It was said during the Roman Empire "All roads lead to Rome." Some say that about Heaven today. "ALL Religious roads lead to Heaven." Is that really true or is there just "ONE WAY" to Heaven ?
WHY CAN'T WE GO TO HEAVEN ?
Because we are ALL sinners !
"For ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of GOD;" Romans 3:23
"As it is written, There is NONE righteous, no, not one:" Romans 3:10
We must then conclude that in our natural state, GOD views us as lost sinners that are headed to some place of rewards.
WHERE WILL WE GO ?
"For the wages of sin is death (in a Devil's Hell); but the gift of GOD is eternal life through JESUS CHRIST our LORD." Romans 6:23
Since the Bible terms the Second Death, the "Lake of Fire," death in this verse means when we sin now, we pay later, first in a Devil's Hell then in the Lake of Fire. "And Death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death." Revelation 20:14.
HOW CAN WE GO TO HEAVEN
WHEN WE PHYSICALLY DIE ?
"But GOD commended HIS love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, CHRIST died for us." Romans 5:8
"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved,. . . For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that CHRIST died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that HE was buried, and that HE rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:" 1st.Corinthians 15:1-2a,3-4.
Realize your state before GOD as a sinner, condemned to pay your debt to HIM by going to a Devil's Hell. See that GOD, WHO loves you in spite of your sins (while we were yet sinners), sent JESUS CHRIST to take the punishment for your sin on HIMSELF. After you acknowledge these things in your heart, please read on.
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the LORD JESUS, and shalt believe in thine heart that GOD has raised HIM from the dead (JESUS is not dead, but alive by the power of HIS resurrection, showing that HE was and is GOD), thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. . .For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved." Romans 10:9-10,13.
GOD calls accepting CHRIST being saved. It is trusting what HE said in HIS WORD and then doing something about it.
WHAT EXACTLY DO I DO NOW ?
Realize you are lost. Realize CHRIST died & rose again to pay your sin debt in full. Ask HIM to forgive you and save you. Will you please pray this simple prayer or one like it with all your heart:
LORD, I know that I am a sinner, and I believe YOU died and rose again for me. I am trusting YOU to forgive me, come into my heart and save me. Help me to live for YOU always. In JESUS' name I pray, AMEN.
Everlasting life begins when we receive CHRIST as our personal SAVIOR. The LORD JESUS said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears MY WORD, and believes on HIM that sent ME, has everlasting life, and shall not come unto condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." John 5:24
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie
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