But
everyone will NOT automatically go to heaven!
When
you asked Jesus Christ to come into your heart, whether it was at a public
evangelistic crusade or alone in the privacy of your own home, you received
eternal life!
|
John
5:28-29 |
 |
"Do
not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves
will hear his voice and come out--those who have done good will rise to
live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned."
-
Those
who have done good will rise to live.
-
Those
who have done evil will rise to be condemned.
|
|
|
Revelation
20:11-15 |
"Then
I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky
fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the
dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.
Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged
according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave
up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that
were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done.
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire
is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book
of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
-
Everyone
will be judged according to their works as recorded in God’s record books.
-
Everyone’s
name will be checked against the Book of Life.
-
Those
whose names are not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into
the lake of fire.
So, how does a person
get their name written in the Book of Life?
|
|
John
3:36 |
"Whoever
believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will
not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."
-
Believing
in Jesus Christ is how a person’s name is written in the Book of Life.
-
Rejecting
Jesus will keep a person's name from being written in the Book of Life.
|
JESUS
CAME TO BRING US LIFE!
|
 |
|
|
John
10:10 |
"The thief
comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have
life, and have it to the full."
-
The thief
(satan) comes to steal, kill, and destroy.
-
Jesus
came to give us a full life.
|
|
John
3:16-21 |
"For God
so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his
Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through
him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe
stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's
one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but
men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone
who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear
that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into
the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been
done through God."
-
God sent
Jesus into the world because He loved us.
-
He did
not send Jesus to condemn us, but to save us!
-
Whoever
believes in Jesus will not be condemned.
-
Whoever
does not believe in Jesus will be condemned.
-
The reason
people don’t come to Jesus is because their deeds are evil and they don't
want to face that fact.
|
|
Romans
6:23 |
| "For
the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ
Jesus our Lord." |
 |
-
When you
receive Jesus as your Savior you are set free from sin.
-
The benefit
leads to holiness.
-
The end
result is eternal life!
-
The wages
of sin is death.
-
The gift
of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ.
|
|
I
John 5:11-13 |
 |
"And
this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is
in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of
God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the
name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life." |
-
God wants
you to KNOW you have eternal life!
-
He doesn’t
want you to have any doubts!
-
This life
is ONLY in Jesus Christ!
JESUS IS COMING
AGAIN TO BRING IN ETERNITY!
|
|
Matthew
24:27-31 |
| "For
as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will
be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the
vultures will gather. 'Immediately after the distress of those days the
sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will
fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' At that time
the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations
of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds
of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with
a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds,
from one end of the heavens to the other." |
 |
-
Jesus’
coming will be a public event and not secret!
-
Jesus’
angels will sound a loud trumpet call.
-
The angels
will gather His elect from the four winds (earth).
-
The angels
will gather His elect from one end of (heaven) to the other.
|
We
Will Meet Him In The Air!
|
|
|
|
1
Thessalonians 4:13-18 |
"Brothers,
we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve
like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and
rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have
fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that
we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will
certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself
will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the
archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will
rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught
up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so
we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these
words."
-
The dead
“in Christ” (Christians who have died will rise first).
-
We (Christians)
who are alive and remain will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air.
|
We
Will Live In The New Jerusalem
When
Jesus comes back to earth He will establish His eternal kingdom here in
the New Jerusalem. |
|
|
|
Revelation
21:1-4 |
"Then
I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first
earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy
City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as
a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from
the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live
with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and
be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no
more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has
passed away."
-
There
will be a new heaven and a new earth.
-
God will
live here, on the new earth, with men.
-
In the
New Jerusalem there will be no more death, mourning or crying, or pain!
|
|
Revelation
21: 22-27 |
"I did
not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb
are
its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it,
for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations
will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor
into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night
there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing
impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or
deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of
life."
-
There
will be no temples in the city.
-
The city
will not need the sun or the moon for light.
-
The nations
will walk in the light of the city.
-
Nothing
impure will ever enter the city.
-
Only those
whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life can enter the city.
|
|
Revelation
22:1-5 |
 |
Then
the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal,
flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great
street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing
twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of
the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any
curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants
will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or
the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will
reign for ever and ever."
|
|
-
The curse
that came on mankind because of Adam and Eve's rebellion against God in
the garden of Eden will be totally removed (Genesis 3:8-19)!
-
People
will be able to see the face of God, which they cannot do now because of
their sinfulness (Exodus 33:18-20)!
-
We will
reign with God forever and ever (Genesis 1:26)!
|
|
Revelation
22:12-15 |
"Behold,
I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according
to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End. "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that
they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates
into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the
sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and
practices falsehood."
-
Blessed
are those who wash their robes (Revelation 7:13-14)
"Then
one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes-- who are they, and where
did they come from?" I answered, "Sir, you know." And he said, "These are
they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their
robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
-
Those
who wash their robes have the right to eat of the tree of life which was
denied to people after the rebellion of Adam and Eve. (Genesis 3:22-24)
"And the
LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and
evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the
tree of life and eat, and live forever." So the LORD God banished him from
the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After
he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden
cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to
the tree of life."
-
Those
who have washed their robes have the right to go through the gates into
the city.
|
|
|
If
you asked Jesus to come into your heart, and you asked Him to forgive your
sins, He is in your heart right now and ALLof
your sins have been forgiven and you have ETERNAL
LIFE!
|
|
