|
A current popular website
advertised on TV and shown on the web is a site called "Heaven or Not"... you
can find it at "heavenornot.net". We have copied the entire website on our
site with a couple small changes... they show scriptures in "boxes"... we show
scriptures in dark red without "boxes" to save space. The other change we
make is that we show disagreement to their text in
bright red
text.
For you to know for sure when you die...
if you are going to heaven
or not...
this is what you
need to understand.
God is, and He
is the Creator of
everything, including all
mankind.
Many scientists today
acknowledge that “everything”
began all
at once...with the “Big
Bang”!
And that is what
the Bible says
(we disagree with this statement... see our discussion below).
“In
the beginning, God
created the heavens and the earth.”
Genesis 1:1
Many historians, as
discoveries over time have increased, now believe the
Bible to
be the most reliable source of early world history. It is God’s
truth to
inform and instruct all people concerning
life.
It teaches that everything
is His...and
everything includes
heaven.
Heaven is God’s
home.
It is His...
and He
is perfect...
and heaven
is perfect.
There is only
God’s goodness and His
pure love.
That makes it a problem
for us...
because we
sin.
It is our
heritage. We are born with it.
“For all
have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23
as it is written: “None
is righteous, no, not one.”
Romans 3:10
Sin is any thought
or action contrary to
the goodness
of God. That is
the bad
news...
but...
here is the good news!
“For God
so loved the
world, that He
gave His only Son, that whoever
believes in Him should
not perish but have
eternal life.”
John 3:16
Being accepted by God and allowed
into heaven...is not
of your good works...or
whatever your definition of good
behavior might
be. You
can’t get to heaven...on your own.
It’s a free
gift...
because of God’s
love for us!
“For the wages of sin
is death, but
the free
gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 6:23
God’s gift of
eternal life... is only
fulfilled when
it is
received.
Therefore, if
you want to know for sure...
that you’re
going to heaven... you have to receive God’s gift of forgiveness and
acceptance.”
“But to all who
did receive
Him, who believed
in His name, HE gave the right to become children of God.”
John 1:12
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does
not have the Son of God does not have life. 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 5:12-13
Jesus said to her, “I
am the
resurrection and the
life; he
who believes
in Me will live even
if he dies,
and everyone who
lives and believes
in Me will never
die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:25
If heaven is
the desire of
your heart... and the following prayer expresses your
decision... pray now and receive CHRIST!
Dear God... I know I have sinned
against you.
Please forgive me.
I receive Jesus... your only Son... right now as Savior of my
life... having died to pay for my sins.
Thank you for forgiving my sins... and for my new life.
I pray this prayer in Jesus' holy name, Amen!
“But from now on the Son of
Man shall be seated
at the right hand of
the power of God.”
Luke 22:69
If I
go and
prepare a place for
you, I will come
again and receive
you to Myself, that where
I am, there you may be also. And
you know the way where I am going.
John 14:3-4
For by grace
you have been saved through
faith. And this is not your own doing; it
is the gift of God, not
a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9
God will keep His word... forgive your sins...
give you eternal life...
and confirm
your place in heaven!
Discussion thoughts...
We only have one problem with the website... they
give the proper bible scripture (Genesis 1:1) that defines how God created the
heavens and the earth... but to suggest that creation of heaven and earth was
part of the "Big Bang" theory is improper!
My Beliefs...
Heaven or Not is an excellent website (except for the
discussion above)! |