The
most important question that a person can ever ask himself/herself is "Where
will I spend eternity?"
If
your answer to this question is "I
don't know" or "I'm
just not sure." There
is a way that you can know for sure that you will spend
eternity in Heaven. We are told in God's word that there are none
that are righteous and that none seek after God (Rom.
3:10,11). We are told
that we are all sinners and deserve eternal judgement (Rom.
3:23;Rom.6:23a).
The Bible says that we cannot earn our way into Heaven or ever
be good enough to gain entrance on our own merits (Eph
2:8-10).
Even though it sounds as if all is hopeless, it is not. God had
a wonderful plan, even before the foundation of the Earth (Eph
1:4,5). This plan
included His son Jesus Christ.
There
had to be a perfect, sinless sacrifice to redeem mankind. That
sacrifice was Jesus Christ. He died on the cross and was buried.
Three days later he arose from the dead. He revealed Himself to many
people then ascended to Heaven where He sits at the right hand of God
the Father interceding for believers.
This
perfect plan of God's consist of a Perfect Gift. This Gift is
available to anyone. To receive this Gift, God requires that you
realize you're a sinner and that you cannot get to heaven outside of
receiving this Gift. This Gift is called salvation and it is
made possible because of what Jesus did on the Cross.
The
Bible says that you must believe in your heart
that God raised Jesus from the dead (Head knowledge is not good
enough, you must know Him in your heart). The Bible also states that
you must confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord. This is done by
telling God that you agree with Him about His Son and by proclaiming
Jesus to mankind as your Savior and Lord.
Heaven
is a free Gift.
To
understand why we need this free gift. We have provided information
on this page concerning the
original
state of man, his eventual fall and God's perfect plan.
We
have also provided definitions
of frequently used Bible terms.We also want to look at some misconceptions
about who God really is and what the Bible has to say about Heaven
and Hell.
Sin:
Sin is
that condition and activity (rebellion) of human beings that is
offensive to God, their Creator.
Gospel:
Literally- "The
Good News" that
God has provided a way of redemption through His Son Jesus Christ.
Repentance,
Repent: A
profound change of one's mind. Being in agreement with God on what He
says about sin. Changing the direction of your life 180 degrees from
that of self-centeredness or sin-centeredness to God or Christ-centeredness.
Savior:
Jesus as
the Incarnate Son of God, is the Savior or Deliverer from sin and its
consequences as well as from Satan and his power.
Saved,
Salvation, Born Again: Salvation
is the act of a person repenting and believing in their heart on the
death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, and that in fact, he is the
Son of God. You are then born into the family of God. Your first
birth was a physical birth and the second birth is a spiritual birth.
Redeemed,
Redemption:
Literally- Released from or freedom from the payment of a price,
deliverance by a costly method.(The release or freedom comes from the
payment owed on sin, which is eternal death or in other words Hell.
The deliverance by a costly method was the price paid by Jesus. Which
was his death on the cross as a payment for our sins.)
Sanctification:
Literally-
The process or result of being made holy. To be consecrated and set
apart for the use of God.
Justification:
The
judicial act of God by which, on the basis of the meritorious work
of Christ, imputed to the sinner and received through faith,
God declares the sinner absolved from sin, released from its penalty,
and restored as righteous. Simply put, being placed by God in a right
relationship with Himself. Just as if we had never sinned.
Propitiation:
Christ turned God's wrath away from guilty sinners by enduring that
wrath himself at Calvary on the cross. God's anger towards sin was
appeased by Christ's death. He was our substitute.
Genesis 1:26
Then God
said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our
likeness; and let them rule over
the fish of
the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over
all the earth, and over
every
creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Genesis 1:27
God created
man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and
female He
created them. Genesis 1:28
God blessed
them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill
the earth, and subdue it;
and rule
over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every
living thing that moves
on the earth." Genesis 1:29
Then God
said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that
is on the surface of all the
earth, and
every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; Genesis 1:30
and to every
beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing
that moves on the
earth which
has life, {I have given} every green plant for food"; and it was so. Genesis 1:31a
God saw all
that He had made, and behold, it was very good.
