What will be your destination?

Many of us just live our lives as if they are going to keep going. We don’t think about “end of life” until we have to. Even then, we don’t consider our eternal life. So…what will be your eternal destination? Will you just go puff and that is it after your mortal body dies? Do you believe in an eternal destination? It seems that many people do because most obituaries seem to point to a heavenly destination. But what if your soul doesn’t go to heaven? How do you get to Heaven?

How do you get to Heaven?

According to the Bible and the Christian definition, you can only get there by believing in Jesus as your Savior. There are no work requirements and no other “hoops” you have to jump through. Is this the right way? Again, according to Jesus Christ, belief in Him is the only way to come into the presence of God in heaven. Accepting Jesus as your Savior takes all of the punishment for your sins away and you are wiped clean.

There are other religious ways in the world and I won’t list them here. But, in the past 25+ years that I have been a follower of Jesus, no other religion offers you an eternal relationship except Christianity. God loves all of us, but He knows our weaknesses and our strengths and He knows who will accept Jesus as their Savior and who will not.

Remember the thief on the cross? He asked Jesus to remember me when you come into your kingdom. Jesus told him, “today you will be with Me in paradise”. He couldn’t even be baptized, but he was saved. Just believe in Jesus and ask Him to forgive you of your sins.

Be gentle and respectful

You are a new creation

Rejoice in your Savior

One in Jesus

Don’t discount the Holy Spirit

He is worthy

Whatever is causing it…

Many of us feel that we can’t get through another treatment or another board meeting, but God can give you the strength and the patience to get through them both. Don’t try to do everything on your own, allow Him to give you the peace and the strength to get through whatever life throws at you and He will carry you through it!

Old Testament prophecies…

Direct quotes from the Old Testament in Matthew:

1:22-23 Isaiah 7:14 (virgin birth)

2:5-6 Micah 5:2 (born in Bethlehem)

2:14-15 Hosea 11:1 (called out of Egypt)

2:16-18 Jeremiah 31:15 (murder of the innocents)

4:13-16 Isaiah 9:1-2 (lived in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali)

8:16-17 Isaiah 53:4 (healing the sick)

10:34-36 Micah 7:6 (His truth will cause division)

11:9-10 Malachi 3:1 (John the Baptist)

12:18-21 Isaiah 42:1-4 (obscure start to ministry)

13:14-15 Isaiah 6:9-10 (spiritually blind will miss the truth)

13: 34-35 Psalm 78:2 (speak in parables)

15:6-9 Isaiah 29:13; Malachi 2:2 (man-made rules of religious leaders)

21: 4-7 Zechariah 9:9; Isaiah 62:11 (entering Jerusalem on a donkey)

21:15-16 Psalm 8:2 (triumphal entry)

27:3-10 Jeremiah 32:6-9; Zechariah 11:12-13 (betrayed for 30 pieces of silver)

If Jesus only fulfilled these prophecies, we would have solid proof that He is the Messiah. But He did much more than prove Who He was when He came the first time. Jesus is our Savior, King, and Creator and He is coming back…likely much sooner than most people think. In today’s world, most people don’t think He was real and if they do believe that He is Who the Bible says He is, they’re not sure what to do with that information.

God provided the sacrifice to pay for the sins of man, and humanity in general, but most of the world doesn’t want to believe the Truth of God’s Word. Everyone seems to want to “create” their own “god” that is comfortable and acceptable to them. The problem with this is…we are created in His Image and His creation shouldn’t create a god in their image. That is given as a commandment! The first commandment!

We have been given His grace and mercy, neither of which we deserve but because of His love for us, we have received them in abundance. I pray that anyone who is looking for a Savior will read these scriptures and seek Jesus to be your Savior. I don’t believe the world will have to wait much longer to have the proof of God’s existence because the church will soon be gone. I can’t give you dates or years but with everything that is happening in and around Israel, the prophecies in Ezekiel and in the first few chapters of Revelation are about to come true.