Hello, I'm Pastor Meria from the Baptist Church First Works in the city of El Monte, California.
More important than all the content here on this channel is to know where we are going when we die.
The Bible tells us that it would take advantage of man to win everyone and lose his soul.
In a few minutes in this video I will show you through the Bible how to know 100% sure that when you die you will go to heaven.
The Bible tells us in 1 John 5 verse 13 "These things I wrote to you, those who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life and so that you may create in the name of the Son of God."
The Bible tells us that we can know if we will go to heaven when we die.
The Bible tells us that we can know if we are saved here in this world and that we will not go to hell because we have eternal life.
It is something that we can know without a shadow of doubt.
Many people believe that they have to work their way to heaven, that they have to keep the commandments of God, be baptized, be good people and so on.
But the Bible teaches us that it is only one thing that we have to do and in fact it is something very simple.
I want to share this with you but before that we have to establish a foundation.
There are some things that need to be understood first before we get to that one thing.
Number 1. Admit that you are a sinner. The Bible says in Romans chapter 3 verse 23 "For all have sinned, and are removed from the glory of God."
The Bible tells us that sin is the transgression of the law.
And according to the Bible we are all sinners.
And in Romans chapter 3 verse 10 it says "As it is written, there is not one just, not even one."
So the Bible tells us that there is no one here on earth who does good all the time.
Well, and why is that? Again, the Bible tells us that it is because we are all sinners.
And by the way, one of the ten commandments says "You will not say false testimony, which is a lie."
And I think you are able to admit like me and also all people in the world that we all already lie, which confirms that we are all sinners.
The Bible also says that there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
The Bible says that we are sinners, that we break the commandments of God, that we violate his rules.
And because of that we are sinners.
The second thing that God wants you to understand is that there is a punishment for your sin.
The Bible says in Romans chapter 6 verse 23 "Because the salary of sin is death."
The word salary means payment or what you earn.
So God is saying what you earn because of your sin, what you deserve, what you sinned against God, is death.
When we think of death, we think of physical death, which we will all experience one day.
But when the Bible talks about death, it is actually referring to a place called hell.
And in fact the Bible tells us in Revelation chapter 20 verse 14 and 15
"And death and hell were thrown into the lake of fire; this is the second death.
And the one that was not found, written in the book of life, was thrown into the lake of fire."
A synonym for the word hell is also lake of fire.
And in fact in Revelation 21,8 we have a list of people who will go there.
But as for the cowards, and the infidels, and the abominables, and the homicides,
and the fornicators, and the sorcerers, and the idolaters, and all the liars,
your part will be in the lake that burns with fire in Shofre, which is the second death.
This is a very bad list. It talks about homicides, fornicators, abominables ...
And you may think, well, I never committed any of these things.
But the list ends up saying that all the liars, your part will be in the lake of fire.
This would include you, it would include me, and also the whole world.
We need to understand that the punishment for our sins is a place called hell.
Hell is a real place, a place with fire in Shofre,
where people go to pay for their sins for all eternity.
But here is the good news. The good news is that God loves us and he doesn't want us to go to hell.
And Biber says in Romans chapter 5, verse 8,
"But God proves his love for us, in which Christ died for us, and we are still sinners."
Two thousand years ago, God the Father sent his son Jesus Christ to Earth.
The Bible says that he was born of a virgin, who, like us, was tempted in everything, but without sin,
and that during his ministry he did many miracles.
He healed deaf and blind, fed crowds, he resurrected the dead from the tomb,
he also preached the word of God, and in the end he was arrested, taken to authorities and crucified on the cross.
The Bible tells us that when Jesus was preached on the cross, he himself took our sins from his own body into the wood.
What does this mean?
Well, specifically, it is saying that he took the sins of the whole world about himself.
Think about it. He took the smallest sins, as well as the biggest sins.
He took the smallest sin as a lie and paid for it,
and also took the biggest sins like murder or suicide and paid for them.
In fact, he paid for all kinds of sins, from lies to suicides and all kinds of sins.
He paid for all of them, and the Bible says that he who did not know sin, sinned for us,
so that we would not even have done justice to God.
When Jesus died, the Bible tells us that his soul went to hell for three days and three nights,
but the Bible says that his soul was not left in hell, nor did his flesh see corruption,
and on the third day he resurrected from the dead.
Let me ask you, do you believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for all your sins?
Do you believe that he resurrected on the third day?
It is obvious that the answer is that he died for all, but one question remains,
so does this mean that everyone will go to heaven?
If you remember Apocalypse chapter 21 verse 8,
we saw a list of people who will not go to heaven, and in fact they will spend all eternity in a place called hell.
So, if Jesus Christ died for all, but not all will go to heaven,
what do we have to do to have eternal life?
What do we have to do to be saved and go to heaven?
