April writes into Ask Dear Pastor John when a Christian dies and goes to heaven and

spirit, do they see their loved ones who are still on earth?

I hear it said sometimes that they are looking down on us or watching out for us.

Is this true or is this just another happy, funeral thought?

What do you say, Pastor John?

I want to say that the comforts that the Word of God gives to those of us who have lost

Christian loved ones are so massive and so glorious, it's a shame that anyone would resort

to speculation to find comfort, I think that's what I want to say.

It is speculation to wonder how much the saints in heaven know about the events on earth.

We don't know.

It's a sign of ill spiritual health when someone feels the need to know in order to be happy.

There's no evidence that the saints in heaven serve the saints on earth.

The Roman Catholic Church is going beyond the Bible when they cultivate the practice of

praying to the saints for help or for intercession.

Jesus is the one mediator between God and man.

First Timothy 2.5, there's one God and one mediator between God and man Christ Jesus.

So what I say to people who ask me about their loved ones in heaven is this, since the Bible

is clear that being there is better than being here and being at God's right hand is

fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore, we can say for sure that God will give the saints

whatever measure of knowledge they need for the greatest experience of happiness in God.

That's why I answer.

If they need to know something here for their fullest experience of joy in God, they'll

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