True Salvation!
If you died today, where would you go?
If the Lord had said that your time has come and it is now time for you to go, would it be Heaven or Hell? There are many answers which people give to this question, they might say, “I hope Heaven,” they might say, “I don’t know,” or they’ll confidently say, “I know I would go to Heaven.”
Sadly, all too often we’ll we hear the first two answers. Not knowing, or hoping, removes the assurance of the precious blood of Jesus. The Bible is clear on, “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.” 1 John 5:13
Salvation isn’t something that we hope for or something that we work towards, but it is a free gift of Jesus Christ.
I encourage you do not rob yourself of peace from the assurance of Jesus by saying that you do not know if you would go to Heaven. if you are truly a child of God you can know because Jesus has promised it.
Now, this knowing does not come from being good enough for God, it does not come from knowing more about God, it does not even come because your family is Christian or because you were born a Christian. The Bible says that we are born in sin, and that all have fallen short of the glory of God. Meaning that we alone cannot be good enough for God. We are all guilty in our trespasses and sins against God and we know it each and every day through the guilt that we bear. If you think that you were born a Christian or have always been a Christian, this is not what the Bible says. Salvation from Jesus is a gift. The Bible says not by works lest any man should boast, but by the grace of God. Being a gift it must be received by the person. We are not born having the gift of salvation. Romans 10:9 says, “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.”
My question to you is have you ever received this gift?
Has there been a moment in time where you directly called out to the Lord and received his salvation? Again, you can know all about God, you can grow up going to church, and you can live your life, giving everything you have to the poor and being a good person, but none of these things will get you to Heaven. Only the blood of Jesus can save us, that being the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, enduring Hell so that we don’t have to. The Bible is clear that you must call out to Jesus and believe in your heart that He is the Son of God and that God truly has raised Him from the dead because if you have not, if you cannot recall a moment where you’ve done this, then there is no other way to get into Heaven.
Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life, no one can come to the Father, but by Him. So don’t lose Heaven on a maybe, don’t hope that you can get to Heaven, or don’t know that you can get to Heaven, or try to get to Heaven on your own, but call out to Jesus and believe on Him!!!
This one-time thing can never be taken from you!