Genesis 2:8
The LORD God
planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the
man whom
He had formed. Genesis 2:9
Out of the
ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing
to the sight and good
for food;
the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:16
The
LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the
garden you may eat freely; Genesis 2:17
but
from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,
for in the day that you eat
from
it you will surely die."
Genesis 3:1
Now
the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made. And
he
said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat
from any tree of the garden'?" Genesis 3:2
The
woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of the trees of the
garden we may eat; Genesis 3:3
but
from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God
has said, 'You shall not eat
from
it or touch it, or you will die.' " Genesis 3:4
The
serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die! Genesis 3:5
"For
God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God,
knowing
good and evil."
Genesis 3:6
When
the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a
delight to the eyes, and that
the
tree was desirable to make {one} wise, she took from its fruit and
ate; and she gave also to her
husband
with her, and he ate. Genesis 3:7
Then
the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were
naked; and they sewed
fig
leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.
Genesis 3:8
They
heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of
the day, and the
man
and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among
the trees of the
garden. Genesis 3:9
Then
the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" Genesis 3:10
He
said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid
because I was naked; so I
hid
myself." Genesis3:11
And
He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from
the tree of which I
commanded
you not to eat?" Genesis3:12
The
man said, "The woman whom You gave {to be} with me, she gave me
from the tree, and I ate." Genesis3:13
Then
the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have
done?" And the woman said,
"The
serpent deceived me, and I ate."
Genesis3:14
The
LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all
cattle,
And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go,
And dust you will eat
All
the days of your life; Genesis3:15
And
I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your
seed and her seed; He
shall
bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel." Genesis 3:16
To
the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in
childbirth, In pain you will bring forth
children;
Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule
over you." Genesis 3:17
Then
to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of
your wife, and have eaten from the
tree
about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it';
Cursed is the ground because
of
you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. Genesis3:18
"Both
thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the
plants of the field; Genesis 3:19
By
the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the
ground, Because from it you
were
taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return." Genesis 3:20
Now
the man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of
all {the} living.
Genesis 3:22
Then
the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us,
knowing good and evil;
and
now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the
tree of life, and eat, and live forever"-- Genesis 3:23
therefore
the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the
ground from
which
he was taken. Genesis 3:24
So
He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He
stationed the cherubim
and
the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to
the tree of life.
1 Corinthians 15:21
For
since by a man {came} death, by a man also {came} the resurrection
of the dead. 1 Corinthians 15:22
For
as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:45
So
also it is written, "The first MAN,
Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL."
The last Adam
{became}
a life-giving spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:47
The
first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. John 1:1
In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. John 1:2
He
was in the beginning with God. John 1:3
All
things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came
into being that has
come
into being. John 1:4
In
Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. John 1:14
And
the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory,
glory as of the
only
begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 18:37
Therefore
Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You
say {correctly} that
I am a king.
For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world,
to testify to the
truth.Everyone
who is of the truth hears My voice." John 18:38
Pilate *said
to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went
out again to the Jews and
*said
to them, "I find no guilt in Him. John 18:39
"But
you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do
you wish then that I
release
for you the King of the Jews?" John 18:40
So they
cried out again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas." Now
Barabbas was a robber. John 19:1
Pilate then
took Jesus and scourged Him. John 19:2
And the
soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head,
and put a purple robe
on Him; John 19:3
and they
{began} to come up to Him and say, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
and to give Him slaps
{in the face.} John 19:4
Pilate came
out again and *said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to
you so that you may
know that I
find no guilt in Him." John 19:5
Jesus then
came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.
{Pilate} *said to them,
"Behold,
the Man!" John 19:6
So when the
chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying,
"Crucify, crucify!"
