So this tugs at my heart and my desire is that everyone reading this will read this poem, watch this video, consider the scriptures, and sincerely accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Friends,
Do you know if you are going to Heaven?
Are you not really sure?
What is eternity anyways?
Don’t wait until it’s too late.
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through Him.
God did not create hell for humans. We choose hell if we don’t choose life with Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Choosing Jesus is the only way to get to Heaven. Water Baptism, being good, being a decent human, helping the poor – none of that will get you into Heaven. *Gasp* I said it. And it’s true. I needed to rip that bandaid off for you.
Hell was never prepared for us. However, we (humanity) sold our legal rights to Satan. And Satan became our god. And as our god, he is our father. And we live where our father lives.
We were meant to live with God. We were supposed to have this totally awesome, flourishing, prosperous life where we could never want for anything because every need would have been met. We were originally in God’s house. However, we messed up. And we lost our legal rights to be there. And God had to find a way to bring us back because he didn’t remove us. We ran away like rebellious teens, and threw away our legal rights to be with Him.
So He gave us Jesus. Through Jesus we have been restored into His house and removed from Satan’s house.
-BUT-
ONLY if we reach our hands up and say, “Father forgive me, Jesus is my Lord and Savior”.
We have to grab back onto our legal right. If we do not, we are choosing to remain in the god of this world’s house (hell), and willingly not take the legal rights to enter back into God’s home. Just like those same rebellious teens all over again.
We are not called to be perfect. We are called to be real, repent and do the best we can. And we sort of stink at it. Which is why God gave us the gift of repentance.
Yes – that is a gift. Not a chore. And we are not required to repent in front of a priest. It is just between us and God. Which makes it way less scary. Besides – a priest can not forgive your sins anyways. Neither can your pastor, Sunday school teacher or your friends. Repentance is done with you and God, unless you need to ask someone personally to forgive you. Repentance is a gift that gives us a way to walk without guilt and have right standing with our Heavenly Father again.
Friends,
Let me tell you. This is how you get to Heaven. It’s super simple. God did not make the way difficult.
You do not have to become perfect. You do not have to give up who you are to be welcomed. You just have to ask Jesus into your heart. Make Him your Lord and Savior instead of allowing Satan to be your god and ruler.
That is is. And that is all it ever has been.
Say this to yourself (whisper it if you are around people and want this to be private) just get it out of your head and onto your lips. And not only will every thing you have ever done be forgiven, but you will be written into God’s book and be back into His kingdom.
“Jesus, I make you my Lord and Savior.”
You can get more elaborate if you wish and pray more. Ask for forgiveness, thank God for this gift. What ever is on your heart. This is your personal time.
But it does not have to be a huge production, so don’t feel like you have to wait until later to say it. Scroll back up to that sentence and say it right now. You can always go back and talk to God more. It’s actually highly encouraged that you go back and talk to God all the time.
All you have to do right this second is make Jesus your Lord, and confess it with your mouth.
9 “If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” -Romans 10:9 (NLT)-
Video:
This video is so good. The 23 minutes will fly. If you are a skeptic I ask that you write the scriptures down as he says them, then, go and read them for yourself and see that his Testimony lines up scripturally. We are to test everything we hear according to the Word of God. So your skepticism is a positive trait that needs to be used to test and evaluate that what you hear always lines up with the Word of God.
Test for yourself the scriptures lining up with what he is saying.
I think you will really enjoy this video.
For more info on his ministry: https://soulchoiceministries.org
Scripture references:
John 3:36 ESV
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life,
Romans 10:13 ESV
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
John 3:16 ESV
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 1:12 ESV
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
Acts 2:21 ESV
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
Acts 4:12 ESV
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
John 14:6 ESV
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Colossians 1:13 ESV
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
1 John 3:10 ESV
By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
Some bonus info:
Truths about Satan:
He has confused the unsaved and blinded them from the truth.
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Matthew 13:19 ESV
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart.
He is judged, and any of his children follow him to his same judgement
John 16:11 ESV
… the ruler of this world is judged.
Satan is the father of those who have not made Jesus their Lord. If you don’t accept the truth, it is simple to see why that is an issue.
John 8:44 ESV
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Earth belongs to Satan. It is his dominion.
1 John 5:19 ESV
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.