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How To Get To Heaven
TRAVELING TO
HEAVEN
The Lord shall . . . preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. (2 Timothy
4:18)
Preparing for Heaven is much like going
on a journey. First, you must decide you want to go there. Next, you must
purchase your ticket.
But wait! How will you purchase it? Can
you buy it by being a good person? Or going to church or acting religious? Or
giving money or volunteering your time to help others? The Bible says none of
these will suffice, because the ticket to Heaven is expensive – far too
expensive for any human being to afford.
Does that mean we can never go there? No
– and the reason is because Someone else has already purchased the ticket for
us. That person was Jesus Christ, and the price He paid was His own blood, shed
on the Cross for us.
Now He offers us the ticket to Heaven
free and fully paid! Why refuse it? Why try some other way? Jesus’ invitation
is still open: “Come! Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let
him take the free gift of the water of life” (see Revelation
22:17). --
From HOPE for Each Day by Billy Graham, November 27th
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Do
you know that if you died today you would go to Heaven? If you could know for
sure
would you do what the Bible says?
First the bad news.
Because of sin, we are born separated from God. Without intervention,
we are ineligible for Heaven. This applies to the entire human race. You
are not alone.
Romans 3:23 says, “For all
have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
Romans 3:10 says, “As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
Romans 6:23a “For the wages of sin is death,”
(This means both physical and spiritual death.)
Revelation 21:8 “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and
murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:”
There is no amount of good works we can do to save ourselves
from being eternally separated from God.
Ephesians 2:8-9 say, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should
boast.”
To be separated from God forever, simply do nothing. To ignore
or reject God’s son is the only sin that can keep a person out of Heaven and the
only alternative to Heaven is eternal torment in the Lake of Fire (see
Revelation 20:15, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9).
John 3:18 “He that believeth on him is
not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath
not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
But there is good news!
There is a simple and free way to be reconciled with God made
possible by God’s only son Jesus. A blood sacrifice was needed to pay for your
sins and Jesus was sent to become that sacrifice. He was nailed to a Roman
cross to shed His blood in payment for your sin. Then three days after His
death, He rose from the dead, validating once and for all His qualification to
be our only Savior.
Placing your complete trust in Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection
is God’s one and only means of reaching Heaven.
Jesus said (John 14:6), “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.”
John 3:16 & 17 are clear. “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.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the
world through him might be saved.”
The Bible clearly tells us how to be saved:
Romans 10:9-10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with
the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
This is a free gift from God because He loves you.
Romans 6:23b “but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 10:13 “Whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Are you ready to believe right now? If so, simply tell God
what he asked you to confess. You might use a prayer similar to this one:
“God, I admit to you that I am a sinner, and I know I cannot do anything
to earn my way to Heaven. I truly believe that Your Son Jesus Christ died on
the cross, was buried and rose from the grave. I put my faith in Jesus’
sacrifice to pay for my sin in full.”
What did you decide?
If you really mean that prayer
and have sincerely asked Jesus Christ to forgive your sins and to be your
Savior, find a good Bible preaching church to attend, read the Bible every day, pray every day, and live for Christ every day. God will bless you and
help you. Also, please let us know too so that we may rejoice with you. (Click
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