" This Could Be YOUR LAST Five Minutes Alive ! "

 

It has been estimated that three people around the world will die every second (According to the Population Institute of the U.S.). This means that by the time you finish reading this post, over nine hundred people will have died. For the next five minutes, I want you to imagine what it would be like if these were your last moments alive. After all, someone in your city will likely die in the next few minutes. It could be you. Why not ?

When you die, someone will place a sheet or a blanket over your head. An ambulance may take you to the hospital for an autopsy. The undertaker will be called, and arrangements will be made to place you in a grave. People will come to the funeral and shed tears over your lifeless body. They will look at your cold, blank face and mourn, but you will be gone. They will slowly drive to a cemetery with your body in a casket. At the cemetery, they will carry your casket to a hole in the ground and lower it down. People will leave, recover, and perhaps someday, forget that your body is there.

Your five minutes are almost gone, so I must get to the point. When your time is up and you have died, where are you going ? We have already decided where your body is going, but what about your soul, that part of you that makes you who you are ? Will you be in Heaven or a Devil's Hell ? Oh, yes, you will be in one place or the other. So in these remaining minutes, I will tell you what to do to get to the place of your choice.

IF your choice is a Devil's Hell, do nothing ! You have already done enough ! "For the wages of sin is death;. . ." (Romans 6:23a). "The wicked shall be turned into Hell . . ." (Psalm 9:17)

IF however, you choose to go to Heaven, you must do several things. First, you must believe you are a sinner. "For ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of GOD;" (Romans 3:23).

Secondly, you must believe you deserve to go to Hell. "Wherefore, as by one man (Adam) sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon ALL men, for that ALL have sinned." (Romans 5:12).

The third thing that you must do is to repent (turn to GOD from your sin) of your sins. ". . .As I live, saith the LORD GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. . ." (Ezekiel 33:11).

You must also believe JESUS died to pay for your sins (the Good News of the Gospel). "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you,. . .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 the HE was buried, and that HE rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:" (1st.Corinthians 15:1a,2a,3-4). "But GOD commendeth HIS love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, CHRIST died for us." (Romans 5:8).

Finally, you need to trust JESUS to be your personal LORD and SAVIOR. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved." (Romans 10:13).

Your time is short in this world. The decision is your own personal responsibility. "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:" (Hebrews 9:27). I will tell you what you must do to go to Heaven. You must acknowledge your sins, repent, and admit that you are sinner in need of forgiveness.

Confess to GOD, in prayer, that you know JESUS died for you on the cross, was buried and rose again for you. Ask HIM to help you turn from your unbelief and to come into your heart and save you. Here is a simple prayer that you can pray with all your heart or pray one like it:

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

"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." (Romans 10:9). Everlasting life begins when you receive CHRIST as you personal LORD and SAVIOR. The LORD JESUS said, "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish" (John 10:28).

Did you receive HIM as your personal LORD and SAVIOR ? If you did, and your life ended right now, you would be in the glories of Heaven for the rest of eternity. That is GOD's promise to you !

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie