This Post Could Change Your Life

I'm not sure who stops on my blog these days, but I'm sure there's many different people who may occasionally find themselves at my page. Because of this, I decided I must share the best thing you will ever hear and give you news that could truly set you free.

Death is bewildering; Funerals seem to have a great effect on one's emotions as one peers at the body lying in the corpse and realize that will some day be me. Death is something no one will be able to escape. I'm sure all of us have pondered about it at some point in our lives. The terrifying part is that we don't know when it will come upon us. Will death come knocking years from now or will our last breath be tomorrow? There's no way to know.

But the thing we can know is where we'll be once our life does leave our body and our lives on earth come to an end. We can know the destiny of our souls. The Bible is the most amazing book that tells us all about life past and the life to come. It is the only book whose prophecies have been fulfilled and truths have stood the test of time. In its pages we can know what's to come and where we're headed because it is God's inspired Word to us, and He tells us plain and clear.

The Bible tells us that it's been appointed unto every man to die and then the Judgment (Hebrews 9:27). We will all stand before God and will give an account for our lives. The question I impose to you is that when you die and stand before Him, on what merit would He let you into heaven?

The first response of people is usually: "Because I'm a good person and I try to do what's right." What is your definition of good? Are you really good because you're not as bad as other people or are you truly as good and perfect as Jesus Christ? I'd encourage you to compare your goodness to the questions below, which are God's standards of good:

Have you ever told a lie? Then you're a liar.
Have you ever stolen anything (the value is insignificant. Stealing is more than just material; It could include hours from your boss or music from the internet)? Then you're a thief.
Have you ever taken God's name in vain? He calls that blasphemy. It's very offensive to Him.
Have you ever looked at a person with lust? God calls this adultery in your heart (Matt 5:28).
Have you ever hated someone? God says it's the same as murder (1 Jh. 3:15).

If this is not enough, realize that God's knows our every thought and will judge us according to every sinful thought we have ever entertained. How would you like for someone to project all the thoughts you ever thought on a movie screen for all your friends and family to read? You'd be mortified. That's because you even sin in your mind. God judges you even by your thoughts, your motives, the very things inside your heart! Our most righteous deeds can be laden in sin simply because our motives may be selfish.

So ask yourself, on Judgment Day, if you stand before a holy and just God, would be innocent or guilty? You would be guilty because you have broken God's commands--you have offended Him and sin must be punished because of His righteousness. The Just Judge will declare you guilty.

If you believe you would perhaps be innocent because you believe God will simply forgive you when you stand before Him, may I simply ask you if you have ever tried that in court? Imagine you are guilty and the judge is about to sentence you to prison and you get on your knees and plead for his forgiveness. If the judge simply let you go without your punishment being paid, he would be a very bad, unjust judge. If he lets one go without being punished, he would be wrong to not let all go--Hitlers and all--regardless of their crime.

But the Bible says that God is righteous, holy, and just. Much more higher in power and authority than an earthly judge, God must punish sin because His holiness requires it. He would be going against His nature to just simply forgive anyone. So you are in trouble.

But don't stop reading, because there is wonderful news for you! And that's why I am writing this post because I care for you and want to tell you the best news you will ever hear in this life. Do you know what Jesus did for you? The punishment you (and me) deserved (which is hell), Jesus took upon Himself on the cross. Because of His great love for you, He has made a way that we can be forgiven of our sins and can have eternal life. He has made a way where God's justice and mercy and forgiveness could meet.

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came down to earth many years ago and died in your place to take the punishment you deserve. He died and resurrected the third day. He became a substitute for you. Imagine yourself in court, guilty and headed for prison, when someone walks in and says, "Wait Judge, take me instead. I love this person and I will pay their fine." This is what Christ has done for you.

Jesus was the perfect substitute that appeased God's wrath because Jesus was holy and without sin. God poured the wrath we deserved on Jesus. You see, you have this huge debt that you owe, but because of Christ, God can legally dismiss your case. Sin must be punished and someone has to pay for it. Either you will, eternally in hell, or you can let Christ pay it who already has by paying your fine by taking God's wrath upon Himself. Looking to Christ is the only way we can be declared "not guilty" before God and can be forgiven and go to heaven.

The Bible says that to receive this gift you must repent of your sins and put your faith in Jesus Christ. Repent means that you must turn your back on sin and turn your face to God---to stop serving sin and to start serving God. Putting your faith in Christ is so much more than just believing in Him and believing that He died on the cross for you. If you were in a airplane knowing that it was about to crash at any moment and you had a parachute next to you, you wouldn't just believe the parachute was real and existed beside you. That would be absurd. Instead, you would put that parachute on, hold on to it, and trust it to save you. That is what Christ asks you to do to Him.

You must repent from your sins and put your faith in Christ! You must believe that He is the ONLY way to heaven and when God lets you into heaven, Christ will be the only reason that God lets you in, because that's the only way you will be able ever to enter. It's not based on works, it's not religion, it's not going to church.....it's not even praying a prayer. It's on Christ and Christ alone. It is free, and it is a gift. It is truly liberating!

This is the best news you will ever receive. You are headed for hell but you don't have to go! Someone has made a way for you to enter heaven. Someone has taken the punishment of your sins. Someone has taken the wrath of God for you. Someone has the gift of eternal life of heaven that they want to give to you.

I'd encourage if you have not repented and put your trust in Christ alone, that you go to God and get things right with Him today. Repent so you will not perish (Luke 13:3). When you are in Christ, He will give you a new heart---a heart that wants to please Him because of the great love He has given by what He has done. He will forgive you, make you into a new person, and grant you eternal life in Heaven. He will set you free!

There is hope for you, and that is only found through Jesus Christ. He wants to be your substitute so you don't have to pay eternally for your sins. Will you let Him?




The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus our Lord (Rom. 6:23)

Jesus said: "I am the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the father but by me" (Jh. 14:6)