I believe that a person in order to make an educated choice must first be educated.
I recently heard an analogy that goes like this "Suppose that your father died and left a will to the living family, but you did not have time to read it so you did not bother. Then shortly you saw your mom driving a Jaguar, and you brother buying a mansion, and so on, but you're living in a cardboard box on the side of the highway, because you did not bother to read the will..." You see this is what Satan wants, he wants us to not read our will (the bible) because if we did we would be heirs to all of the glories in heaven, so he tells us lies like "The bible is boring", or "Jesus isn't important"; he does this to keep us from going to heaven.
There was a man a few centuries ago who saw in a vision what hell was and he said that after seeing that he would not wish it on his worst enemy.
Do you know how simple it is to receive eternal life?
Do you realize that eternal life means going to heaven and that the bible clearly shows how to get into heaven and it clearly shows that it is not by works alone but by the grace of God... what this means is:
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE IS TO ACCEPT JESUS AS THE SON OF GOD AND YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR
It does not mean read the bible everyday.. many
religions teach that to get into heaven you must say chants, mantras, or
vain repetitions, such as "OM" or "50 Hail Mary's". Nowhere in the book
does it say that you must do anything but believe in Jesus Christ as
your Lord to get into heaven. In fact the bible says it is not by works
that you get into heaven! This means you can be a wonderful person,
always helping the poor, or working at a soup kitchen, or kind, or
loving, but if you do not accept Jesus as Lord, it will not get you into
the gates of heaven. All of the other things you do in the gospel (like
reading the bible, going to church, helping others) give you rewards
once you are in heaven, but it is not needed to get there.
I also recently heard this analogy about eternity: imagine picking up
the grains of sand off every beach in the world one by one; those
millions of grains of sand each grain representing a year. That would
not even be an eternity. Now where would you rather be living? In a
literal lake of fire or in a paradise that has golden streets and rivers
that you can swim in with out worrying about holding your breath. You
can breathe under water.. and every person has a mansion all to
themselves...
Eternity is too long to be wrong.
There are a few more intriguing things like: who gets to
go to heaven first, what will happen when Satan sends us the antichrist.
The end of the world is coming quick. Almost all of the end time
prophesies are being fulfilled or have been fulfilled about the Second
Coming of Christ..
I saw a bumper sticker recently...
Most people who are waiting for the 11th hour to accept Jesus as Lord.. Die at 10:30
Wouldn't you like to be a whole new person? Wouldn't you like to know that you are going to Heaven? It's easier than you think. Just follow the simple steps in the scriptures below and you will begin your new life today!
Realize that you are a sinner: "for all have sinned and fallen short of
the glory of God." (Rom. 3:23)
Know that the wages of sin is death: "for the wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom. 6:23)
Know that Jesus died on the cross for you: "for God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God did not send His
Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him
might be saved." (John 3:16-17)
You must repent of your sins: "Repent therefore and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from
the presence of the Lord." (Acts 3:19)
You need to receive Him as your Lord: "But as many as received Him, to
them he gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe
in His name." (John 1:12-13)
You need to ask Jesus to come in: "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." (Rom. 10:9-10)
If you want that new life today, right now.... please pray this prayer
with me:
Dear God,
I know my life is all messed up and I feel like I'm not good enough to
come to you, but you said in the Bible that I don't have to be good
enough, because Jesus was..... and He paid the price for my sin. All I
know is that I need my life changed, so I'm telling You now that I'm
sorry for being a sinner, and I ask you to clean me up and make me
whole. Save me, dear Lord! Wash me clean! I ask you to come into my life
and make me a new person. I want to be born-again....
Thank you, Lord, for doing it...
In Jesus name,
Amen
If you prayed this prayer, even if you prayed different words from your
heart and meant it... then you are saved.. right now!! Welcome to the
kingdom of God!
If you prayed today, or if you have any questions about the scriptures I
quoted, please write to
me and let me know.
