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What does it Mean
2 .. How .. ‘to be ready’
The easiest way is to be simply by ‘giving you heart to the Lord our God, fully. Yet is it as easy as that ? …
There is NO down payment or sacrifice ..
There is NO blowing yourself up, for false promises ..
There is NO mutilating your body in any way ..
It’s as simple as 1 2 3
Let me ask then .. “Why should you choose Jesus Christ??
What happens when you pass away?
Where do you go?
When passing away do I go to Heaven or Hell?
1 John 5:13 “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life”
I can’t stress enough, that ‘how-important it is to join us saved in glory, in Heaven. Especially it is so simple ~ Painless ~ Cost Free, so what is there not to become excited about. My life was dull ~ Lifeless ~ Worthless ~ even empty. I know I did things wrong, bad things, even ugly, to use a Biblical term .. “I am a Sinner”
Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"
Sin actually comes down from ‘Adam & Eve’, please don’t underestimate how God feels about sin, a smell word, but this is how .. Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death” .. so to put is in another way, to help the penny drop. When you arrive in Hell, it will make you wish you had accepted Christ as your Lord and Saviour. But, you’ll be too late, this is now for eternity, forever and ever and ever.
I do have some good news, what He did do is, to send His only Son .. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” .. to help you out there is some more good news, in that when you read the rest of the verse from .. Romans 6:23 “but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” .. to show what God gives in return look no further than .. Romans 5:18 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us”
I’m telling you ‘How’ I accepted, believing in something you can’t .. See .. touch .. Smell, you just need to believe in Christ Jesus. He does not ASK, but He really wants to be your personal Saviour, God sent His very own Son down to us in the flesh. God did this so we can associate to Him as a human, but is was also to bridge the gap between us (The Gentiles) and gods own chosen people (The Jewish) peoples. Christ truly paid for our sins. Listen, if you were blessed, Father, to have a Son, and only Child, how proud it would make you feel? Then it is shown that to save all the lost, those known to you and those unknown to you, you must sacrifice him.
Romans 10:13 “For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
OK, I have been banging on about being saved when I feel you’ve been shouting at the screen as in Acts 16:30 “What must I do top be saved?” .. Firstly- let me urge you, for you will never regret, in placing your full trust in Christ Jesus, as your Saviour .. In the Collins Dictionary ‘to be saved ‘ is put like this:- Save(d) [1]rescue, preserved, [2]delivered from sin .. Where as Biblically it’s put this way .. to Save is to:-Heal, Cure, Preserve, to keep Safe & Sound, Rescue from Danger Destruction, Deliver. Sozo saved from physical death by healing, and from spiritual death by, the forgiving of sins and it’s effects. Translated, simply as ‘To Give New Life’ and ‘to cause to have a new heart’.
Ephesians 2:7/8 “that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God”
This has the echo of .. “for god saved the World” John 3:16 .. It’s the end of V8 when it’s said .. “it is the gift of God” .. This truly shows the heart, and shows, Gods love for us. How we come to God is through His Son, Christ Jesus.
Lets address the first question, in that, if saved, you’ll be taken up in the twinkling of of an eye. To demonstrate how quick that is, right now before going any further, I want you to blink. Go on, no one is watching you, well did you blink. Look come on I’ll even look away, OK well done. Just think how quick that was. Your brain sends a message to the eye to blink, when it has done this the eye sends a message of confirmation back to the brain. A Twinkling happens in less than half the time, it just happens. So one second your here, the next we’re soaring up into the Heavens, leaving what ever you were doing behind. From – Sleeping to Walking, from Driving your Car to flying an Aeroplane, from working in an Office to Driving a Truck. Before you’ll know it you’ll be in Heaven in the presence of our Father God. After all who wants not to be in Heaven, as a opposed to being in Hell.
Revelation 21:24 “And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honour into it"
I do wonder at this juncture, how many of you have asked Jesus to be your very own personal Saviour? You do know that you can do this right here right now. No special ceremony or place. I do recommend that if you do, seek out a Church that will come along side you, and support you during this time of transition. Asking Christ into your life, but more importantly into your heart. I can promise from the start of everything changes for the better. There are so many Churches with varying styles in worship, such Anglican ~ Elim ~ Church of England [C of E] ~ Methodist Pentecostal to Presbyterian, and many more besides. I would be here all day trying to list them. Word of warning .. ‘be careful in your choice, as some claim parts of the Bible irrelevant. What I would recommend is search out an ‘Alpha Course’, as this will give you a good grounding, as well as meeting other Christians, and introduces you to reading the bible and how to apply it to your life. For a new Bible look for a NKJV, New King James Version, as it a universal version that many Churches use, to start with again there are many versions but this is a good starting place.
Now having walked you through ‘HOW’ [to always be ready], I hope and pray you either closer to, or want to give your life to Christ Jesus, then I would encourage you to pray the redemption prayer ...
Lord Jesus I believe you are the one true Living God,that you died for me, and that you I know I’m asinner, and ask you now to be my personal Saviour,I’m placing my full trust in you alone, and accept your gift of eternal life. Thank you for keepingyour promise. Amen