Pilate *said
to them, "Take Him
yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him." John 19:7
The Jews
answered him, "We have a law, and by that law He ought to die
because He made
Himself out
{to} {be} the Son of God." John 19:8
Therefore
when Pilate heard this statement, he was {even} more afraid; John 19:9
and he
entered into the Praetorium again and *said to Jesus,
"Where are You from?" But Jesus
gave
him no answer. John 19:10
So Pilate
*said to Him, "You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I
have authority to release
You, and I
have authority to crucify You?" John 19:11
Jesus
answered, "You
would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you
from above;
for this
reason he who delivered Me to you has {the} greater sin." John 19:12
As a result
of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out
saying, "If you release
this
Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out {to
be} a king opposes
Caesar." John 19:13
Therefore
when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on
the judgment
seat
at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. John 19:14
Now it was
the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour.
And he *said
to the
Jews, "Behold, your King!" John 19:15
So they
cried out, "Away with {Him,} away with {Him,} crucify Him!"
Pilate *said to them, "Shall
I crucify your King?"
The chief priests answered,
"We have no king but Caesar." John 19:16
So he then
handed Him over to them to be crucified.
John
19:17
They
took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to
the place called the Place
of
a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. John
19:18
There
they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side,
and Jesus in between. John
19:19
Pilate
also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "JESUS
THE NAZARENE, THE
KING OF THE JEWS." Luke 23:46
And
Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father,
INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY
SPIRIT."
Having said this, He breathed His last. Luke 23:47
Now
when the centurion saw what had happened, he {began} praising God,
saying, "Certainly
this
man was innocent." John
19:31
Then
the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies
would not remain on the cross
on
the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that
their legs might be broken, and
{that}they
might be taken away. John
19:32
So
the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the
other who was crucified with Him; John
19:33
but
coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did
not break His legs. John
19:34
But
one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately
blood and water came out.
Matthew 27:57
When
it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph,
who himself had also
become
a disciple of Jesus. Matthew 27:58
This man
went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered
it to be given {to him.} Matthew 27:59
And Joseph
took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, Matthew 27:60
and laid it
in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled
a large stone
against
the entrance of the tomb and went away. Matthew 27:61
And Mary
Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave. Matthew 27:62
Now on the
next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the
Pharisees gathered
together
with Pilate, Matthew 27:63
and said,
"Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver
said, 'After three days
I {am to}
rise again.' Matthew 27:64
"Therefore,
give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day,
otherwise His disciples
may come and
steal Him away and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead,'
and the last
deception
will be worse than the first." Matthew 27:65
Pilate said
to them, "You have a guard; go, make it {as} secure as you know how." Matthew 27:66
And they
went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they
set a seal on the stone.
Matthew 28:1
Now
after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first {day} of the
week, Mary Magdalene
and
the other Mary came to look at the grave. Matthew 28:2
And
behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord
descended from heaven
and
came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it Matthew 28:3
And
his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. Matthew 28:4
The
guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men. Matthew 28:5
The
angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; for I know that you
are looking for Jesus who
has
been crucified. Matthew 28:6
"He
is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place
where He was lying. Matthew 28:7
"Go
quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and
behold, He is going ahead
of
you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you." Matthew 28:8
And
they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report
it to His disciples. Matthew 28:9
And
behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took
hold of His feet and worshiped
Him. Matthew 28:10
Then
Jesus *said to them, "Do
not be afraid; go and take word to My brethren to leave for Galilee,
and
there they will see Me."
John 20:24
But Thomas,
one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. John 20:25
So the other
disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But
he said to them, "Unless
I see in
His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the
place of the nails, and put my
hand
into His side, I will not believe." John 20:26
After
eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them.
Jesus *came, the doors
having
been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace
{be} with you." John 20:27
Then He
*said to Thomas, "Reach
here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your
hand and put it
into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing." John 20:28
Thomas
answered and said to Him, "My
Lord and my God!" John 20:29
Jesus *said
to him, "Because
you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed
{are} they who did
not see, and {yet} believed."
