[Biblemat] S) IF YOU WERE TO DIE TODAY, WOULD YOU GO TO HEAVEN?

[J5827Sasser at wmconnect.com]

Brethren and Friends, Jim Sasser here.  Here is a study from my
files.  Use to the glory of God.

IF YOU WERE TO DIE TODAY, WOULD YOU GO TO HEAVEN?

     If you were to die today do you know for certain, without
a doubt, that you would go to heaven and be with the Lord
forever?  Jesus says, "But seek first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you"
(Matt. 6:33).  Our number one priority in this life must be to
go to heaven.  Nothing is as important as this.  We cannot
afford to miss heaven.

     Our Lord tells us in Matt. 7:13,14 that only few people will
go to Heaven, but the vast majority will be eternally lost in the
burning fires of Hell.  This is not a pleasant thought.  But all
of us will make the choice as to where we will spend eternity.
The only way, to even grasp how long eternity will be, is to
think that after we have been in Heaven or Hell a billion years,
eternity will have just begun.

     Our soul is the most precious thing we possess.  "For what profit is it 
to a man if he gains the whole world and loses
his own soul?  Or what will a man give in exchange for his
soul? (Matt. 16:26).  Our soul is worth more than the whole
world put together.  If we lose our soul, we lose all.

     Jesus wants us to pay attention to what He is trying to tell
us.  He says in Matt. 13:41-43, "The Son of Man will send out
His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom (the church, that's us) 
all things that offend, and those who prac-
tice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire.
There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.  Then the right-
eous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.  He who has 
ears to hear, let him hear."  Our Lord is
trying to warn us if we will only listen.  He has already paid
the awful price for our salvation and He doesn't want to see
it wasted.

     For a child of God, sin in our life will keep us out of 
Heaven.  Because of unrepented sins, our name will be taken
out of God's Book of Life.  "God shall take away his part from
the Book of Life and from the holy city" (Rev. 22:19).  Has your name been 
taken out of God's Book of Life?  If it has 
then this is a very serious matter.  "And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire" (Rev.
20:15).  God wants to forgive us.  As a Christian, how do we
get our name put back into the Book of Life?  "If we confess
our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 Jno. 1:9).  Jesus has
promised, "Be faithful until death and I will give you the crown
of Life" (Rev. 2:10).

     If you are not a Christian, how do you get your name into
God's Book of Life, so you can be saved and go to Heaven?
Our Lord says in Lk. 13:3, "Except you repent you will like-
wise perish."  Jesus also says, "Whoever confesses Me before men, him I will 
confess before My Father who is in
Heaven" (Matt. 10:32).  Our Lord then tells us, "He who be-
lieves and is baptized will be saved" (Mk. 16:16).  If a person
misses Heaven, he will only have himself to blame.  ----------
Ron Boatwright.   </HTML>
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