 7:17 - Tears and all their causes banished forever! 
4. Perfect Service - Rev 21:3 -Ill. Nothing to hinder our labors for Him!

II. v.3b THE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN
A. A Redeemed People -Only those washed in the blood of the Lamb are worthy to enter that city!
B. A Righteous People - Not righteous by their own efforts, but made righteous through His free grace - Phil 3:4-11.
C. A Rejoicing People -The family is safe at home!   Heavenly reunions - 1Thes.4:13-17    Going to see Jesus - Rev.22:4)  Enjoying Heaven's blessings -Phil. 1:21!
“There is a story told of a dying man who asked his Christian doctor to tell him something about the place to which he was going. As the doctor fumbled for a reply, he heard a scratching at the door, and he had his answer. "Do you hear that?" he asked his patient. "It's my dog. I left him downstairs, but he has grown impatient, and has come up and hears my voice. He has no notion what is inside this door, but he knows that I am here. Isn't it the same with you? You don't know what lies beyond the Door, but you know that your Master is there."

III.v.4-6 THE PATH TO HEAVEN
A. It Is An Obvious Path - (v.6) Acts 4:12 - Only those who walk this path will enter the gates of that city! Ill. “Someone once said: "At three things I shall wonder in heaven: first, that I shall not find many there of whom I was certain; second, that I shall find many there whom I was sure I wouldn't find; but lastly, and most wonderful of all, that I am actually there myself."
B. It Is An Open Path -When a person meets Jesus, the Lord has a way of bringing heaven into a home! -(i.e.-Zaccaeus, the Phillipian Jailor, etc.)
Conc: A woman was diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. As she was getting her things in order, she contacted her pastor and asked him to come to her house to discuss some of her final wishes.  She told him which songs she wanted sung at her funeral service, what Scriptures she would like read, and what outfit she wanted to be buried in. She requested to be buried with her favorite Bible...then she said, "I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand."   The pastor stood looking at the woman, not knowing quite what to say.  The woman explained. "In all my years of attending church socials and dinners, when the dishes of the main course were being cleared, someone would lean over and say, 'Keep your fork.' It was my favorite part of the meal because I knew something better was coming—like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie.  "So, when people see me in that casket with a fork in my hand and they ask, 'What's with the fork?' I want you to tell them: 'Keep your fork. The best is yet to come!'