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ARE YOU 100% SURE THAT IF YOU DIED TODAY THAT YOU WOULD GO TO HEAVEN?

1. REALIZE THAT YOU ARE A SINNER AND IN NEED OF A SAVIOR:

Ro 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"

Ro 3:10 "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:"

Every person who has ever lived is a sinner and is not richeous because we do bad things.

A sin is a crime against God, just as if you steal something at the store is punishable by going to jail. Even if we lie one time, the punishment is hell, which is eternal separation from God. No matter how well you live your life from then on, you have already committed a sin which will be punished if you are not pardoned. Just as if you commit a crime, and then live as a good citizen you still will go to jail for the crime you committed. Just as the president can pardon a crime so you won't go to jail, Jesus can pardon your sins so that you do not go to hell, and can go to heaven when you die.

2. BECAUSE OF OUR SINS, WE DIE BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY, BUT GOD SENT HIS SON TO TAKE OUR PUNISHMENT AND GIVE US A CHANCE NOT TO HAVE TO GO TO HELL.

Ro 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

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

4. WE MUST CONFESS JESUS CHRIST AS OUR SAVIOR WITH OUR MOUTHS AND BELIEVE IN OUR HEARTS THAT HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD, BY DOING THIS WE ARE RECEIVING HIM:

Ro 10:9,10 "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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

Joh 1:12 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: {power: or, the right, or, privilege}
(KJV)

You cannot get to heaven by being a good person, going to church can't get you there, you can only get to heaven by turning to Jesus and asking Him to Save you.

Will you do that today? If you will, you can be 100% sure that you will go to heaven when you die.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD FOR YOUR SINS? DO YOU ACCEPT WHAT HE DID FOR YOU TO PAY FOR YOUR SINS?

If you are willing to receive Jesus Christ as your Savior please pray this from your heart to God,

"Dear LORD JESUS, I believe that YOU died on the Cross and Rose from the dead for my sins. I realize that I cannot get to heaven any other way other than to trust YOU as my SAVIOR. I ask you to forgive me for my sins and take me to heaven when I die. I receive YOU as my Lord and SAVIOR. Thank You for Saving me in JESUS name amen"

If you prayed that prayer from your heart to God, and meant it with all of your heart, you are now a child of God and will go to heaven when you die.

Now that you are on your way to heaven, you should attend a bible believing church and follow in baptism.

DBT

At first glance I thought it was satire.
Or is it?

Spaz

Dammit Frodo, we told you not to eat the funny looking leaves, Gandalf's not gonna bail you out again.

Gunnaheave

Couple points X:

1) Most of us here don't believe in God or the authority of scripture. I realize you think we should, but do you really think it's going to help us change our minds when you post reasons that we already don't believe in>

2) If I have to actually mean that prayer with all my heart, then I have to believe in God to do so. So, why would you ask me to say that prayer?

Finally, this is a discussion board X. If you ony want to post prepackaged scriptures and so forth, then you are wasting your time and ours. If on the other hand you are actually prepared to discuss these things, then welcome to the forum.

Rational BAC

OK---assuming this is a legit post. And not a parody.

I, as a most excellent Christian, have a few problems with your post.

If you do post again, you might ask me what specific problems I have. And we might just have an excellent discussion.

But I think that this another of those "one song wonders"---------who will never make a second or third post.

sourdough

no,
neither would you,or anyone else as theres no heaven...get a life!
so god created you sinner,
(remember He is all knowing so He knew what A&E will do so God is the one to blame for sin)
so that he could then sacrifice his son to save you from the sin He created in the first place...
I guess logic aint in you vocabulary is it?
no reread the above sentence until you get it.

advancedatheist

I haven't heard a good explanation of how you can stay in heaven after you die. What is to keep you from becoming alienated from god and choosing to rebel? After all, according to the christian story, such a mass disaffection in heaven has already happened.

Straight Hate

I don't know guys, I'm pretty much sold. I mean, wow, I guess I never really considered how I was committing crimes against god. And gee, it's been my dream ever since I read the OP to grovel at some deity's feet for eternity... has anyone notified Jon Stewart yet?

Weltall

You should read this.

Aravnah Ornan

Wow, I'd never heard of Jesus or any of that stuff before, but now that you've said it, it has to be true, so I believe.

Oh, wait -- this is real life, not a Chick tract.