Well, the Bible explains in Romans chapter 6 verse 23 that the salary of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is eternal life for Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Bible tells us that what we deserve or what we earn because of sin is death,
but God is offering us a gift that is called eternal life,
but which is only found through Jesus Christ.
Many people are trying to get this gift for good deeds, going to church, being baptized, repenting of their sins,
however, the Bible says that this free gift can only be found through Jesus Christ.
Remember that at the beginning of the video I explained that it is only one thing you have to do to be saved,
and it is not keeping the commandments of God, not doing good deeds, not repenting of your sins or going to church constantly,
it is actually easier than all of this.
In fact, there is a person in the Bible who asks what he has to do to be saved,
and this is the answer he receives.
In Acts chapter 16 verse 30-31, he says,
"And taking them out, I said, 'Lord, what is it that I need to do to be saved?'
And they said, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you and your house will be saved.'"
See that the only thing you have to do to be saved, to have eternal life, to go to heaven, to be saved from hell,
is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
In fact, the most famous verse of the Bible, John 3,16, where the Bible says,
"For God loved the world in such a way that he gave his unborn child so that all those who believe in him do not perish, but have eternal life."
Again, it says, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ."
Now, when the Bible speaks of believing, it is not referring to knowing in our mind that he exists,
because believing is actually synonymous with the word to trust.
What the Bible tells us to do is to trust in Jesus Christ for our salvation.
And why is that? Because the vast majority of people are trusting themselves to go to heaven.
They are trusting in their own effort, in their own obedience, in their dedication to be able to go to heaven.
However, the Bible says that we must believe or trust in Jesus Christ,
in his final work on the cross and in his resurrection to go to heaven.
In John 3,36, it says, "The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who does not believe in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God over him remains."
There are two types of people in the world, those who believe in Jesus Christ have eternal life
and those who do not believe in Jesus Christ will not see life, but the wrath of God is over them.
What does that mean? That they are not saved, that they will go to hell when they die.
And this is the last point I want to say, that once we are saved, once we believe in Jesus Christ, the Bible says that we have eternal life, life that lasts forever.
What does that mean? It means that we will never lose our salvation.
In other words, once saved, we will always be saved.
In Ephesians 2, verses 8 and 9 it says, "For by grace you are saved through faith, and this comes not from you, but from God."
It does not come from the works, so that no one will be glorified.
The Bible tells us that we are saved by faith, which means that we are saved by believing, of course, believing specifically in the Lord Jesus Christ.
And the Bible tells us that it does not come from us.
And what does that mean? It means that it is not for our own effort, that it is not for our works or something that we do for our part.
Why? Because Jesus Christ did all the work for us, dying and resuscitating for us.
He did all the work, that's why it does not come from us.
And it goes further by saying that it is God's gift, not by works, so that no one will be glorified.
So God compares salvation with a gift, and if it is a gift, it is something that is given to us for free and not obtained by our effort.
It is something that is given to us and that we do not have to pay for it.
That is why it says that it is a gift, and not by works, so that no one will be glorified.
And we can know that salvation can never be lost, because of the fact that it is called eternal life.
And by eternal we understand that it is something that never ends, so eternal life is a life that never ends.
See, if God promises us eternal life, the Bible says that God is not a man to lie.
In the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the times of the centuries.
That is why we know that we will never lose our salvation.
It is by faith, it does not come from us, it is God's gift, and not by works.
Let me review with you, we are all sinners, and because of sin we deserve hell.
But the Bible says that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and resurrected on the third day.
And the Bible says that all we have to do to be saved is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, to trust Him for our salvation.
And once we trust Him, we will never lose our salvation.
We have life forever, we have eternal life that can never be lost.
Now let me tell you briefly how you can be saved right now.
The Bible tells us in Romans chapter 10, verse 9, "If you confess to the Lord Jesus with your mouth,
and in your heart believe that God has resurrected you among the dead, you will be saved,
since with your heart you believe in righteousness, and with your mouth you make a confession to salvation."
In verse 13 it says, "For all those who invoke the name of the Lord will be saved."
The Bible tells us that you can be saved right now, if you simply invoke the name of the Lord.
You just say goodbye to what you already believe in your heart, that you are ashamed that you are a sinner,
that you deserve hell for your sins, but that you want Jesus Christ to die on the cross for your sins,
that He resurrected on the third day, and that you are putting all your trust in Jesus to be saved.
I would like to help you with a prayer so that you are saved right now.
Know that there is nothing special in my words, nothing magical in them.
It is simply an example or model that you can use to be saved right now.
Come on, put your head down, close your eyes and repeat with me,
"Lord Jesus, I confess that I am a sinner, I confess that I deserve hell,
but I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins and resurrected on the third day.
I put my trust 100% in Jesus Christ for my salvation and thank you for giving me eternal life.
In the name of Jesus, Amen."
If you made this prayer, the Bible says that you have eternal life, that today is the day of your salvation.
I want to congratulate you for that.
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