Gospel

Do You Know, For Sure, That You Are On Your Way to Heaven?

First you need to understand how much God loves you!  John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  God wants to be reconciled to you and has held nothing back so that you might have a relationship with Him.

The Bible says that to be saved you must realize you are a sinner.  As a child of mankind, we are all sinners (anything that breaks the laws of Holy and Loving God).  Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.  Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.  The measure of our sin is God’s glory and the price for our sin is our life.  Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God’s plan has always been to send a Savior/Redeemer to restore us to him, not through by our death but by a new life given to us through the person and work of that Savior.  Jesus came so that you can have life.  Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Salvation is a work of God’s amazing grace.  This means that He has done all the redemptive work (something we could never do).  You or I cannot work for this free gift - Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

What must you do to receive this gift?  John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:  Romans 10:9-10 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Believe God at His word and receive Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord (you can do this in prayer).  Be assured the God will honor your decision to accept Christ.  1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

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