" One Heartbeat Away . . . . From Heaven or Hell "

 

     You may be admired for your talents, abilities, or even for your generosity shown through acts of charity. However, GOD looks in the heart and sees all the things that you do, say, and even think. GOD says, "As it is written, There is NONE righteous, no, not one:" (Romans 3:10). "For ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of GOD;" (Romans 3:23). In this condition, everyone is condemned and remains one heartbeat from Heaven or Hell.

     If you are honest with yourself, you realize that one day you will die. "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). Therefore, right now, you are one heartbeat from Heaven or Hell.

     At your job, you might be paid hourly, weekly, or by salary for the work that you do. GOD says that unless you accept the payment that JESUS CHRIST made when HE died on Calvary, you will be paid wages for your sins. "For the wages of sin is death . . ." (Romans 6:23a). However, JESUS has paid for your sins, if you will accept HIS gift of eternal life. ". . . but the gift of GOD is eternal life through JESUS CHRIST our LORD" (Romans 6:23b). While you decide which payment you will choose, you are only one heartbeat from Heaven or Hell.

     GOD loves you so much that HE gave HIS only begotten SON's life in order for you to be saved. "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). It is HIS desire that no one would perish and spend eternity in a Devil's Hell. "But GOD commendeth HIS love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, CHRIST died for us." (Romans 5:8).

     Do you believe that JESUS is GOD's SON ? Do you believe that HE loved you so much that HE died for you ? Do you believe that GOD raised HIM from the dead, and that JESUS CHRIST is now in Heaven ? If you do, GOD promises that you can be saved right now, this minute. "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). Take GOD at HIS WORD, and trust HIM to save you right now. After all, you are one heartbeat away from Heaven or Hell.

     GOD said that you must accept JESUS CHRIST with a childlike faith and trust. "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation." (Romans 10:10). You must call on GOD and ask HIM to save you. If you trust HIM to keep HIS WORD, HE has promised that HE will save you. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved." (Romans 10:13).

     If you will accept JESUS CHRIST as your LORD and SAVIOR, 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.

     If you have accepted CHRIST as your personal LORD and SAVIOR, you are now one heartbeat from spending eternity in Heaven; however, if you have rejected HIM, you are still one heartbeat from and eternity in a Devil's Hell. "He that believeth on the SON hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the SON shall not see life; but the wrath of GOD abideth on him" (John 3:36).

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie