This virus mainly affects the elderly and those with health conditions, but people of all ages have also contracted it and died. So I want to ask you- Do you know where you will spent eternity when it is your turn to leave this earth? I do and I want to tell you why.
Before I was born, my parents wanted to find God and looked at different churches. But they did not find God in a personal way until they went to a non-denoninational church that taught from the Bible. There they heard for the first time the gospel given in the New Testament that we are all sinners separated from God. But God loved us so much he sent his only son to earth.(John 3:16) Jesus lived as a sinless man and one day he let men crucify him so he could suffer and die for the sins of the world. After three days he rose again and he lives in heaven, watching out for us. They learned they couldn't get to heaven by being good enough ("For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23) They had to accept God's gift of salvation ("For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom 6:23) and "call on the name of the Lord" to be saved. (Romans 10-9-13) After hearing this message, they both were saved and gave their lives to God.
Now, some people think if their parents are saved, they are too. But everyone must make their own decisions. My mother started learning about the Bible after she was saved and even taught a kids' Bible class. There I learned verses and Bible stories. When I was 10 years old, I realized I wanted to go to heaven some day and, since I could never be good enough, I needed to accept Jesus as my Savior. I did that on Halloween morning that year.
Since that time, I have grown in the Lord, learning about him, surrendering my life to him as a teenager and going to a Christian university where I studied the Bible. But the important thing in my life has been my relationship with the Lord. I knew he was with me through all I faced. There have been times when I had a strong faith and times when I doubted or was worried or lonely. But through it all I was not alone. And I know when it is my time to die, Jesus has a place in heaven for me and he will welcome me there. (John 14:1-6)
So, what about you, my friend? Are you trusting that you have done enough good things to get to heaven and hoping God will let you in? Or do you know for sure that you have a home in heaven when you die because you are trusting God's word to us? Life is too uncertain to take chances. Please think about it! And contact me if you want more information.
God bless you! I love you and God does too.
Leona
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