Doesn’t Everyone Want To Go To Heaven?

(How To Be 100% Sure You Are Going To Heaven When You Die)

Nancy Krall

Copyright 2012 by Nancy Krall

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Cover Illustrator Jennifer Fitzgerald

Are you 100% sure that you will spend eternity with God in Heaven?

You Can Know.

Where and what is heaven? The Webster’s Dictionary says: The sky or universe as seen from the earth; the abode of God, the angels, and the souls of those granted salvation.

What does the Bible and the creator of Heaven say about heaven?

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. (Genesis 1:8) Jesus, after his death and resurrection, appeared to his disciples and close followers for 40 days before He ascended into heaven. To whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God (Acts 1:3) So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God (Mark 16:19) Shortly before Jesus was put to death, he told his disciples about heaven. “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also”. (John 14:1-3)

Where do you find the true path that leads to eternal life with God in heaven? Is the answer found in Eastern Cults? Christian Science? Mormonism? Church of Christ? Buddhism? Judaism? New Age? Hinduism? Roman Catholicism? Baptists? Humanism? Lutherans? Or any other isms?

The answer is: NO RELIGION LEADS TO GOD – Only a personal RELATIONSHIP with Jesus Christ offers the salvation that leads to eternal life with God in heaven. The Bible warns us about trying to go to heaven through some other way. Proverbs 14:12 says, There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew 7:13-14)

What does the Bible say is the right path to heaven? When Jesus walked on the earth, Thomas (one of his disciple) asked Jesus, How can we know the way? Jesus did not tell them the way, nor did he show them the way. Jesus did not even guide them along the way. Jesus told them that HE IS THE WAY! Jesus said to Thomas in the book of John, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6) Jesus is telling us that HE IS THE WAY and the only path to salvation.

What does the Bible say about eternal life? The Bible was written so that you can know that you have eternal life. “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” (I John 5:13) In the Bible (God’s written Word) Acts 16:31 tells us to “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”

What does it mean to believe in this Lord Jesus Christ? To believe means to trust or have confidence in something or someone. To believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, is to trust that He is who the Bible says He is and put all your confidence in Him. But, who, does the Bible say Jesus is?

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:13)

But wait! James 2:19 says, “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe and tremble.” So, if this belief in the Lord Jesus Christ, revealed in Acts 16:31, is how we get to heaven, then what is the difference between us believing and the demons believing (we know the demons will not be in heaven).

First, you must believe that God loves you and wants you to have peace in your heart and have eternal life “in heaven.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ever lasting life. (John 3:16)

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

God says in His Word, “I have loved thee with an everlasting love.” (Jeremiah 31:3)

Second, you must know that you are a sinner, that you have done things which have displeased God, and that your sin separates you from God. These are personal sins that each person individually commits. Every sinner personally must confess their sin before God in order to receive forgiveness for their sins. We are all like sheep and have gone astray and turned every one to his own way, according to Isaiah 53:6. Because of Adam’s sin, and because we inherited Adam’s sinful nature, we are all sinners in God’s eyes. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. (Romans 5:12) If you die in your sins and have not asked God to forgive your sin, God cannot save you. We must confess our sins and ask God to forgive us.

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)“For the wages of sin is death….” (Romans 6:23a). This death is eternal separation from God in a place called Hell. The Bible says Hell is a place of eternal (forever) torment and fire, “ Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:48). “But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23b). This is eternal life in Heaven with God.

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (John 3:18)

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (I John 1:9)

We cannot cleanse our own heart; only God can do that. We may think that we have lived a good life and hope that is good enough to get us to heaven, but these thoughts are very deceiving and will send us to hell. We cannot work or earn our way to heaven. Paul tells us in Ephesians 2:8-9, For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. We must trust God and confess our sins to him. God promises to make us totally clean!

That if thou shalt confess (admit or acknowledge) with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:9-10)

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13)

And it shall come to pass, that Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Acts 2:21)

Third, you must believe that Jesus came to this earth, was really God in the flesh, lived a perfect life, and yet died on a cruel cross for your sins, paying once and for all, your penalty of sin. Jesus bore our sins on the cross. The Bible says that God took your sins and the sins of the whole world and placed them all on Jesus when he died on the cross. On an old rugged cross, Jesus shed his blood and covered our sin. Your sins had to be paid for with Jesus’ blood. Our sins can only be reconciled through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye are healed. (I Peter 2:24)

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

It is not enough to just know these three things: Jesus came to earth as God in the flesh, lived a perfect life, and shed his blood on the cross for your penalty of sin. With our mind, we can believe these things happened as the demons in James 2:19 do and tremble. The difference between us and the demons is that we must take the Fourth step and believe with our HEART that Jesus came to earth as God in the flesh, lived a sinless life, died on the cross for our sins and arose from the grave in three days, defeating death. Romans 10:10 says, For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. You must personally ask Jesus (talk to him directly) to come into your life and forgive you of your sins.

God wants to save you more than you could ever want to be saved. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9) There is NO RELIGION involved here. Salvation is not something that we have to DO; it is something that is DONE, completed in Christ Jesus. Jesus Christ paid for your salvation and all you need to do is receive Jesus and ask Him to take control of your life. Jesus not only purchased this place for you in heaven, when He said on the cross, “It is finished” (John 19:30), but He arose from the tomb so that He could offer you eternal life in heaven with Him.

Jesus says in Revelation 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and I will sup with him, and he with me.”

The Bible tells us that one day we will all stand before God. If you were standing before God and He were to say to you, “Why should I allow you to live with Me in Heaven forever?” How would you answer God?

You can pray this prayer now and if you really mean it with all of your heart, Jesus will come in just like He said, He cannot lie!

Dear Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner. I repent and turn away from my sins and will follow You. I am really sorry for my sins, Lord. I ask You now, Lord Jesus, to take control of my life, and make me the kind of person You want me to be. I now receive Your gift of eternal life. Jesus, be the Lord and Savior of my life. Thank you for saving me. In Your name I pray, Amen.

If you prayed the prayer above, and really meant it, you can know for certain that you are saved and will go to heaven when you die.

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began… (Titus 1:2)

God’s Word tells us that if you repent of your sins, you will not perish and you will have eternal life if you place your faith and trust in Him. God is bound by His Holy Word to receive into His family, the person, who, by faith, comes to Him.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. (John 1:12)

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. John 5:24)

If you prayed the prayer above, and really meant it, seek out a fundamental Bible believing church and attend the classes and services regularly and be baptized (symbolizes the decision you have made for Christ). As a new believer and child of God, start reading and memorize the Bible, God’s Holy Word, so you can grow in your faith and become more Christ-like. Pray (talk) to God daily. Tell your family and others about your decision. Help other believers make disciples all over this world by evangelizing, baptizing, and educating. Jesus tells us in Matthew 28:19-20 that we are to “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” Finally, look forward to the glorious day that our Saviour will call His Church out of the world and be ushered into heaven, For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ (believers who have already died) shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

My prayer is that you will receive Jesus Christ as your Savior, as I did thirty-eight years ago. I attended a revival meeting at my church, where in October, 1973, the evangelist, Mike Gilchrist, asked the question, “If you died tonight, do you know where you would spend eternity?” I was baptized as a child, but I knew that my life was missing something and I was not sure about my eternity. I took care of my uncertainty that night and went forward to talk with a counselor, where I found out, first, that God loves me, even as a sinner, and wants me to have peace in my heart. Second, I confessed to God that I was a sinner and asked God to forgive me and take control of my life. I believed in my heart that God came to earth as God in the flesh, lived a sinless life, and was my sacrifice for the sins I had committed. Not only did I believe with my heart that Jesus died for my sins and that He also arose after three days in the grave, but I also asked Him to be Lord and Savior of my life. My life has never been the same. He changed me and my life from the moment I asked Him to save me. I now have no doubts where I will go when my life on this earth ends. God is near at all times and is my constant friend. He picks me up when I fall and loves me unconditionally. I have peace in my heart that I cannot explain or understand even when trouble comes into my life. My prayer is that you will make Jesus your Lord and Savior and let Him change your life. Your life will never be the same!

I want to share with you one of my favorite songs that tells the reason why Jesus came to earth and is about the greatest love story ever written. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ever lasting life. Jesus came into this world as a baby, was born in a stable, and lived on earth for 33 years. Because of God’s unconditional love for us, even in our sin, He gave us His Son as a sacrifice for our sins. Jesus (who lived a sinless life) took our place by dying on the cross, was buried, arose after three days, and abides in heaven, waiting for the day when He will return to earth to call and receive His children into heaven. What a GLORIOUS DAY that will be!!

GLORIOUS DAY

One day when Heaven was filled with His praises

One day when sin was as black as could be

Jesus came forth to be born of a Virgin

Dwelt among men, my example is He

Word became flesh and the light shined among us His glory revealed

Living He loved me, dying He saved me

And buried He carried my sins far away

Rising He justified freely forever

One day He's coming, oh, glorious day, oh, glorious day

One day they led Him up Calvary's mountain

One day they nailed Him to die on a tree

Suffering anguish, despised and rejected

Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He

Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree

And took the nails for me

'Cause living He loved me, dying He saved me

And buried He carried my sins far away

Rising He justified freely forever

One day He's coming, oh, glorious day, oh, glorious day

One day the grave could conceal Him no longer

One day the stone rolled away from the door

Then He arose, over death He had conquered

Now He's ascended, my Lord evermore

Death could not hold Him

The grave could not keep Him from rising again

Living He loved me, dying He saved me

And buried He carried my sins far away

Rising He justified freely forever

One day He's coming, oh, glorious day, oh, glorious day

Glorious day

One day the trumpet will sound for His coming

One day the skies with His glories will shine

Wonderful day, my beloved one bringing My Savior Jesus is mine

Living He loved me, dying He saved me

And buried He carried my sins far away

Rising He justified freely forever

One day He's coming, oh, glorious day, oh, glorious day

Glorious day, oh, glorious day

The lyrics of this song was originally written by John Wilbur Chapman (1908) and was called “One Day.” The melody of this song has been reworked by Jeff Johnson, Michael Bleecker, and Mark Hall but the words remain unchanged from the original songwriter.

You can hear this song on YouTube. “O Glorious Day” by Casting Crowns.

God Bless,

Nancy

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