Hello everyone, I want to ask you a question.
If you die today, how much confidence do you have in heaven?
Is it 0% or 100%?
When I was asking this question, a lot of people told me that
I have 80% confidence in heaven because I have done a lot of good deeds.
But the Bible says in the second chapter, chapter 8 of the Gospel,
"You are saved by your own grace and by your own faith."
This is not because of yourself, but because of God.
It's not because of your behavior, so no one will praise you.
So the Bible says that salvation is not because of our behavior,
it's not because of how good we are.
If we can use our own good deeds to enter heaven,
no one can go.
The Bible says in the third chapter, chapter 23 of the Roman book,
"Because all people have sinned, the glory is lost."
So the Bible says that all people, men, women, old and young,
all people have sinned.
I am not one person, and you are not one person either.
So no one can enter heaven by doing good deeds.
The Bible says in the sixth chapter, chapter 23 of the Roman book,
"Because all people have sinned, the glory is lost."
Only God's grace is eternal in our main Christian Jesus.
So the Bible says that all people have sinned, the glory is lost.
As long as we sin, we deserve to die.
But the Bible also mentions the second death.
After we die, our flesh will be buried.
This is the first death.
But the Bible says in the second chapter, chapter 14 of the Gospel,
"Death and heaven are also thrown into the fire."
This "fire" is the second death.
If someone's name is not on the life list,
he will be thrown into the fire.
"Fire" is the so-called hell, which is the second death.
So after we die, if we do not grasp heaven,
our flesh will die, and our face will also go to hell.
The Bible says in the eighth chapter, chapter 21 of the Bible,
"Only the brave, the unfaithful, the abominable, the murderous,
the deceitful, the wicked, the idol, and all who lie,
will be burnt in the blazing fire." This is the second death.
Note that the Bible says,
"Anyone who lies will be thrown into the fire."
This is the second death.
I believe that everyone has lied.
We have even done more serious things than lying.
So let us face reality.
We all deserve to go to hell, because no one is a good person.
But we know that God loves us.
God loves us, so he doesn't want us to go to hell.
It is written in the fifth chapter, chapter 8 of the Bible.
"Only Jesus died for us when we were still drunk."
The love of God is shown to us here.
So God doesn't want us to go to hell.
So he sent his only son, Jesus Christ, to die for us.
We know that Jesus is the God of flesh.
Jesus is 100% God, and 100% human.
He was born by Tongzhen and Mary.
He lived a sinless life.
He didn't commit a sin.
But he was nailed to the cross and died for us.
And after his death, his spirit stayed in hell for three days and three nights.
And three days later, he came back from death.
Notice that Jesus died for our past, present and future sins.
He didn't die for our past sins.
He died for our future sins.
Although Jesus died for ordinary people,
not everyone will go to heaven.
We need to do one thing to go to heaven.
It is written in the 16th chapter, chapter 30 of the Bible.
A man asked Paul and Silas,
"How can I be saved?"
They said, "If you believe in Jesus, you and your family will be saved."
Notice that they said, "If you believe in Jesus, you will be saved."
They didn't say, "You need to go to church, or read the Bible, or do good deeds."
They only said, "If you believe in Jesus, you will be saved."
The Bible is written in John 3, chapter 16.
God gave us the only Son of God.
He said, "If you believe in Him, you will be saved."
The Bible says, "If you believe in Him, you will be saved."
He didn't say, "You need to do good deeds."
He only said, "If you believe in Him, you will be saved."
Notice that the meaning of "to be saved" is to be forever.
If you believe in Him, you will be saved forever.
You will never lose your grace.
If you are saved, you will be saved forever.
If you steal my car tomorrow,
you may be thrown into prison.
But you will never go to hell.
God may punish you in this world, but you will never lose your grace.
Because God promised you that if you believe in Him, you will be saved forever.
Just like our children.
If our children do bad deeds, we may punish them, right?
But they will always be our children.
Similarly, as long as we truly believe in Jesus,
and not believe in ourselves,
we can be saved forever.
We can become His children.
So I want to ask you a question.
Do you believe that you are a sinner?
We believe that we are sinners.
And the price of sin is death.
We deserve to go to hell.
But we believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins,
and was resurrected from the dead.
If we truly believe in Him, we can be saved forever.
If you truly believe in Him, you can pray like this.
Dear Jesus, I believe that I am a sinner,
and I deserve to go to hell.
But I believe that Jesus died for our sins,
and resurrected from the dead.
Please take me to heaven after I die.
Amen.
If you really pray like this,
you can be 100% sure that you will go to heaven.
Thank you.