Acts 1:6
So
when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying,
"Lord, is it at this time You are
restoring
the kingdom to Israel?" Acts 1:7
He
said to them, "It
is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by
His own
authority; Acts 1:8
but
you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you shall be My witnesses
both
in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest
part of the earth."
Acts 1:9
And
after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were
looking on, and a cloud received
Him
out of their sight. Acts 1:10
And
as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going,
behold, two men in white clothing
stood
beside them Acts 1:11
They
also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the
sky? This Jesus, who has been
taken
up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you
have watched Him go into
heaven."
Hebrews 1:1
God,
after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many
portions and in many ways, Hebrews 1:2
in
these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir
of all things, through whom
also
He made the world. Hebrews 1:3
And
He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His
nature, and upholds all things
by
the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat
down at the right hand
of
the Majesty on high, Hebrews 1:4
having
become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more
excellent name than they.
2 Timothy 1:10
but
now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ
Jesus, who abolished death and
brought
life and immortality to light through the gospel, Titus 2:13
looking
for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God
and Savior, Christ Jesus, 2 Peter 3:18
but
grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To Him {be} the glory,
both
now and to the day of eternity. Amen. 1 John 4:14
We
have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son {to be} the
Savior of the world.
My
little children, I am writing these things to you so that you
may not sin. And if anyone sins, we
have an
Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
who is the
one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was
raised, who is at
the right
hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Hebrews 7:25
Therefore He
is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through
Him, since He always
lives to
make intercession for them.
Revelation 19:11
And
I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it
{is} called Faithful and
True,
and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 19:12
His
eyes {are} a flame of fire, and on His head {are} many diadems; and
He has a name written
{on
Him} which no one knows except Himself. 19:13
{He
is} clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The
Word of God. 19:14
And
the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white {and}
clean, were following Him
on
white horses. 19:15
From
His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down
the nations, and He will
rule
them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce
wrath of God, the Almighty. 19:16
And
on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written,
"KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
Revelation 20:11
Then
I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose
presence earth and heaven
fled
away, and no place was found for them. Revelation 20:12
And
I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne,
and books were opened;
and
another book was opened, which is {the book} of life; and the dead
were judged from the
things
which were written in the books, according to their deeds. Revelation 20:13
And
the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave
up the dead which were
in
them; and they were judged, every one {of them} according to their deeds. Revelation 20:14
Then
death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the
second death, the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15
And
if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was
thrown into the lake of fire.
John 14:1
"Do
not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. John 14:2
"In
My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I
would have told you; for I go
to
prepare a place for you. John 14:3
"If
I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you
to Myself, that where I am,
{there}
you may be also. Revelation 4:2
Immediately
I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven,
and One sitting on
the
throne. Revelation
4:3
And
He who was sitting {was} like a jasper stone and a sardius in
appearance; and {there was}
a
rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance. Revelation 4:4
Around
the throne {were} twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones {I saw}
twenty-four elders
sitting,
clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads. Revelation 4:5
Out
from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of
thunder. And {there were}
seven
lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits
of God; Revelation 4:6
and
before the throne {there was something} like a sea of glass, like
crystal; and in the center and
around
the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. Revelation 4:7
The
first creature {was} like a lion, and the second creature like a
calf, and the third creature had
a
face like that of a man, and the fourth creature {was} like a flying eagle. Revelation 4:8
And
the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are
full of eyes around and within;
and
day and night they do not cease to say,
"HOLY, HOLY, HOLY {is} THE LORD GOD, THE
ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME." Revelation 4:9
And
when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who
sits on the throne,
to
Him who lives forever and ever, Revelation 4:10
the
twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne,
and will worship Him
who
lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the
throne, saying, Revelation 4:11
"Worthy
art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor
and the power: for
Thou
didst create all things, and because of thy will they existed, and
were created." Revelation 21:1
Then
I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the
first earth passed away, and
there
is no longer {any} sea. Revelation 21:2
And
I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, made ready as a
bride
adorned for her husband. Revelation 21:3
And
I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the
tabernacle of God is among men,
and
He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God
Himself will be among them, Revelation 21:4
and
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no
longer be {any} death; there
will
no longer be {any} mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things
have passed away." Revelation 21:5
And
He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things
new." And He *said,
"Write,
for these words are faithful and true." Revelation 21:9
Then
one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven
last plagues came and
spoke
with me, saying, "Come here, I will show you the bride, the
wife of the Lamb." Revelation 21:10
And
