“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” Matthew 24:35
Today on ABC – Barbara Walters repeated an interview about Heaven and Hell with many celebrities and well known figures and some not well known figures about about Heaven and Hell.
The Bible says –
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend[a] it. (John 1:1-5)
There are so many theories and speculations about what heaven and hell This is what is called man’s wisdom. You cannot find out about Heaven or Hell or God by watching an interview. Yes it may be entertaining, but in reality we are all searching for what is the Truth?
The Bible makes it clear – Jesus is the Truth, the Way, and the Life.
13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because[a] narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.- Matthew 7:13-14
An explanation of Heaven as it is known in the Bible –
1) First Heaven – the sky or firmament
2) Second Heaven – what we like to call outer space
3) Third Heaven – is something we cannot see where Jesus sits at the right hand of the Father and is described in the Book of Revelation and also in the book of Ezekiel.
I cannot argue Heaven or Hell or Jesus with someone who does not take an act of faith and come to the point that all of life is meaningless without Jesus. This takes the Holy Spirit to reveal who Jesus is.
You cannot get to Heaven by being a good person – because none of us are good. Nobody, no one, not anyone anywhere is good, there is no one. Whatever good you think you may have done it is nothing. You cannot earn a place into Heaven by doing good deeds. It takes the life changing influence of Jesus Christ as the only way to inherit eternal salvation or the right to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven because there is no one righteous not even one. Whatever good deeds or rituals or ceremonies that we have done, nothing will enable to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven because it was only purchased through the Blood of Jesus. He took the worlds sins, and yes everyone sins everyday. No matter what man or angel or any other being from heaven or on earth says – Jesus is superior to them all, and He is the only way to the Heavenly Father, who is so bright that looking at Him could kill you because His power is an uncountable more times than electricity. In fact in the Old Testament He revealed Himself as a cloud by day and fire by night, and even if you’ve been the worst thunderstorm you cannot begin to understand the magnitude of the God of the Bible. The only way to know this God is through Jesus Christ, and it takes a personal revelation from Him, Himself to you so you can go ahead and watch all the interviews of all the people, but in the end, you are going to have to take an act of faith and search out God for yourself.
I found Jesus through renouncing Hinduism because of heavy demonic activity. In fact the only thing that saved me from insanity was the prayer of a friend to the Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus. Before that God was so distant and far away. Now He’s so close and He gives me revelation of who He is. He is a God of love, compassion, of Holiness. Nobody is perfect, I don’t care who you say you are – whether you’re Dalai Lama, Mahatma Gandhi, or Mother Theresa, unless you have Jesus your works don’t mean anything. It’s only after you’ve been saved, and this is a daily practice of believing in Jesus, working out your salvation with fear and trembling or awe and reverance and then portraying the fruits of the Holy Spirit, and the Word of God, which is Jesus and also the Bible revealed through the Holy Spirit and a daily repentant heart and turning away from your sin with the Help of the the Holy Spirit. Unless you have Jesus you always find other things, other idols, be it money, pleasures, signficant others, and something else to satisfy, but Jesus is the Bread of Life, and whoever eats of Him will not hunger or go after things that don’t really matter in life.
There are 10 commanments:
You shall not have other gods
You shall not make any graven images
You shall not take the name of the LORD in vain
You shall observe the Sabbath (Saturday)
You shall“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s belongings or wife or husband.
Most of those have broken those things, but lets say you haven’t. There are 603 others, and you would not be able to fulfill them at all, that’s why Jesus had to become the curse of the Law. When you believe in Him, you are released from the Law, and the curse of the Law, but then you have to follow the Holy Spirit, who lives in your heart and gives you that tugging feeling to let you know whether you want to accept Him or not. If you experience that tugging feeling in your heart, and you want to accept Jesus into your heart because He is the one who will comfort you when you cry, He is the one who holds your hand, He is the one that is always with you when you are down, and He forgives you because He died for you. No other person died for you. Yes other people died, but He is the only one that died specifically for you, and for the rest of the world just so that He would have a relationship with you and even if you were the only person on earth He would have died for you. Not only did He die for you in a gruesome horrible death and was buried in a dark tomb, but He actually showed up physically after He died, and ate, then went up to Heaven, the real Heaven. This is not something that can be thought with the mind, it is something that is revealed in the heart and it takes a risk of faith to say, I choose to accept You Lord as my Savior. He and I are not going to force you to believe, we can just warn you, but the thing is that don’t be afraid that if you don’t believe you will go to Hell, but go to Him because of this awesome love and forgiveness of everything that you’ve ever done. We all have this trash in our lives that He has to take out, and He is willing to give you a brand new start and a clean slate, and wipe it clean, and whatever chalk stains you get on the blackboard of life, He is willing to wipe them clean every day if you say, “You know what I am wrong in this.” He will teach you lessons and He will speak to you through His Word. This is special. I didn’t have this before I knew Jesus. Before I knew Jesus and I mean really knew Jesus I was searching for things that could not satisfy. It’s a process of life that we have to work at, but Jesus helps us everyday and you are never alone.
You really don’t know how long you have, so be prepared. Jesus is coming any time soon, and whoever reads this, if you feel a conviction to believe in Jesus say,
Heavenly Father,
I know that I am a sinner, and I know that I cannot live life except without your grace, and I have done many things wrong in my life, but I would like to know You and this God who can change my heart and turn me into a new creation, and work with me to wipe my slate clean everyday and walk with me through life during all the hard times, and all the rough times, so that we may go through this journey alone and that I can learn to trust in You. I want to experience Your Love, and Joy, and Peace, in a world that just seems to be falling apart. You know how many times I have failed, and You have been there to pick up the pieces even though I couldn’t see it. I want to accept You as my Savior and regardless of what happens to me, I want to serve You. Teach me how to fall desperately in love with You and help work to refine and change me to be more and more like You everyday.
In Jesus Mighty Name I pray,
Amen.
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