Hi, I would like to talk about how one can be 100% sure that one will reach Heaven when one dies.
In 1 John 5.13 the Bible says, "This I have written for you who believe in the Son of God's name,
so that you may know that you have eternal life, and so that you may believe in the Son of God's name."
According to this verse one can actually know that one has eternal life.
And that means that you too shall know.
First of all, we must admit that we are all sinners.
The Bible tells us that no one is right, no, not one.
That no one is right means that no one is perfect.
No one does good all the time.
The Bible also says that all have sinned and come to short when it comes to God's glory.
Sin is when one breaks the law of God.
For example, by stealing or stealing, everyone commits sin, even Christians.
But it is a punishment for our sins.
In the first place, this is death.
The Bible says that sin's reward is death.
The Bible talks in the meantime not only about a physical death, but also about another death.
The Bible says the following.
Death and hell are thrown into the sea of fire.
This is another death.
And everyone who is not found inscribed in the Book of Life is thrown into the sea of fire.
The sea of fire is usually called hell.
The Bible even has a list of people who deserve hell.
For example, murderers.
But the Bible explains that even all liars shall be part of the sea that burns with fire and sleep, which is another death.
And if all liars deserve hell, then everyone deserves hell because we all have lied before.
But God loves us and does not want anyone to have him in hell.
Therefore, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came down to this earth.
The Bible tells in Romans 5, but God showed his love for us by killing Christ for us while we were still sinners.
Jesus Christ is absolutely a human being, but not only a human being, and not only is he the Son of God.
At the same time, he is also God.
In Matthew 1, it says, "See, a widow shall be with a child, and give birth to a son, and shall give him the name Immanuel, which overcomes God with us."
One of Jesus' names is also Immanuel, which means "God with us."
In the Hebrew letter 1, the Bible says, "But to the Son," it says, "your faith and God stand in all holiness."
"Your kingdom's scepter is a worthy scepter."
Here the Bible shows Jesus, that is, the Son, as God.
In the end, it states that God was manifested in the flesh.
There is only one God, but at the same time there are three different persons in what is called the Trinity.
They are God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
And these three are one.
Because Jesus is God, he did not know sin.
He lived a life without sin that we could not live.
When he was on the cross, the Bible tells that he himself bore our sins on his own body and on the tree.
He took on every single sin you and I ever did, and paid the full price for them.
After he was dead, he buried his body in his grave, and his soul was in hell for three days and three nights.
So he went down to the kingdom of death.
After this, he stood up again and showed himself alive.
He showed the disciples the pull in his hands from when he was on the cross, as a sign that he was physically risen.
The Bible is clear that Jesus died for all the sins of the world.
But it is still something you have to do to get to heaven.
The Bible answers this fundamental question.
What do I have to do to be free?
And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be free."
It does not say, "Live a good life to be free," or "Go to church to be free," or "Stop sinning."
Something that is not possible.
Faith is the only grave.
One of the most famous verses in the whole Bible is John 3.16.
It goes like this.
"For so high has God loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that the world who believes in him should not go astray, but have eternal life."
According to this verse, one gets to believe in Jesus, eternal life.
The question is, can one lose his eternal life?
The answer is no.
Eternal means forever.
That it never ends.
If you can lose your eternal life, then it was not eternal.
As soon as you believe in Jesus, you have eternal life.
And Jesus says, "He who believes in me has eternal life."
Therefore, we need to take them into account only once.
As soon as you believe in him, you are free forever.
And no matter what, you cannot lose your freedom.
Jesus says in John 3, "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never go astray, nor shall anyone tear them out of my hand."
If we believe, we are safe.
No one can take us out of Jesus' hand, nor ourselves.
We are not stronger than Jesus.
When we, as Christians, sin, God will be able to overcome the discipline over us, His children.
In this life, Christians can be punished or punished by God,
as He does something wrong.
But God will remain our Father, no matter what we do.
He will never throw us out of the family.
It is as if the more serious sin one commits, the harder the punishment will be.
Let us imagine that I was going to kill someone.
And killing is of course a very serious sin.
