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Think carefully
on this soul-searching question: If you
should die right now, do you know for sure that you would go to
Heaven?
If your answer
is anything other than, "Yes I'm absolutely certain that my sins
are forgiven and that Heaven will be my home," then this
important message is just for you.
The Bible
teaches that you need to know and believe four things to settle
this matter of your eternal destination:
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You must accept that you are a sinner.
"For all have sinned, and come short of
the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). No one is exempt
from this indictment. Everyone has sinned.
Romans 5:12
says,
"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned." No one is perfect and no one can live up
to God's perfect standard. We are sinners by nature.
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You must accept that as a sinner you owe
a penalty. "For the wages of
sin is death" (Romans 6:23a). Because of our sin
we owe a debt. This debt is a spiritual death or separation
from God in the lake of fire known as Hell. Hell is not a
figment of someone's imagination or only a figurative term.
Hell is very real. It is a literal burning place. It's not a
place where you go because your friends will be there and
you want to have a good time. It is a dark, lonely,
seething, burning place, and it never ends. It continues to
burn for all time. The worst part is, there is nothing you
or I can do on our own to avoid it. Outside of Jesus, it is
our final destination. If you are depending on your church
membership to get you to Heaven, beware; it's not enough. If
you pray a lot hoping to get to Heaven, don't depend on
that; it's not enough either. Even if you give a lot
of money to a church, it's not enough to gain Heaven. Many
people think if they are good enough, they will be able to
slip in through the gate when no one is looking or find a
hole in the gate somewhere. Please, my friend, don't depend
on something so shaky. It can't happen that way. There is
only one way to get to Heaven. How?
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You must accept that Jesus Christ has
already paid our sin debt."But
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). Christ was
not a sinner, and the Bible teaches that God took all of our
sin and placed it on Christ. While Christ was bearing all our
sins in His own body, God punished Him in our place to pay the
debt we owe. This is not something God promised to do. It is
something He has already done. "For God
so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life" (John 3:16).
It is a fact:
Jesus Christ has already paid your sin debt.
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You must accept by faith what Jesus
Christ did for you. "He that
believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God
abideth on him" (John 3:36). In this
verse, the world is divided into two groups: those who are
believing and those who are not believing on the Son. Those
who believe have everlasting life, and those who don't
believe shall not see life.
The word
"believe" means to trust, to depend on, to rely on. To believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ means that you accept the fact that you
are a sinner, that as a sinner you owe the sin penalty, and that
Jesus Christ died on the cross, was buried, and arose again on
the third day to pay the debt you owe. But it means going one
step further: it means that you will completely trust Christ to
get you to Heaven, that you will place the matter of your
salvation in His hands and depend on Him alone for everlasting
life.
The moment you
do this, God promises you are not condemned but have everlasting
life and that you will never perish in Hell.
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is
passed from death unto life" (John 5:24).
Now, if you
will trust Jesus Christ as your Saviour, pray this simple prayer
from your heart:
Dear Lord
Jesus, I know I am a sinner, and I deserve to pay my own sin
debt, but I do believe that You died for me to pay the debt
that I owe. Today, the best I know how, I trust You as my
Saviour. I will depend on You from this moment on for my
salvation. Amen.
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