Will You Get In

I thought I would talk a little about heaven today and being ready.  From what I understand heaven will be a beautiful place with streets of gold and gates of pearls, there will be no sickness or disease or death or anything of that nature; it will be a place of perfect peace, contentment, joy and radiance with beautiful music, singing, rejoicing and praising.  There will be no fear, no thieves, no stress, no worry, nothing scary just a place of rest.  It will be a place to experience real love, the unconditional type that we all long for whether we admit it or not.  Just think, there will be no bickering, fighting or arguing, no bitterness or un-forgiveness, no gossip, slander or revenge, or anything that will hurt in any way; it will be a perfect place and everyone there will be free of any kind of sin because in heaven there will be no sin or sin nature and it will be far greater and more beautiful than anything we can even imagine or think!!  But, the thing that will make heaven the greatest is the fact that God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit will be there and there will be no need of sun or moon because God’s Shekinah Glory will light up heaven, praise the Three in One!!  

Just typing this out can excite me, what about you when you read or hear about heaven?  After living on earth for the time I have, there is no way to fully describe heaven, but you can read about it in God’s Word in Revelations chapters 4, 5 and 6 and you can also read chapters 20-22.

Let me ask you, who wouldn’t want to go to a place that is as gorgeous and beautiful as this place is?  This is not a fictional place, this is real place and what is so strange is that so many choose not to go.  The invitation is in the Word of God, He has made it very clear!!  How much more could He love us, think of this, God sent His only begotten Son into this world to give His life, a ransom for our sins, because we all needed a Savior!!  Jesus died, was buried and rose again, suffering the cruel act of crucifixion and He did it out of obedience and His unconditional love for us.  The Bible says that all have sinned and fell short of the glory of God, so no matter how good you think you are, or that someone else might be, we are all guilty of sin and because of it we are separated from God.  One of the problems is that many people want to set the standards for morality using man’s standard of morality and not God’s standards for morality.  If you have lied or stolen anything, no matter how small, or taken the Lord’s name in vain, you are guilty of sin and there are other things I could mention.  But, God loves us so much that He made a way for anyone to be right with Him.

Read John 3:16-17, “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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”

This is good news, now read verses 18-21, “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

We all have a choice, we can reject God’s offer or we can accept it, but remember whatever choice we make we will reap the consequences of our choice.  I want to make this very clear, the only way to get to heaven is to get there through Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, there is no other way!!  If you are reading this and feel the desire to get things right with the Lord then repent of your sins and ask the Lord to forgive you for your sins against Him and to come in and be your Lord and Savior.  Take your time and let Him fill you with His peace, love and joy, then go forth rejoicing and share what the Lord has done for you.  Find a church that preaches the Word of God and start growing in your faith.  Have a super day!  May the good Lord bless you and yours!!  PS don’t forget to thank and praise the Lord!!