Where will you go for eternity?
There is nothing more important than where you will spend eternity.
If you have never thought about where you will go when you die...now is the time to do so. I mean, think about it. Eternity! It's a long time. Just think, it's forever and ever and ever. There is no time in Eternity.
I care about where you will spend eternity. I'm a Christian and so passionate for God and His glory and it all began when I was reading the Bible one night, many years ago, and I read these verses in the New Testament, and they struck terror into my heart:
Eph 5:1-6 "Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. But sexual immorality and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience."
That night, I realized that I was the very person the Bible was talking about. Or better yet, God opened my eyes and showed me that I had done all of the above listed things. In other words, I had broken the Ten Commandments. I had violated God's holy law. At that moment, I knew if I were to die I would go to Hell and die in my sins. I can remember thinking, "I will do whatever it takes to get right with God because eternity is a long time!"
What did I do next? I repented (turned from my sins) and trusted in Jesus Christ to save me, recognizing that Jesus Christ died on a cross and rose from the dead and that if I repented and put all my trust in Him I would be saved from Hell. I trusted in Christ the way someone trusts in a parachute to save them from a 10,000 ft jump. I have never been the same since. If you haven't thought about this, please click on the link below to see how you measure up to God's standard-the 10 Commandments. Please, don't wait another minute to do so!
Please take a moment to take this test:
QUESTION: What is life all about?
ANSWER: Life is all about the Glory of God!
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Here are some proofs of a genuine work of salvation:
Are you wrestling with the thoughts that you aren't saved? Do you question whether your faith in God is genuine? I've developed five points that are general proofs of a genuine work of salvation.
We are never to depend upon a previous testimony of something we did years ago such as pray a prayer or sign a card or walk down an isle for an altar call, we must presently be confessing Jesus Christ as Lord through faith.
A true Christian will not habitually and impenitently practice a lifestyle of sin. (1 John 1. 5-10). This does not mean that we will ever be sinless, this side of heaven, but that we who are in the light do not seek to remain in darkness.
There must be an observable growth in the life of the believer. We are called to grow in our salvation in the areas of knowledge, love, grace, and fruit. (John 15; 2 Pet. 3.18). Those who think that nothing more than a mere confession of faith is needed, to prove oneself a Christian, run the danger of self-deception and ultimately lack assurance of their salvation.
A true Christian is not to remain carnal in mind and affections. We are to pursue holiness. A believer in Christ, hungers for righteousness and seeks to be pleasing in obedience to the Father. (Hebrews 12:14). This proof is extremely telling regarding ones salvation as well as their spiritual maturity. Do we love darkness? Do we rejoice in sinfulness? These things are to be rejected by the true child of God.
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Do you hold to the essential doctrines of the Faith? Especially, having to do with the Doctrines of God, Authority, and Salvation?
There are certain doctrines and teachings in Scripture that cannot be breached. The failure to hold to the "Essentials" will result in heresy, false doctrine, and false hope. Martin Luther once said, "If you have the wrong God in the end you meet the Devil". Thus, it is essential that we have the right God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). That we believe in the true identity of Jesus Christ, being fully God and fully man.
We must believe that the Bible is the word of God and the final authority for all of faith and practice. We will have no foundation otherwise. Believing, therefore, that the Bible is inerrant, infallible, and inspired is essential. For without it we would not know God at all. Also, we must believe in a proper view of salvation. In other words, it is by grace through faith that we are saved and not by human works lest we boast in ourselves. (Eph. 2.8; Tit. 3.4-7).
These proofs are never to be mistaken as works. That is, that none of the above mentioned are offered as works which prove that we have earned the right to be saved. Rather, we are saved by nothing more than sovereign grace. Assurance is a miracle of God and it is reserved for the child of God. For the Christian, we have the blessed promise of assurance and that we can know for certain whether we are saved or not. I have found great comfort in these verses:
"I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life" (1 John 5.13).
"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without doubting, for He who promised is faithful." (Heb. 10. 22-23).