Then God would punish me hard for it here on this earth, even if the police did not know about it.
But when I die, I will still end up in heaven, and not in hell.
As I have believed in Jesus, all my sins are forgiven, even Diabolus.
And Jesus has nevertheless promised me eternal life, and His promises do not fade.
He promises, for example, "The one who comes to me, I shall not cast out."
Therefore, one can even waste one's life on this earth, but one cannot waste one's freedom.
Many believe that one must be a good human being, or follow God's command to come to heaven.
But God, on the contrary, can never bring us to heaven.
This is because everyone has sinned.
God is perfect, and He demands perfection.
But we are not perfect.
Therefore, they cannot make up for our sins.
The only solution is that the sins are given to us by Jesus Christ.
Therefore, the difference between those who come to heaven, and those who do not,
is not between good and not good people, but rather between those who believe and those who do not believe.
That is, between those who are obedient and those who are not.
According to the Bible, freedom is a gift.
Romans 6.23 says that God's gift is eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
If I were to give you, for example, a Bible as a gift,
could I then demand 100 kroner from you, or demand that you follow my rules?
Is it then a gift?
The answer is no.
Then it is a salary for work.
And then, if I were to take it back from you at a later time, then it is also not a gift.
A gift is either free of charge or free of charge, and it belongs to the recipient forever.
And a gift must be received only once.
That is the case with freedom.
God himself paid a high price for the gift by dying on the cross.
But for us, the recipient, it is easy to receive.
These verses in Ephesians 2 connect several beliefs.
The Bible says, "For of anything or anything by faith, and it is not of yourselves,
it is God's gift, not of deeds, so that none should rejoice."
Here it is clear that freedom is not through our own effort.
It does not come from good deeds, or what the Bible calls the deeds of the law.
They can be about good deeds, such as loving your neighbor as yourself.
They can also be prescriptions about letting the world sin.
For example, you should not steal.
But regardless of the type, good deeds do not belong to freedom.
That said, God wishes that we still follow his rules,
but then for other reasons than to become free.
For example, one can wish for God's blessing in this life, or rewards in the next life.
But every reward for good deeds is separate from the freedom.
There are many who believe that Jesus exists, but they do not always believe in Jesus alone as a Savior.
Jesus warns about this in Matthew 7, where it says,
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven,
but the one who does my Father's will, which is in heaven."
Many will say to me on that day,
"Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and cast out devils in your name,
and done many evil deeds in your name? But then I shall be known to them.
I have never known you. Go away from me, you who do sins."
In this way, God warns that even among those who claim to believe in Jesus,
even among those who call him Lord,
there will still be someone who will say to him,
"We have done many good deeds. Why are we not free?"
Jesus will answer, "I have never known you. Go away from me."
This is because freedom is not of deeds.
If you believe you have reached heaven,
because you, for example, have been baptized,
done others, or done other good deeds,
then Jesus will say, "I have never known you. Go away from me."
You must have all your faith in what Jesus did when he died for us,
was buried, and rose again.
That is our ticket to heaven.
But if, after hearing this message, you have changed your mind,
that means you now believe in what Jesus has done for you,
that freedom is only by believing in him, and that you cannot lose it,
then it is again just to accept God's gift, which is eternal life.
In Romans 10, we explain how to accept eternal life.
It says, "For if you confess the Lord Jesus with your mouth,
and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead,
then you shall be free."
Confessing means confessing that you are guilty,
that you deserve hell,
but that you ask Jesus for forgiveness and eternal life.
The gift is free for us, but we still have to ask for it.
Romans 10, 13 says, "Whoever proclaims the Lord's name shall be free."
That is if you believe.
If you believe in this message, and wish to accept eternal life,
then it will help you to convey this to God.
You can, for example, pray this prayer,
"Dear Jesus, I know that I have sinned,
I know that I deserve to be sent to hell,
but I believe that You died on the cross, were buried, and rose again for all my sins.
Free me now, and give me eternal life. I trust only in You, Jesus. Amen."
If you ask this prayer, and believe, then you are free in the Bible.
Then you have eternal life.