When you take your last breath
here on earth, are you sure that Heaven will be your Eternal Home?
If you think you are Saved (Born Again), what do you base
your Salvation on?
The following is what the
Bible (God’s Word) says we must choose to do Before
We Die for Heaven to be our Eternal Home.
John
3:3 (NIV) says “Jesus
replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God
unless they are born again.’”
John
3:16 (NIV) says “For
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
To “believe” is more than
intellectual agreement that Jesus is God. It means that we must put
our trust and confidence in Him and that He alone can save us. We
must put Jesus in charge of both our present plans and eternal
destiny. Believing is both trusting His words as true and relying on
Him for the power to change. If you have never trusted Jesus, let
this promise of everlasting life be yours – and believe.
John
3:18 (NIV) says “Whoever
believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands
condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s
one and only Son.”
People often try to protect
themselves from their fears by putting their faith in something they
do or have: good deeds, skill or intelligence, money or possessions.
But only God can save us from the one thing that we really need to
fear – eternal condemnation.
We believe in God by
recognizing the insufficiency of our own efforts to find salvation
and by asking God to do His work in us. When the Bible talks about
unbelievers, it means those who reject or ignore Jesus completely,
not those who have momentary doubts.
John
3:19-21 (NIV) says “This
is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved
darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone
who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for
fear that their deeds will be exposed.
But whoever lives by the
truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what
they have done has been done in the sight of God.
Many people don’t want their
lives exposed to God’s light because they are afraid of what will
be revealed and they don’t want to change. Don’t be surprised
when these same people are threatened by your desire to obey God and
do what is right, because they are afraid that the light in you may
expose some of the darkness in their lives.
Rather than giving in to
discouragement, keep praying that they will come to see how much
better it is to live in light than in darkness.
John
14:6 (NIV) says “Jesus
answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through me.’”
This
is one of the most basic and important passages in Scripture.
Being
part of a certain religion or denomination or joining a specific
church cannot save you! Only Jesus can. Being saved (born again) is
having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Jesus is the only way because
He is both God and man. By uniting our lives with His, we are united
to God. Trust Jesus to take you to the Father, and all the benefits
of being God’s child will be yours.
Romans
10:9-10 (NIV) says “If
you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your
heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it
is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with
your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.”
Have you ever asked “How do
I become a Christian?” These verses give you the beautiful answer
– salvation is as close as your own mouth and heart. People think
that it must be a complicated process, but it is not!
If we believe in our hearts
and say with our mouths that Jesus Christ is the risen Lord, we will
be saved.
IMPORTANT NOTE # 1: As
human beings, even though we are saved, we may at times, commit a
sin. When you commit a sin, confess it, repent and ask God to
forgive you.
1
John 1:9 (NIV) says “If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our
sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
We
don’t need to confess the sins of our past all over again. But, we
should confess any new sin so that we can enjoy maximum fellowship
and joy with our Heavenly Father.
True
confession also involves a commitment not to continue in sin. We
wouldn’t be genuinely confessing our sins to God if we planned to
commit them again and just wanted temporary forgiveness. We should
also pray for strength to defeat temptation the next time we face it.
IMPORTANT NOTE # 2: Hell
Is Filled With People Who Made The Wrong Choice!
If you are not saved, don’t
procrastinate – choose Jesus today – tomorrow isn’t promised to
any of us and it might be too late for you to make the right choice!
Right
now, and from your heart (mean
it), pray the following
prayer:
“Father,
I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me
from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past
sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning
again. I believe that your Son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was
resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite
Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart
from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey
You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I
pray, Amen.”
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