Because when the world was created God put a man and woman in the Garden of Eden. He told them not to eat of the fruit of one tree. They could eat of any of the others, but they couldn't eat of the tree.
And what do you think they did? They ate of that one forbidden tree after being beguiled, or tricked, by the devil.
Through them, sin entered into this world. And God's price for sin was death. Therefore all of us were destined to die and go to Hell for eternity to pay for our sins.
God had a plan, though. He sent his Son-the only Person who was without sin to the Earth. He was born and raised bf going to the cross to pay the price for our sins.
He took our sins on the cross. Past, present and future. There is no sin, anywhere, that you have committed or anyone else, that God can't forgive. Jesus took them all on the cross.
He was raised from the dead. He ascended into Heaven. He is at the right-hand of the Father, making intercession for you and me.
It is through His shed blood that our sins have been covered. When He died, he paid the price for our sins. And through His shed blood, we are now in right-standing with God. It is through His shed blood that once we are Born again, we have been adopted by God. We are His children, and He has prepared a place for us in Heaven.
It is through his shed blood that we are crucified and risen with Christ. We are identified with Christ. When He died, we died. When He was raised from the dead, so were we. When He ascended into Heaven, we did too.
But how can we know that all of this is true? How can we really know that believing in Jesus is the True and only way to Heaven?
First of all, God's Word, His will, says so. When a person dies, they leave a will, a written statement of who they wanted to inherit their possessions-houses, cars, money, even with whom they want their child and animals to be raised by, if they had them.
God left his Will for us here on Earth. God is not dead, but He is not down here with us either in the flesh. Therefore He left us His Will, which He dictated to me to write down.
His Word, His Will, specifically states that Jesus is the only way to Heaven, that no one comes to the Father except through Him.
But couldn't the Bible be wrong? No. It is the inspired Word of God. God spoke to the men to write it down, and they did.
But for all you skeptics, God confirms His Word to people. Many people have had near-death experiences where they have literally gone to Hell or who went to Heaven. And when they are allowed to come back, they tell of their experiences in great detail.
Hell is a very real place, and it is not like you have seen in the movies or on television. Anyone who has not accepted Christ as their Personal Lord and Savior, who hasn't accepted what Jesus did on the Cross, will go to Hell. No ands, ifs or buts.
Can you be so sure that you won't? Can you gamble on your eternal destiny like that? Can you? When the Bible clearly spells out the consequences of not accepting Jesus?
Jesus died for you. He paid the price for you sins. If you had been the only person who needed Him to pay the price for your sins, He would have.
God loves you so much that He gave His Son for you. Now you have a choice. You can either try to be good enough to go to Heaven and take a chance that you may go to Hell, which is where you will go, according to God and His Word. Or you can be assured of your salvation by accepting Jesus, the Only True Way to Heaven, to the Father.
If you choose to accept Jesus, it is simple really. You must accept what Jesus did for you. You must believe it in your heart and confess it with your mouth. It is that simple.
Do you believe Jesus died for you? If you aren't totally convinced, ask God to show you the truth. What can it hurt? If you do this, you might learn something, and if you don't, what did it hurt because you are in the same place you were before.
If you do believe in your heart that Jesus died for you and was risen form the dead, all you need to do is confess it. Say this prayer aloud, "Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and Saviour."
That's it! If you believed when you prayed that prayer, you are saved. You are going to Heaven when you die. Through Jesus' shed blood, you in right-standing with God. It's not about your good works but rather Jesus' shed blood.
Now when you sin again, and you will, you are not out of right-standing with God because of it. You are sealed until the day of redemption. All you have to do is repent and continue in the Christian walk.
Read the Bible. Devour it. Learn your covenant rights as a child of God...and you will be farther along than most Christians sitting in the pews of the churches today.
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Post a CommentJames, are you saying that not everything in the Bible is true? There are many verses about hell in the Bible. Many people just believe certain parts of it, the parts that they want to believe. You can't deny it if it's in the Bible. Jesus talked about it. It's a real place. Read 23 Minutes in Hell by Bill Weise. Even if you don't believe his story, I hope that you believe what the Bible has to say about hell.
Char, the Bible is very clear that those who do not accept Christ, will go to hell. They have the choice to accept or reject Him. Yes, all will have a chance, so no one can say that they never heard when they stand before God some day.
It's so sad how so many don't believe in a hell when the Bible clearly talks about it. Jesus is the only way to heaven so it's not a ridiculous thing that someone will not go to heaven. The Bible is very clear on this issue. Sadly, when you ask people about heaven, they think that everyone goes there and that hell is just for the murderers, child molesters, etc. Without Jesus, even if you are a good person, you will still go to hell. It's in the Bible, it's not me saying this.
The thought that anyone would go to hell due to a lack of a belief in Christ is ridiculous. As a believer in Christ, and a loving God, I know there are many people on the earth who don't have a chance to learn the teachings of Christ. A loving God would never allow those people to go to hell. They are His children too. Everyone will get a chance, whether in this life, or the next, to learn the teachings of Jesus Christ, and to accept them, or not.
Hell is a mistranslation. Jesus, savior of the world. www.tentmaker.org
Jesus loves everybody, and he also gave everyone free will, because of Adam sinned we lost all our authority over things in earth and we passed that authority to the devil, Since was a man who sinned, only a holy human flesh could break the curse, Jesus came so we could have eternal life and an abundant life here on earth too, he was holy son of god, but in a flash of a human he died for our sins and gave us back authority, sometimes we go through situations, downs of life that are spiritual, and because we dont know how to defend ourselves we suffer, just because we cant understand that there is a siritual world out there, God gave us free will to accept him or not, he also gave us rules that we have to follow, he asks for our hearts, and even tho we go thrugh trouble in life he is with us, but whatever comes our way its alot better to go thrugh with God. prophesis proves all of that, 90 percent of the of whats writing in the bible was fulfiled. got to go bye god bless
GOD loves you religion is the cause of people not beleiving in him they misinterpret GODS truth I cant sit here and tell you truth only GOD can do this by opening your heart accepting whats truth as for hell is a place of rest however the lake of fire is a place of judgement and punishment not punishing but after you die the truth will be taught the books will be opened to your heart and will decide wher you will go
God is love everything that have tooken place in this world past future and present is part of Gods plan bad and good I thank him for it were all here on earth to know and learn why we love him without sin it will be paradise but what would we have learned nothing we wouldnt know pain hunger how it feels to be lied to wouldnt have learned death we would have been spoiled probably thinking the same thing satan was thinking before he became what he became to love the light we have to feel the darkness to love the truth we have feel all these lies and hear them after you experience this life and know that this life was a trial and know God planned it like this and still Love him you become a child of GOD
What if I wrote down in my will that I was the saviour and told my buds to spread the word and tell people that if they didn't believe in me they would burn for all eternity?
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