he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and
showed me the holy city,
Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God, Revelation 21:11
having
the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a
stone of crystal-clear jasper. Revelation 21:12
It
had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates
twelve angels; and names {were}
written
on them, which are {the names} of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. Revelation 21:13
{There
were} three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three
gates on the south
and
three gates on the west. Revelation 21:14
And
the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them
{were} the twelve names of
the
twelve apostles of the Lamb. Revelation 21:15
The
one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city,
and its gates and its
wall. Revelation 21:16
The
city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the
width; and he measured the city
with
the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and
height are equal. Revelation 21:17
And
he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, {according to} human
measurements, which
are
{also} angelic {measurements.} Revelation 21:18
The
material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like
clear glass. Revelation 21:19
The
foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of
precious stone. The first
foundation
stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the
fourth, emerald; Revelation 21:20
the
fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the
eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz;
the
tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. Revelation 21:21
And
the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a
single pearl. And the
street
of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. Revelation 21:22
I
saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are
its temple. Revelation 21:23
And
the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for
the glory of God has illumined
it,
and its lamp {is} the Lamb. Revelation 21:24
The
nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will
bring their glory into it. Revelation 21:25
In
the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never
be closed; Revelation 21:26
and
they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; Revelation 21:27
and
nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying,
shall ever come into it,
but
only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 19:20
And
the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed
the signs in his presence,
by
which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and
those who worshiped
his
image; these two were thrown alive into the lake
of fire which burns
with brimstone. Revelation 20:10
And
the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake
of fire and
brimstone, where the
beast
and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and
night forever and ever. Revelation 20:14
Then
death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the
second death, the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15
And
if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he
was thrown into the lake
of
fire. Matthew 25:41
"Then
He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed
ones, into the eternal
fire
which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; Matthew 22:13
"Then
the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw
him into the outer
darkness; in that
place there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.' Matthew 13:41
"The
Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of
His kingdom all stumbling
blocks,
and those who commit lawlessness, Matthew 13:42
and
will throw them into the
furnace of fire; in
that place there will be weeping
and gnashing of
teeth. Mark 9:44
[where
THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.]
Luke 16:19
"Now
there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine
linen, joyously living
in
splendor every day. Luke 16:20
"And
a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, Luke 16:21
and
longing to be fed with the {crumbs} which were falling from the rich
man's table; besides,
even
the dogs were coming and licking his sores. Luke 16:22
"Now
the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's
bosom; and the
rich
man also died and was buried. Luke 16:23
"In
Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far
away and Lazarus in
his
bosom. Luke 16:24
"And
he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus so that he
may
dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am
in agony in this flame.' Luke 16:25
"But
Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received
your good things, and
likewise
Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are
in agony. Luke 16:26
'And
besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed,
so that those who wish to
come
over from here to you will not be able, and {that} none may cross
over from there to us.' Luke 16:27
"And
he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house-- Luke 16:28
for
I have five brothers--in order that he may warn them, so that they
will not also come to this
place
of torment.' Luke 16:29
"But
Abraham *said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' Luke 16:30
"But
he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the
dead, they will repent!' Luke 16:31
"But
he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets,
they will not be persuaded
even
if someone rises from the dead.' "
John 3:3
Jesus
answered and said to him,
"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again
he cannot
see
the kingdom of God." John 3:16
"For
God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in
Him
shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:17
"For
God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that
the world might be
saved
through Him. John 14:6
Jesus
*said to him, "I
am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but
through
Me. 1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I
make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to
you, which also you
received, in
which also you stand, 1 Corinthians 15:2
by which
also you are saved,
if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you
believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:3
For I
delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that
Christ died for our sins
according
to the Scriptures, 1 Corinthians 15:4
and that He
was buried, and that He was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures,
Romans 3:23
for
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 6:23
For
the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 5:8
But
God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet
sinners, Christ died
for
us. Romans 10:9
that
if you confess with your mouth Jesus {as} Lord, and
believe in your heart that God raised
Him
from the dead, you will be saved; Romans10:10
for
with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness,
and with the mouth he confesses,
resulting
in salvation Romans 10:13
for
"WHOEVER WILL
CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."
