Hello, I have something very important to share with you. So important in fact, that it means the difference between LIFE and DEATH.
MY STORY starts here....
When I was six years old, my hero, my oldest brother John, was drafted into the Army during wartime. I couldn't understand and was very upset that he had to leave, but I reluctantly gave him one of my first grade school pictures to take with him. He said it would be with him at all times.
About a month after his departure to Vietnam two Army officers arrived at our home very late one night in January, 1969. When my mother opened the door she fainted. I didn’t understand what was going on, but mama knew exactly why they had come. Later, when she told me that my brother was killed in action, as a six year old child I had to wrap my mind around the fact that John would not be coming home….ever.
For months I had dreams that I could see my brother in an Army jeep, driving down a dusty dirt road trying to get home, but then I would awaken to the grim realization that it was only a dream. With these dreams I had an increasing fear of death and wondered what happened to my brother when he died….then, I wondered, what would happen to me if I closed my eyes for the last time?
This one question began to burden me so badly that I started asking my family members about life after death. The main response I got was this, "If you're good you'll go to heaven, if you're bad you'll go to hell." But, this only troubled me more because how would I ever know if I was good enough.
As fate would have it, about a week later on a Saturday morning, a couple of Sunday School teachers from a little Baptist church in Landrum, SC (that had brought food to us during my family's bereavement) asked me and my cousins if we would like to be picked up for church. The next day one cousin and I went to church for the very first time.
It was there, in that little Baptist church, that I finally heard the truth. The truth was that I could never be good enough to go to heaven on my own. I found out that according to God's Word I was a sinner on my way to hell, not heaven.
The Bible says in Romans 3:10, "As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one" and Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God".
I also heard about God's moral law. It's called the "Ten Commandments". On judgment day God will measure us by this standard. I had considered myself to be a good person, and most people do, but in light of Gods law we all fall short. For example, "Have you ever told a lie?" Yes, of course, we all have. So what does that make you?
Yeah, you can say it. It makes you a liar. Did you know that the Bible tells us in Revelation 21:8 that all liars will have their part in the lake of fire? Have you ever stolen anything - no matter what the size or value? If you take a one dollar bill from someone's wallet without asking, it is stealing just the same as if it were a hundred dollar bill. So what does that make you? It makes you a thief. If you just said that you haven't stolen anything please remember that you just admitted to being a liar. =)
Friend, have you ever used God's name as a curse word? When you use God's name in vain it's called blasphemy. Here's another question, "Have you ever looked at someone with lust?" A lot of people have done this. Maybe, you have. Be honest because God knows about it anyway. Jesus said in Matthew 5:28 that if you look at someone with lust you have committed adultery in your heart with that person.
One more question, "Have you ever hated someone?" 1 John 3:15 says, "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him". So by your own admission, if you're honest, you're a liar, a thief, a blasphemer, an adulterer, and a murderer. You have broken five of the commandments and we haven't even looked at the other ones yet.
So now do you see why the Bible says there is none righteous and we all have fallen short? It makes you and I sound pretty hopeless right?
God has said that there must be a payment for the sins we have committed (a murderer is always a murderer so a liar is always a liar, etc). The first part of Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death (this is eternal separation from God in hell)…"
To get into heaven we must be holy and righteous, sinless. Can we get into heaven by keeping the Ten Commandments? Do you think you can live the next 10, 20, 30 years and not ever tell another lie or break any of the other commandments? This still sounds pretty hopeless doesn't it? But wait, we do have hope. Take a look at the second part of Romans 6:23, "…but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our LORD." Do you see it? God has given us a gift. What is this gift? Eternal life!!
God loves you so much that He gave His only Son, Jesus, to die because of YOUR sins…taking your punishment and death FOR YOU. Jesus paid such a high price for your sins. This was God's greatest gift to mankind. So how do you get this gift? You get it just like any other gift – you receive it!
Do you know that Jesus Christ is God come to earth as flesh and blood? …God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. ~1 Timothy 3:16
Have you placed your trust in Jesus Christ to save you from God’s wrath to come? Do you believe that Christ died for YOU and took your punishment upon Himself? Do you know that Jesus rose from the grave and conquered death and hell FOR YOU?
Have you realized that you are a sinner and will go to hell if you die right now without confessing your sins and believing with your whole heart that He did this just FOR YOU? If not, I invite you right now to get down on your knees and cry out in faith for Jesus to forgive you of your sins and to save you from their consequences and then to turn from those sins (Luke 13:3). He will hear your prayer of repentance. I promise on the authority of God's Word.
The Bible says in Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Also see Psalm 86:5).
If you just accepted Christ as your Savior there is one last thing I want to say to you my dear friend because I don't want to stop here. I want you to have the assurance, according to God's Word, that you are eternally saved. Do you think God would allow His Son to suffer a death as cruel as Jesus did just to let us have doubts as to whether we are really His child or not….to constantly question whether we will be with Him forever. As a parent I would not do that to my own children.
I have asked many people the question, "If you were to die right now where would you spend eternity?" only to have them respond, "Well, I hope that I will go to heaven!" My dear friend, the Bible says WE CAN KNOW…without a doubt!! 1 John 5:13 says, These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Dear one, I have written this out of a great love and concern for your soul. I would love to meet you, your family and friends in heaven one day. What a day that will be!!!
May God bless you over and above what you are able to receive!
With Much Love,
The Princess Warrior
P.S. As a former Marine, "Semper Fi" to all you devil dogs!! OOH RAH!
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ADDITIONAL HELPS FOR YOU
"I've already said a prayer in the past to be saved"
Dear one please let me say this gently, yet firmly – If you said a prayer to be saved and there was no change in your life or you soon went back to your old ways then you ARE NOT a member of God's family.
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new". ~ II Corinthians 5:17
Salvation comes from a heart knowledge, not a head knowledge of Jesus Christ. A head knowledge does not have the power to change you, but a heart knowledge does through the power of the Holy Spirit!
"Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble". ~James 2:19
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation". ~Romans 10:9-10
You say there is no God! Dear friend have you ever in your life been mistaken about something. Could this be the biggest mistake you have ever made!!
“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God”. ~Psalm 14:1
“But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him”. ~Hebrews 11:16
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