Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress, and I'm glad to serve as your Bible teacher every day on this great radio station.

On today's edition, a pathway to victory.

My friend, Irwin Lutzer, says it this way,

5 minutes after you die.

You will have had your first direct glimpse of Christ,

or you will have had your first encounter with evil as you have never known it.

And it will be too late to change your address.

Welcome to pathway to victory with author and pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress.

What happens to people the moment after they die?

Are they immediately transported into heaven or hell?

Do they cease to exist?

Or do they go into a period of spiritual slumber waiting for a day of future judgment?

Today on pathway to victory, Dr. Robert Jeffress explains what happens to Christians immediately after death.

Now here's our Bible teacher to introduce today's message.

Dr. Jeffress?

Thanks, David, and welcome again to pathway to victory.

Our subject throughout July is a place called heaven.

If you've been part of our listening family for a long time,

it's possible you already have a copy of my bestselling book

by the same title, a place called heaven.

But I've also written a companion gift book that you may not yet have,

but you should. It's called encouragement from a place called heaven.

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