As the church of Jesus, we get a special experience of the “heavenly walk,” when and as we celebrate The Lord’s Supper services together on those sweet Sundays (when we do this).  This privilege sets the stage for us, to live in and “walk in” heaven throughout the rest of our Christian churched lives.

In the old King James Version, Philippians 3:20 reads this way: “Our conversation is in heaven.”  The Greek word for “conversation” can mean “citizenship,” or even “commonwealth.”  The point is, that for the regenerate saints of the true church, our “conversation,” our life, our “citizenship,” is indeed, “in heaven”–even as we still dwell here on Earth, as the church militant.

 . . . In fact, our most real “conversations” or lifestyles, or actions are in heaven, (even now).  They are the most authentic ones/the most satisfying ones/and the most enduring ones.

 So, the obvious questions that must be answered, are, “What does this mean?”  And, “How is this achieved?” . . . For the Christian saint to “live in heaven,” is to have his or her mind there, united to Christ and His grace.  And the means by which this is accomplished is through faith in Jesus, as the Holy Spirit fills our hearts, souls, and minds with God’s love and His thoughts.

 Somebody might be inclined to say, “Well, this is obviously only something reserved for ‘super-saints.’ ‘Ordinary’ Christians could never experience anything like this.”  But, in fact, this is actually not true at all.  Once a person is indwelt by the Holy Spirit, through regeneration (the new birth), the potential for this heavenly life immediately accrues (to that newborn child of gospel grace).

In reality, the next time any of us who love Jesus, have a truly spiritual, Christ-centered and -glorifying conversation with anyone (particularly, a fellow Christ-adoring saint), we are having our “conversation” “in heaven.”

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