Gospel

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Let's face it we all live our lives like there's no tomorrow; we don't give it much thought but, There is no guarantee that we will see tomorrow. Tomorrow is not promised to us. People get killed every day whether in an accident or natural causes.



When we go to sleep at night we don't all know if we will wake up the next morning, but if we do wake up we don't give it much thought about our new day as to what the end result of that day will be? We just prepare ourselves to go on with our normal daily routine.


James 4:13-14 (NKJV) Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.



Most of us don't want to deal with death or think about death. But it is inevitable we will all see death at one point of our lives.



Death is not a laughing matter; it is something that we need to think about. Well you be prepared when death comes knocking at your door? Only you can answer that question.



The majority of the people in this world think that we have all the time in the world because there is no end to this world as we know it. We live and die and that’s the end of it. They don't believe that there is a God or that Hell even exists much less a Heaven.



Let me pose another question: how can you be sure that there is no hell or heaven? And if by chance you do believe in a heaven how can you make sure that you'll spend eternity in heaven?



The way to heaven is to live in accordance with God’s will. You may ask What God’s will is. Gods will is to love and forgive others just as God loves and forgives us. It is to treat others the way Jesus treats us. Training yourself to be more loving, forgiving and Jesus-like each day.



Preparation is essential to every endeavor. We prepare for retirement, or a trip that we are planning on taking, for the children's college, for a job and the list goes on. But we don't seem to see the need for making preparation for the greatest of all events: that of life after death!



Let me pose Another question: How do we make preparation for eternal life?

1. Primary preparation involves hearing the gospel preached.
Matthew 4:23 ( NKJV )
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.

2. believing or faith

John 8:23-24 (NKJV)
And He said to them, “You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”



3. repentance which involves a change of mind that results in a change of life.
Acts 17:30 ( NKJV )
Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,



No one will go to heaven by accident; but by preparing to go. The parable of the wise and foolish virgins teach us that only "they that were ready went in..." (Mt. 25:1-13). As Jesus was about to leave His apostles he proclaimed: "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, that where I am, there ye may be also" (Jn. 14:1-3).



Prepare To Meet God: As God challenged Israel of old, he demanded: "...prepare to meet thy God, O Israel" (Amos 4:12). We will meet God prepared or not! So, don't let your life slip away without making the proper preparation to meet God in judgment and plan to live with Him throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity


Matthew 25:46 (NKJV)
And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”



Most people think that they can earn their way into heaven by living a good life or by turning up to church each Sunday. But whatever our ancestry, background or upbringing, whatever rituals and ceremonies we have performed, whatever religion we have followed, however sincerely we have tried to live a good life, the same facts remain. We are spiritually dead. Until we turn to Jesus.



The truth is that none of these things makes us right with God (a Christian ). We are morally corrupt. We are guilty before God. We are powerless to save ourselves. Left as we are, our case is hopeless. Rather than rely on guesswork and what we think we need to achieve, God's word (the Bible) tells us how to have a relationship with God and a life that is lived to the fullest. Jesus tells us in the Bible that he has come that we may have life and have it more abundant!



We can't do anything to earn our way into heaven, but the good news is that we don't have to. God sent Jesus into the world, and Jesus lived the way we were always meant to. Jesus came to provide the Only way by which we could be reunited with God. His innocent death took the punishment we deserve because of our rejection of God. Because Jesus has paid the price for us, he offers us salvation and eternal life.



We either reject or accept salvation. If we reject Jesus then we will have a life without him, a life without love, peace, joy, and all else that brings meaning to us. To make no decision is to stay on the path leading towards hell.



To make a decision to accept Jesus into our lives and to gain eternity with him, we need to make a permanent choice to turn back to God, and let Jesus be our God.


We need to trust in his forgiveness. We need to thank Jesus for coming to reunite us with God, our father, and showing us the way to truly get more from life, both in this world and the next!



God's salvation offer is eternal life through Jesus Christ his son; forgiveness and freedom from spiritual death.

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