The decision to
give your life to Christ is the most important decision that you will ever make. God loves
you and wants you to be part of His family. He loves you so much that he
sacrificed His only Son for you. Eternity is an awful long time.
To spend it without God is
unimaginable. The first prayer that God ever acknowledges from a
person is the prayer of
repentance. If you have viewed this page and you realize that you are
lost and are ready to
get saved you can pray a prayer something like this. Remember you are speaking to God
when you pray, so speak from your heart.
Heavenly
Father I come to you in total agreement with your Word. I confess to
you that I
am a sinner, lost and on my way to hell. I realize that I cannot get
to heaven by being
a good person and it doesn't
matter how many good things I do I can never earn my
way into heaven.I
understand that the only way to heaven is by trusting
what Jesus did
for me on the Cross. I believe that he died for my sins, was buried
and rose again and
now He sits at Your right hand. Lord Jesus I place my trust
in you alone for my salvation and acknowledge
you as
my personal Lord and Savior.
If you just
prayed and accepted Christ as your personal Savior, welcome to the
Body of Christ. Call someone
and share the good news. Contact
us so we can pray for you. Start studying the Bible daily
so that you may know your Savior better. Start by reading the Gospel according
to John in
the New Testament. Find a good local Bible believing and teaching church and
start attending regularly. If you live near Dale we invite you to
come and worship with
us. Finally becoming a Christian doesn't mean that life will become easier. It does mean
that when trials come you will not have to go through them alone. You have a Savior
that will never leave you nor forsake you (Heb.
13:5). You can cast
all your cares upon Him,
because He cares for you (1
Pet. 5:6,7), and your
Savior can sympathize with you in
your weaknesses because he has been tempted in all things yet he did not sin
(Heb. 4:15,16).
Romans 8:16
The
Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, Philippians 4:7
And
the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your
hearts and your minds
in
Christ Jesus.
I
don't believe in God, so how can I answer to someone that I don't
believe in.
(The
existence of God does not depend on whether or not a person believes
in Him. The Bible says that you will be without excuse for
not believing, because even creation proclaims His existence.)
Psalms 14:1
The
fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They
are corrupt, they have committed
abominable
deeds; There is no one who does good. Romans 1:18
For
the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness
of
men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, Romans 1:19
because
that which is known about God is evident within them; for God
made it evident
to
them. Romans 1:20
For
since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His
eternal power and divine
nature,
have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been
made, so that
they
are without excuse.
I
believe in God. That should be enough to get me into Heaven.
(Most
everybody believes in God. The Bible says that even the
demons believe and tremble, but that will not get them into
Heaven. There is a big difference between head knowledge
and heart knowledge of God.)
James 2:19
You
believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. Romans 10:9
that
if you confess with your mouth Jesus {as} Lord, and
believe in your heart that God
raised
Him from the dead, you will be saved; Romans10:10
for
with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness,
and with the mouth he confesses,
resulting
in salvation Romans 10:13
for
"WHOEVER WILL
CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."
God
is a God of love he would never send anyone to Hell.
(God never
sends anyone to Hell. It is each persons own decision
whether he/she goes to Hell.)
2 Peter 3:9
The
Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is
patient toward you,
not
wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. Revelation 20:15
And
if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was
thrown into the lake of fire
(The Bible
says that there are none righteous not even one.)
