" FINAL ORDERS "

 

During my 26 years of military service, I often awaited my next orders. As a military professional, I was aware that orders from a higher headquarters could come at any time.

     The Bible teaches that life is no different ! As a matter of fact, it states that your final orders are coming from Heaven. Eventually, GOD will stop your breathing and you will die. "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:" (Hebrews 9:27).

     If you have not accepted the LORD JESUS as your personal SAVIOR, your final orders will send you to a Devil's Hell for all eternity. The LORD states in Revelation 20:15, "And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire."

     The good news is ". . .GOD has not appointed us to wrath (punishment in a Devil's Hell) by our LORD JESUS CHRIST." (1st.Thessalonians 5:9).

     Knowing exactly where your next assignment will take you is a dream come true ! Your final assignment in life will be determined by the decision you make after reading this post.

     If you choose Hell as your final assignment, do nothing ! You have already done enough ! "The wicked shall be turned into Hell. . ." (Psalm 9:17).

     If you desire Heaven to be your final assignment, there are several steps you must follow.

     First, you must understand that you are a sinner. The Bible states, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of GOD;" (Romans 3:23). ALL people are sinners and do not deserve to go to Heaven.

     Secondly, you must realize that your sin has deadly consequences. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death. . ."  Here, death refers to an eternal separation from GOD in a Devil's Hell.

     Thirdly, you need to recognize that your sin debt has been paid. The Bible states, "But GOD commended HIS love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, CHRIST died for us." (Romans 5:8) JESUS CHRIST, the SON of GOD, took your punishment and died for you !  The Good News of the Gospel of CHRIST is this, "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).

     Fourthly, you must repent of your sins. ". . .GOD. . .now commands all men every where to repent:" (Acts 17:30). Repentance is a change of heart which causes you to turn to GOD and away from your sin.

     Finally, you must take action to insure higher headquarters knows your intentions. "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, 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). These passages list two parts of salvation. Your are required to both ask JESUS to save you and also to believe GOD's WORD. If you ask for salvation, yet you do not believe with your heart, you are still on your way to a Devil's Hell.

     When you agreed to serve your country, you believed the promises made to you by the recruiter and you acted upon those promises. To become a Christian, you must believe GOD's promises and act upon them by asking HIM to save you. GOD cannot lie ! Here is HIS promise to you: "He that believes on the SON has everlasting life: and he that believes not the SON shall not see life; but the wrath of GOD abides on him." (John 3:36)

     If you will accept JESUS CHRIST as your own personal 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.

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