"The sounds of heaven never fade... Beloved words. Oft sung words. But are they true? Or are the sounds from Heaven beginning to fade in our church services? Are we beginning to take the hope of Heaven away from people? Have we so dampened down the gospel that it no longer lightens our lives?
´They have taken away my Lord and I do not know where they have laid
him,´ said a weeping woman once before an empty tomb. Can the church
be an empty grave, decorated, beautiful, atmospheric, but empty. Jesus is not
there.
´Think if Heaven’s doors are shut,´ sings Bjarne Sløgedal.
´Will you come to heaven?´
´Today is the day of grace, today Gud waits to be found.´
´Can you see God the Father standing at the door, do you hear him calling
you by name, see his eyes shine when he whispers: dear child, come here and
sit on my knee.´
Welcome dear listeners to tones from Heaven!
´Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.´
1 Peter 1:3-5"
Gunnar Eriksson
Pastor of Saint Pauli congregation, Göteborg.