Romans 3:10
as
it is written, "THERE
IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; Romans 3:11 THERE
IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR
GOD; Romans 3:12 ALL
HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE
IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE." Psalms 14:2
The
LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if
there are any who
understand,
Who seek after God. Psalms14:3
They
have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does
good,
not even one. Jeremiah 17:9
"The
heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can
know it? Isaiah 64:6
For
all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous
deeds are like a
filthy
garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our
iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
I
am a good person I believe that God will let me into Heaven.I'm not
sure of where I will go when I die, but I'm not that bad. I've
never killed anyone or anything like that, so I hope God
will let me into Heaven.
If
anyone deserves to go to Heaven he/she does because he/she is such a
kind person, he/she would give you the shirt off of his/her back.
(We cannot
get to Heaven on our own merits or good deeds. If we could,
Jesus would not of had to come to this earth and die for our sins)
2 Corinthians 4:3
And
even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 2 Corinthians
4:4 (Satan)
in
whose case the
god of this world
has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might
not
see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image
of God. Romans 5:8
But
God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet
sinners, Christ died
for
us. Hebrews 9:22
And
according to the Law, {one may} almost {say,} all things are
cleansed with blood, and without
shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
The
good things I've done in my life far out weigh the bad things I've
done, so I should be able to get into Heaven.
(If this
were the case, where is the dividing line? Do you have to be as good
as, or better than, your neighbor, or do you have to be as good as
Mother Teresa or Billy Graham? If we would have to do as many good
deeds as the latter two individuals to get into Heaven,very few
people would ever make it. Fortunately, we are not saved by our
good deeds, but instead by God's Grace through faith in Christ
alone. Even Mother Teresa and Billy Graham can't earn their way into
Heaven by their good deeds. Their acceptance into Heaven is just like
yours or mine. It is based upon whether or not they had made a
personal decision to receive Christ as their Savior. If not they
will be eternally lost. God does not play favoritism with
people. There will be no bragging rights in Heaven.)
Ephesians 2:8
For
by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not
of yourselves, {it is} the gift of God; Ephesians 2:9
not
as a result of works, so
that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:10
For
we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good
works, which God prepared
beforehand
so that we would walk in them. Matthew 7:22
"Many
will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your
name, and in
Your
name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' Matthew 7:23
"And
then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART
FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE
LAWLESSNESS.'
I
don't believe in Hell. A loving God would never create such a place.
(The Bible
says that God did create Hell, and that he did so for Satan,
his angels and his followers.)
Matthew 25:41
"Then
He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed
ones, into the eternal
fire
which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;
(It doesn't
matter how many ways you change. You cannot change enough to make
it to Heaven. You have to recognize that you are a lost sinner
and the only way to Heaven is by accepting JesusChrist as your
Savior. Only God can change you.)
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore
if anyone is in Christ, {he is} a new creature; the old things
passed away; behold,
new
things have come. John 14:6
Jesus
*said to him, "I am the way,
and the truth,
and the life;
no one comes to the Father
but
through Me.
I
will get saved on my death bed.
(You have
no idea when you will die, it could be today, without
warning. The Bible says that today is the day for salvation.)
Luke 12:20
"But
God said to him, 'You fool! This {very} night your soul is required
of you; and {now}
who
will own what you have prepared?' 2 Corinthians 6:2b
"
Behold, now is
"THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION"--
I'm
going to Hell with all of my friends and party with them.
(There will
be no parties in Hell. There will be eternal separation from
God in Hell. You now can call on God anytime to save you and he is
there, but in Hell there are no second chances. God will be eternally
separated from you, never to answer a prayer of repentance. Jesus
called Hell "outer darkness". Total and eternal darkness. .
Jesus said that there will be "weeping and gnashing of
teeth", where"their worm never dies". Constant torment
with the pain never decreasing forever and ever and ever.
Eventually Hell will be cast into the lake of fire. This does not
sound like a party.)
