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Am I Going to Heaven?

Many soldiers face this question every day, but you don't have to be a soldier to answer the the question.


WHAT'S REQUIRED?


1. Obeying God's law and commandments.

2. Gifts to charity.

3. Doing your best.

4. Living a good life.

5. Good works.

6. Trying to obey the Golden Rule.

7. Tithing, or giving money to the church.

8. Church membership.

9. Regular church attendance.

10. Prayers.

11. Fasting.

12. Water baptism.

13. Holy communion.

14. Born of Christian parents.

15. Confirmation.

16. Penances.

17. Extreme unction.


EXPLANATION:


#1 -- No. It is impossible to get to heaven this way. The Bible says: "For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law." (see Romans 3:28)


#2,3 or 4 -- No. These things could never save you. The Bible says: "He saved us, not because of righteous things we have done, but because of his mercy..." (see Titus 3:5)


#5,6 or 7 -- No. Good works can not save anyone. The Bible states: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast." (see Eph. 2:8,9)


#8,9,10 or 11 -- We can not be saved by works, regardless of how good or well intended. God saves us by his grace (mercy). The Bible says: "And if by grace, then it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work." (see Romans 11:6)


#12 or 13 -- No. Water baptism and communion are for those who are already saved: It is not our work that saves us, but faith in Jesus. The Bible says: "However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness." (Romans 4:5)


#14 -- No. This can not save you. The Bible says:" "It is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise..." (Romans 9:8) "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God; children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God." (John 1:12,13)


#15,16,17 -- No. These are man-made doctrines and are not taught in the Bible. God says: "But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." (Matthew 15:9)


No! None of these things can save you. You can do nothing to earn eternal life. It is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone that can save you. "Through Him (Jesus) all that believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses." (Acts 13:39)


The way to have eternal life is not found in what we do ourselves, but by having perfect righteousness given to us. We receive this when we believe the Lord Jesus Christ took our sins on himselfand paid for them by his death on the cross.


"God made him who had no sin (Jesus) to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Cor. 5:21)


You do not receive eternal life by working for it or by trying to make yourself behave. You receive eternal life by believing the record God gave his son. Remember, if you disagree with these statements you are calling God a liar.


"Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." (1 John 5:10,11)


God, in his sovereignty, permits man's destiny to depend on man's choice.


"Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed..." (John 3:18)


AFTER you are saved, obedience to God brings love, joy, peace, and happiness into your life. (Gal. 5:22,23)


When we disobey God, He will punish us, but our punishment will never be hell. God deals with us as a father deals with his son. (I Cor. 3:15, I Cor. 5:5, I Cor. 11:32)


God will never cast us out or lose us.

"All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away...And this is the will of him who sent me, but raise them up at the last day." (John 6:37,39)


Doesn't it make sense to believe in the One who came back from the dead and trust him for the payment of your sin? Why not do it now and you can be sure of going to Heaven when you die. He loves you. Right now, why not accept the payment He has made for your sins and you can KNOW you have eternal life.


"I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may KNOW that you have eternal life..." (I John 5:13)


Christ Died...That's History

Christ Died For me...that's salvation!

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whosoever (your name) believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." (John 3:16)


If you are trusting in Christ alone for your salvation --- and in nothing else --- you have become his workmanship, saved to do good works (Ephesians 2:10). You should read the Bible, tell others the good news, pray, and fellowship with other believers.