" Where is YOUR Destination ? "

 

Where were you dispatched on your last trip ? Where are you going now ? Where will you be dispatched on your next trip ? As a trucker, your goal is to arrive safely at your destination. There is no certainty that you will arrive safely, but you will use all of your skills as a truck driver to attain this goal.

However, there is a final destination that you have total control over. At the end of your life, you will be dispatched either to Heaven or to a Devil's Hell. It is your choice to make. Your company dispatcher will have no say-so on this trip, because you are your own dispatcher, and you have the opportunity to choose your own destination.

You could choose to spend eternity in a Devil's Hell, where you would suffer pain, agony, and anguish forever. Wouldn't you rather live in a place of no pain, sorrow, worries, trials, temptations, and failures ? None of these exist in Heaven; instead, Heaven is a place of peace and happiness forever. The Bible says that Heaven has twelve foundations made of precious stones, streets of gold, walls of jasper, gates of pearl, and a refreshing river of life flowing through it. Wouldn't you regret missing a place like this for your final destination ? Sure you would ! JESUS, GOD's SON, does not want you to miss Heaven either. When HE spoke to HIS disciples, HE told them, "In MY FATHER's house are many mansions. . .I go to prepare a place for you." (John 14:2). JESUS will prepare a place for you as well, if you will simply accept the payment HE has already made for you. HE shed HIS blood and willing gave HIS life for you, so your eternal destination will be in Heaven. The GOOD NEWS or Gospel of CHRIST says:

"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).

As a truck driver, you follow a map to arrive at your destination. The Bible also gives a map which you must follow in order to become a Christian and live for all eternity in Heaven. 

ROMANS'  MAP  TO  HEAVEN 

The first stop is that you must realize you are a sinner. The Bible states, "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).

The second stop on the Romans' map is that you must realize that your sin has an eternal cost. Romans 6:23 states, "For the wages of sin is death. . ." This death is eternal separation from GOD in a Devil's Hell.

The third stop is that you must know that you cannot save yourself or pay the cost of your sin. The Bible says, "Therefore by the deeds of the Law there shall no flesh be justified in HIS sight. . . " (Romans 3:20).

Next, you must realize that GOD has provided the way for you to be saved. "But GOD commended HIS love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, CHRIST died for us." (Romans 5:8).

Your fifth stop on the Romans' Map is that you must place your complete faith in JESUS CHRIST alone. The Bible states, "Even the righteousness of GOD which is by faith of JESUS CHRIST unto all and upon all them that believe. . ." (Romans 3:22). "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).

Do you believe that JESUS CHRIST alone can save you ? HE will, if you will simply ask HIM. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved." (Romans 10:13). If you will accept JESUS CHRIST as your own personal SAVIOR, please pray this simple prayer or 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.

Everlasting life begins when we receive CHRIST as our personal LORD and 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 into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." (John 5:24)

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie