We need Heaven

If there was no heaven or hell, no reward for being a Christian or 'punishment' for choosing a life of sin, would you still choose righteousness? Ty Gibson asked this question at an ARISE class in 2015 and I reflected on my motives for choosing to be a Christian, and why I chose righteousness in the place of my following my own will. I realised that some of my motives for wanting to be in Heaven weren't as genuine as I had preached. Nevertheless, Heaven should still be a place Christians want to enjoy. In the face of death and suffering, we ALL NEED the comfort of Heaven. We all have a deep, psychological longing for this place where God claims there is no death, sickness and tears. Even if hypothetically there was no Heaven, we'd still need the hope that Heaven gives, in order to survive the endless suffering of this world.