Are heaven and hell real places? And what are they like? Today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

Rick brings his series Eternal Realities, Heaven and Hell to a close. With a final look

at what the Bible says about heaven and hell, and how you can be absolutely certain you'll

go to heaven. In a moment, we're going to tell you about a very special Bible study

resource that will help you reflect on Scripture and experience the transforming power of God's

Word. Go to PastorRick.com to find out more or text the word daily to 800-600-5,000-4.

That's the word daily to 800-600-5,000-4. Right now, here's Pastor Rick with the final

part of a message called, How to Be Certain You're Going to Heaven.

Did you know that God gave us a picture to symbolize both redemption and justification,

redeem and justify? It's called baptism. I don't know if you've ever seen a baptism

like they did it in the Bible times where they put people under the water. It's the

way we do it here, dunk people under water because that's the way Jesus did it. And when

we baptize a person under the water, it's a picture of two things. First, it's a celebration

of Easter. Jesus Christ died, was buried in the ground three days, and then later he arose

on Easter Sundays. Every baptism was a celebration of Easter. So it's a symbol. Now the water's

not about the water, it's not holy, it's just water. So we take a person, we put them

in the ground, symbolize Jesus, was buried in the ground, we leave them there three days,

see if you're listening. And then we bring them back up. It's a symbol of, that's what

Jesus did to make me just as if I'd never sinned and to redeem me. The second thing it's

a picture of is what happens in you when you put your trust in Christ. The Bible says,

The Old is passed away. I'm dying to my old way of life, completely it's dead, it's

over, it's been washed away, forgiven, I'm being raised, and it's just as if I'd never

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