Matthew 22:13
"Then
the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw
him into the outer darkness;
in
that place there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.' Matthew 13:41
"The
Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of
His kingdom all stumbling
blocks,
and those who commit lawlessness, Matthew 13:42
and
will throw them into the
furnace of fire; in
that place there will be weeping
and gnashing of
teeth. Mark 9:44
[where
THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.] Luke 16:24
"And
he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus so that he
may
dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am
in agony in this flame.' Luke 16:28
for
I have five brothers--in order that he may warn them, so that they
will not also come to this
place
of torment.' Revelation 20:10
And
the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast
and
the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night
forever and ever. Revelation 20:14
And
death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
The
devil and his demons will be overlords in Hell.
(Satan and
his angels will suffer torment forever and ever just as the unsaved
will, and he nor his demons will ever rule in Hell.)
Revelation 20:10
And
the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast
and
the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night
forever and ever. Jude 1:6
And
angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper
abode, He has kept
in
eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,
The
devil is in Hell right now.
(Satan is
not in Hell now, nor has he ever been. His judgement is yet future.
The Bible says that he is roaming this earth to and fro
like a lion looking for people to devour.)
1 Peter 5:8
Be
of sober {spirit,} be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil,
prowls around like a roaring
lion,
seeking someone to devour.
(This is
not true. Angels are created beings just as humans are. When a
person receives Jesus Christ as their personal Savior he/she
becomes a saint and one day will receive a new glorified
body,according to Scripture. When this person dies, he/she is
ushered into the presence of the Lord. He/She will never be
transformed into an Angel.)
1 John 3:2
Beloved,
now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we
will be. We know
that
when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just
as He is. Philippians 3:20
For
our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a
Savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ; Philippians 3:21
who
will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the
body of His glory, by the
exertion
of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. 2 Corinthians 5:8
we
are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the
body and to be at home
with
the Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:2b
to
those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints
by calling, with all who in every
place
call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their {Lord} and ours: 1 Corinthians 15:51
Behold,
I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 1 Corinthians 15:52
in
a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the
trumpet will sound, and the
dead
will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 1 Corinthians 15:53
For
this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal
must put on immortality.
All
religions believe in God, they just worship him differently.
(Different
religions may believe in a god, but they don't believe in the same
God of the Bible. God is very specific as to how he is to be worshiped.)
John 4:23
"But
an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship
the Father in spirit
and
truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. John 4:24
"God
is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." John 14:6
Jesus
*said to him, "I am the way,
and the truth,
and the life;
no one comes to the Father
but
through Me
We
are all trying to get to the same place (Heaven). We are just
taking different paths (religions).
(Religion
is man's feeble attempt to please or reach God, but it always fails
100% of the time.True Christianity is what God did to
reconcile Himself to man. Jesus stated that there is only one
way to Heaven and that is through Him.)
John 14:6
Jesus
*said to him, "I am the way,
and the truth,
and the life;
no one comes to the Father
but
through Me.
I
believe in reincarnation and that this is just one of my many lives.
Hebrews 9:27
And
inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this
{comes} judgment,
I
don't believe in a devil.
(Satan is a
real person and not just some mythological character or a little guy
in a red suit with a pitchfork and pointy tail. The Bible describes
him in many ways: the god of this world; an angel of light; a
roaring lion; murderer; liar; father of lies; accuser of the
bretheren; etc... Do not be deceived.)
2 Corinthians
4:4 (Satan)
in
whose case the
god of this world
has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might
not
see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image
of God. 2 Corinthians 11:14
No
wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an
angel of light. 1 Peter 5:8
Be
of sober {spirit,} be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil,
prowls around like a roaring
lion, seeking
someone to devour. John 8:44
"You
are of {your} father the devil, and you want to do the desires
of your father. He was
a
murderer
from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is
no truth in him.
Whenever
he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own {nature,} for he is a liar
and the father
of lies. Revelation 12:10
Then
I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the
salvation, and the power, and the
kingdom
of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser
of our brethren
has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.
