I speak as someone who used to be an enemy of all
religion. I qualified to postgraduate level as a biological
scientist. I believed in evolution and rejected the idea of there
being a Creator God and I rejected the idea of the Bible being
true. I was a difficult person to be with: hard, uncaring and
stubborn. That has all since changed! I could not have done that
by myself.
I came to the point of “…repentance towards God and
faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(Acts20verse21in the Bible) after this Creator God proved to me he
was and is real and that the GOOD NEWS (or Gospel) proclaimed in
his Word, the Bible, was and is true. Stories about how people
repent and believe vary widely, but it must happen if you are to
be saved. In my particular case, it happened after God re-enacted
Pentecost for my benefit.
“And suddenly there came from heaven the sound of a
rushing wind that filled the whole house where they were sitting.”
(Acts2v2)
The doors and windows were closed. There was no
draught within. The only way that wind could have been generated
in that room was by supernatural means. This wind went through my
eardrums and penetrated every single part of my body. The wind of
which we know in nature simply cannot do that.
I demanded proof that the Gospel is true and I got
it!
Pentecost was an event that occurred in an upper
room in a house in Jerusalem nearly two thousand years ago shortly
after the death and rising from the dead of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The early believers in Jesus experience an amazing phenomenon just
like this. A violent, powerful, rushing wind entered that room and
touched each one personally.
This “repeat” convinced me that everything Jesus
said and did was true; that he lived, taught about the Kingdom of
God, healed the sick, raised the dead; that he died a cruel death
on the Cross and rose again from the dead. He is with us now by
the Holy Spirit. He made the claim that he is the way to Eternal
Life. I believe him.Will you?
How to get to Heaven from Here: The Good News is
TRUE!
Your life will end one day, as will mine. Anyone’s
life can be taken from him or her for almost any reason. But here
is the Good News, also known as the Gospel. ANYONE can have
ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN. There is only one alternative, HELL. It
exists. It is the outer darkness, the lake of fire. It is forever.
If you reject the CHRIST of the BIBLE here, he will
reject you there. Here is how to accept him:
REPENT- aim to turn away from what is wrong in your
life (sin). Realise that you are not good enough to go to Heaven
on your own merits. “There is no difference, for all have sinned
and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans Chapter3verse 23)
BELIEVE UPON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST-Make a conscious
positive decision to trust the RISEN Jesus Christ and him ALONE to
forgive you of your sin and give you this Eternal Life. Heaven is
and will be a place full of joy, peace, free from sin, death and
pain. It is worth having and knowing that you have it!
Please read the following carefully and claim these
things for yourself. It does not matter whether you are young or
old, rich or poor, what country you come from or what religious
tradition you might observe. YOU need to be saved from Hell.
“Lord Jesus Christ, I am truly sorry for all the
wrong things I have said, thought and done in my life. I wish to
turn from these now. I appreciate that I am not good enough to get
into heaven because of my sin. I ask that you forgive me. I
believe that you took all of my sin on you when you died on the
Cross two thousand years ago, that you did it for me personally. I
believe that you rose again from the dead, never to die again, the
perfect sacrifice once and for all. I invite you now into my life
as my LORD and SAVIOUR. I accept your offer of Eternal Life
through YOU and YOU ALONE. Thank you. Amen”
“..if you believe in your heart that God raised
Jesus from the dead and confess with your mouth ‘Jesus is Lord’
you will be saved.” (Romans 10v9)
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one
and only son, Jesus Christ, that whoever believes in him will not
perish but have everlasting life.” (John3v16)
“…the love of God is shown in this, while we were
still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5v8)
“Behold, now is the accepted time, now is the day
of Salvation.” (2 Corinthians 6v2) We live in an uncertain world,
especially at this time. You can be here today and gone tomorrow.
Be wise and obey the Gospel TODAY. It is TRUE.