How can we be sure we will go to heaven when we die?
Let me tell you how Jesus answered that question when a man
named Nicodemus asked him. Jesus told Nicodemus, you must
be born again to enter the Kingdom of God. Jesus said you must
have a spiritual birth to get to heaven.
He said, That God loves the us so much that “he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16John 3:16
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16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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The Bible tells us that everyone of us has sinned in this life. Because God is Holy we cannot be with him unless God forgives our sins. This is why Jesus died on the cross. He suffered and sacrificed himself, in our place to pay for our sins.
How can we be sure we have this salvation ourselves?
The Bible says we need to admit we are sinners, believe that Jesus is the Savior and ask Jesus to forgive us our sins. We need to trust Jesus to take away our sins and to give us eternal life.
All of us deserve to die because of our sins, but God gives us the free gift of eternal life when we believe in Jesus. Romans 6:23Romans 6:23
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23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
WP-Bible plugin “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”
The Bible makes it very clear that when you declare Jesus to be your Lord and savior you are saved. It says in Romans 10:9Romans 10:9
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9 that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
WP-Bible plugin “If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Your salvation is a free gift from God. Ephesians 2:8-9Ephesians 2:8-9
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8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, that no one would boast.
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“God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.”
If you are not sure that Jesus is your own personal savior, you can pray this prayer along with me right now.
Dear Jesus I admit I am a sinner
I believe you died on the Cross to pay the penalty for my sins.
Please forgive me and take away my sins.
Be my savior and Lord of my life.
Thank you Jesus for loving me and dying in my place. AMEN
If you prayed that prayer and meant it, God heard you and has accepted you into his Kingdom. You are a child of God and will be with Him forever. Not because I say so but because it’s what the Bible promises everyone who believes in Jesus.