Checking up before you check out to check in !
“ CHECKING UP BEFORE YOU CHECK OUT TO CHECK IN “
Sooner or later you will be checking out of the planet , to check into one of two places, heaven or Hades.
The problem is, that to get into Heaven you have to do some things , and make some decisions, but to get into Hades you do not have to do anything you are already destined for there .
Let me make sure you understand something, so you can properly understand what I am going to say to you .
You do not have a spirit, you are a spirit, living in a human body, called the flesh, so you can live on the planet.
When you are checking out , the body dies and goes back to the earth, you, the real you, the spirit being, does not die, you then go to one of two places to abide forever, either in heaven to be with God for all eternity or in in Hades, waiting for the final Judgment to be put in the lake of fire called hell for all eternity.
Please note that getting to go to heaven has nothing to do with local church Membership, whether you grow up in the church, if you were going to church all your life, if you are a son or daughter of the minister or a minister, if you give money to the church on a regular basis, or give to charity, if you never commit adultery, thief, drink, alcohol, cheat , smoke, or whatever you did or did not do in order to look good, If you believe there is a God, believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross , that you believe that there is a Holy Spirit , all of that is good and sounds good, but the bottom line is, that it is Almighty God's heaven, and he gives the condition to get in there.
To get into heaven is a matter of belief. Confession and choice, one have to choose to go there.
To Just believe that there is a God , that he is one God, and that there is Jesus , to just believe without any corresponding action, to just say that you believe is not really proving that you really believe , even the demons believe and shudder, James 2:19 states " You believe that God is one , you do well, the demons also believe and shudder ".
One has to believe to the extent that they will be obedient to what God says , one has to act on their belief and not just say they believe . One has to believe that God is God and allow Him to be the Lord of their life.
God has given us the ability to choose , He did not make us as robots, so we must choose, make our decision , and abide with the consequence of our decision.
The choice is to accept and believe what Jesus did on your behalf.
Getting to go to heaven depends on, if the person did accept the free gift of Salvation that Almighty God has offered to all mankind through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, who paid the penalty for all the sins of mankind through His sacrificial death.
The fact that He rose again from the dead, signifying that the sacrifice was accepted as full payment , for the sins of all mankind.
So, for that to be a reality , one would have to accept the Free Gift of salvation that God has provided, it is God's unmerited favor. ( Not earned but a free gift )
This is Commonly known as “ being born again” , and then you will be heaven bound, on the other hand those who while they were alive, did nothing about the free gift of Salvation, which is really the same as refusing the gift, will be hell bound.
The bottom line is simply this, accept the free gift of salvation that God has provided through Jesus Christ and be heaven bound, or do nothing , which is really refusing the free gift , and be hell bound to be with Satan and his fallen angels.
This free gift of salvation ( God's unmerited favor )has been provided through Christ and Him alone, and God has offered no other way or plan.
Again I will stress, that one cannot get into heaven by their good works, by their giving of money to the poor, Almighty God cannot be bought , he does not accept bribes, He cannot be conned, fooled or misled , since according to His word, before the word appears on our lips he knows it already, He knows our thoughts from afar off, and there is nothing hidden that is hidden from Him.
There are a lot of different theories out there that mortal man has suggested, but the fact is, it is God's Heaven, and he alone dictates what qualifies a person to be able to enter into it, and enjoy eternal life there with Him.
There is eternity for the soul, and there is either eternal life or eternal death.
God has given us our own free will to choose , and we have to abide with the consequences of our decision.
CHECK YOURSELF OUT !
Did you accept and act upon what Jesus said you must do ?
Not what your mama or dad said or some organization, what Jesus said and is still saying.
For starters he said “ For God did not send the Son into the world to Judge the world , but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged ; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of god.
( John 3:17-18 )
he also said as he told Nicodemus that “ “...unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God “ ( John 3:3 )
Question did you comply with that ?
Further in Romans 10: 9-10 it is stated 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; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses , resulting in Salvation “
Acts 4: 12 states “ And there is salvation in no one else , for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved “
Why did Jesus come ?
Here are some reasons ..
1. To destroy the works of the devil ( 1 John 3:8 )
2. That the world might be saved through Him ( John 3:17 )
3. To redeem us from the curse of the law ( Galatians 3: 13 )
4. To provide an example for us to follow ( 1Peter 2:21 )
5. To provide the sacrifice for sin ( Hebrews ( 10:1-10 )
6. To be a merciful High priest ( Hebrews 5:1-2 )
7. To Fulfill the Davidic Covenant ( Luke 1: 31-33 )
8. To be highly exalted ( Philippians 2:9 )
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