"Would you like to be absolutely certain that if you were to die right now, that you would go to heaven?"
We ask this question all the time in OAFC. We do a door-to-door interview called canvassing. Towards the end, we ask where they believe they will go when they die. Most people answer heaven. Then we ask why. We get several different answers.
The right answer is Jesus. God sent his son, Jesus, to die on the cross to pay for all of our sins. We use the Good News method to express this. It's a paraphrase of John 3:16. You just put your names in the blanks and it turns it into a person promise to you from God.
If someone is uncertain about how they will get to Heaven, we use the Assurance of Heaven method.
Would you like to be ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that if you were to die right now, that you would go to Heaven?
We can KNOW we have eternal life! This is possible because of what Jesus Christ did for us. Jesus said in the Gospel of Mark (1:15) "repent and believe the Gospel." "REPENT" means to have a change of heart about sin and about God.God requires perfection, and he says that even one sin could separate us from Him forever. Because we deserve God's punishment forever. Even in this hopeless situation, God rescues us through the Gospel.
The Gospel is the Good News about God's Son, Jesus Christ, and what He did for each of us. Jesus lived the perfect life we could not live. Then, He was punished for all of our sins when he suffered and died on the cross. Finally, He rose from the dead to confirm that His sacrifice paid for our sins and to guarantee our life with God forever.
We like to share this in a personal way. You just put your name in the blanks. This is a paraphrase of John 3:16. By filling it in with your name, it gets turned into a personal promise to you.
Do you know who promised that? God did! Another person could lie to you about this, but the Bible says, "God, who can not lie, promised." Now, God cannot lie, and he promised everlasting life to all through Jesus, who is the savior from sin. Isn't it wonderful to know that with Jesus as your savior you will spend eternity in the presence of God?
I would like to ILLUSTRATE this by asking, "What would happen to you if you didn't eat or drink anything for a year? You would die physically.
In a similar way, if your belief in Jesus is not fed and strengthened, what could happen to your faith in Him? Right, it could also die.
Just as you need physical food for your body, you need spiritual food for your faith to grow.
That is why I encourage you at every opportunity to go to a church where they teach that Jesus suffered, died, and and rose in victory to pay for all of your sins.
You are also encouraged to read your Bible daily. In this way, God will feed your faith and keep you sure of going to heaven.
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Always Remember
God loves you!
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