Hi there my name is Aaron Thompson from Shur Foundation Baptist Church and I
just want to talk to you for a few minutes about what the Bible says it
takes to go to heaven. Now the Bible is very clear that there's four things that
we have to understand and the first thing is that we all have to understand
that we've sinned. The Bible says in Romans 3 23 for all have sinned and come
short of the glory of God and what sin is is the transgression of God's laws so
when we lie, steal, murder, anything like that the Bible calls that sin it's
breaking God's commandments and so we've all done that. The Bible says we're all
born into sin. The second thing you have to understand is that the the sin that
we commit there's a penalty for that sin. The Bible says in Romans 6 23 for the
wages of sin is death. Every person has to face the facts that we're gonna die
someday and the Bible also talks about there being a second death and a lot of
people haven't heard of the second death but in Revelation chapter 20 verses 14
and 15 it says and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death and in verse 15 it says and whosoever was not found written in the
book of life was cast into the lake of fire and so that's not very good news
for humanity because the Bible is very clear that anybody that's not written in
the book of life is cast into the lake of fire and that ultimate destiny that
you have to go to is hell and the Bible says that there's certain types of people
that go to hell in Revelation chapter 21 verse number 8 the Bible says this but
the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and
whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters it's a pretty bad list of sins and not
everybody's committed all those sins but the Bible says and all liars so you
don't have to be super wicked to go to hell you just have to be a liar and
everybody's lied so the Bible says continues on in this verse and says and
all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone
which is the second death so the second death is being cast into the lake of
fire and nobody in the right mind would want to go there but the thing is is
that God loves us and he doesn't want us to have to go to the lake of fire so he
made a way for us to escape the fires of hell and he sent his son Jesus Christ on
this earth a little over 2,000 years ago and he was born in Bethlehem's manger and
he grew up a sinless man but the thing about Jesus is that not only was it his
sinless man but he was also the Son of God and he was God the Bible says that
Jesus Christ is the expressed image of God's person and so the Bible teaches
that there are three that bear record in heaven the Father the Word and the Holy
Ghost and these three are one and that teaches in 1st John 5 7 that there is a
Trinity and in that Trinity that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and so Jesus
Christ was not only man but he was also God and the Bible says since God so
since God was his father the Bible teaches that he was born without sin
because God cannot cannot sin the Bible says Jesus started to do all kinds of
miracles and he raised Lazarus from the dead he walked on water and he healed
the sick and the blind and the maimed and the halt and the lepers so Jesus
Christ after performing all the miracles that he performed was hated by some and
he was taken and he was tortured for for a whole day and the Bible says that he
went through a mock trial where they tried him and and brought false
witnesses against him they beat him they spit in his face they spit in the face
of God the Son of God and they put a crown of thorns on his head they beat
him they they they tortured him and then they crucified him they nailed his hands
and feet to a cross and as he was hanging on the cross the Bible says that
the wrath of God was poured upon him for the sins that we've committed and when
he was on the cross he said my God my God why has thou forsaken me because
Jesus became sin for us on the cross and took our place and it's it's all the
things that we have done it says if he did him he took our place he switched
places with us in first Corinthians 15 verse 3 and 4 it says for I delivered
unto you first of all that which I also received how that Christ died for our
sins according to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose
again a third day according to the scriptures so Jesus Christ was
prophesied to come and die for the sins of the whole world and you know many
people believe that you have to do good works or be a good person to be saved
but the Bible doesn't teach that at all in John 3 16 it says for God so loved
the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish but have everlasting life and so God gave Jesus Christ as a
gift to humanity to die for the sins of the whole world and to redeem mankind
unto himself and the Bible is very clear in that verses says whosoever believeth
in him should not perish but have everlasting life so if you believe in
Christ then you have eternal life that's what the Bible says very clearly and
there's many many verses that say that belief alone is what takes you to heaven
in Acts 16 31 the Bible says that there was a Philippian jailer and he came to
Paul and Silas while they were in prison and said sirs what must I do to be saved
now this is the only time this has ever this question is ever asked in the Bible
and they said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy
house now it doesn't say be a good person and I shall be saved doesn't say
go to church and thou shalt be saved doesn't say repent of all your sins and
thou shalt be saved it says believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved and so the other thing you have to understand is that once you believe in
Christ the Bible teaches that salvation is a gift it's not something that you
can earn in Ephesians 2 8 and 9 it says for by grace are you saved through faith
and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God not of works lest any man
should boast so a few things that you have to understand about that verse also
is that salvation is by grace see God gives you salvation for your faith in
him and faith is not works and works is not faith faith is completely separate
from works faith is something that you believe and you have to believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ to be saved so and then also the Bible says it's not of
works lest any man should boast so if you could say hey I believed in Jesus and
I also had great works those works are not going to get you into heaven you
have to put a hundred percent of your faith in Jesus and zero percent on
yourself and so it's completely not of works and also the Bible says that it's
the gift of God and so you have to understand that salvation is a free gift
and so you can't earn a gift a gift is something that somebody gives to you for
free by that's by very definition that a gift is free and so you have to
understand that God is the one that all the work for you to be saved Jesus is
the one that took the tremendous torture and died on the cross he was the one
that was buried he was the one that rose again the third day according to the
scriptures and if you put all your faith in him that's what saves you and he did
all the work to pay for the gift that he says I want to give you eternal life and
all you have to do is put your faith in me that's it and that's very simple
that's very easy so if I was to say I'm gonna give you this Bible as a free gift
but you have to pay me ten cents for it would that be a gift no it would not be
a gift because you're paying for it if I said I was gonna give you this Bible as
a free gift and I said but you got to go wash my car that would not be a free
gift that would be working for it and if I said I'm gonna give you this Bible but
you have to read it all and then a week later I'm gonna come back and check and
see if you read it and you haven't read it I'm gonna take it back from you that
would also not be a free gift because I'm attaching stipulations for you to
keep the gift so a gift is free it's string no strings attached and so it's
very important they understand that salvation is a free gift and in Romans
6 23 part B the Bible says very clearly that well the beginning of that verse
says for the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord so you have to understand that it's a gift and that you
get it from Jesus and that it's eternal life and if you understand that that you
can't lose it no matter what you do then you are saved and the Bible says in
Romans 10 13 for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved
so if you put all your faith in Jesus he gives you eternal life as a free gift
and the Bible says if you call upon the name of the Lord you ask Jesus to save
you he will it says whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved it doesn't say you might be there's no stipulations there's no things
that you have to do past that once you put your faith and trust in Christ you
are saved and you get everlasting life but the Bible says you must call upon him
must ask him even though it's a free gift that doesn't mean that you don't
have to ask you still have to ask for it so if you just pray something like this
dear Jesus I know I've sinned I know I deserve hell but I'm asking you to save
me and take me to heaven when I die grant me the gift of everlasting life if
you just called upon the name of the Lord and trusted in him as your Savior
the Bible says you are saved and we'd like to know about your decision that you
trust in Christ if you wouldn't mind sending us an email we'd appreciate that
and we'd like to be a blessing to you we thank you for watching this video and
God bless