Heaven Anyone?

Heaven anyone?

The Bible is plan, precise, clear, consistent and easy to follow.  Many people believe the only thing a person must do to go to heaven is to die.  But the Bible reveals four steps:

1. Believe in Jesus and put your faith in Him. See Ephesians 2:8-10 (chapter 2, verses 8 through 10).  Christianity is not a blind faith, but rather a faith based on facts. These facts are found in the Bible.

2. Repent of your sins. (See Acts 17:30, 31.)  What does “repent” mean? Well, imagine that you were going to the store when you realized that you forgot your money. What would you do? You would probably be disappointed that you wasted so much time, but you would still turn around and go home to get your money. Repentance is like that. A repentant person simply says, “God, I behaved badly in my past, and I want to turn around and live the way that You want me to live from now on.” You can talk to God like you would talk to a respected friend and repent of any sin that has been a part of your life.  

3.  Confess Jesus as Lord to someone. (See Matthew 10:32,33 and Romans 10:9,10.)  In the Bible, God always places emphasis on what we say—probably because whatever is in your heart determines what you say (Matthew 12:34). Therefore God wants us to verbally commit to Jesus (as Lord of our life) to someone.

4.  Be baptized. (See Acts 2:38,39.)  Being baptized means being immersed in water. Typically, a person would stand in water, be lowered into the water (by another Christian), and then be brought back up out of the water. The significance of this act can be seen in Romans 6:1-7 and an example of it in Acts 8:26-39.  Some people do not think that baptism is part of accepting Jesus. However one thing is clear in the Bible, baptism always follows believing and is connected to the forgiveness of sins.  Heaven anyone? God's plan is the best, safest, surest and has been around for a long time