Notes taken from the leaflet “Am I going to heaven?” “Quizz”, P.O. Box 775, Pharr, TX 78577

At the beach

During our lifetime we are asking many questions. But there is one question that is of uttermost importance and that is the question: “AM I GOING TO HEAVEN?” Have you ever asked that question?

We must also ask: What are the requirements to go to heaven?

1. Is obedience required, obedience to what it says in the Bible? What does the Word of God say to that? What does it says in Romans 3:28? “For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.” Read Romans 3:19-28.

THIS WAY IS IMPOSSIBLE.

2. Are we required to live a good life, to do our best, to give money or other things to charity? What do we read about that in the Bible? In Titus 3:5 the Apostle Paul gives us the following answer: “He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.”

SUNSET AT HIHI/NEW ZEALAND

THESE THINGS CANNOT SAVE US.

3. What about doing good works, living according to the Golden Rule, and giving money to the church. Are those things required? Let us see what the Bible says. Ephesians 2:8,9 says, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.”

DOING GOOD WORKS CANNOT SAVE US.

4. Are prayers required? Is regular church attendance required or church membership? Is fasting required? We go again to the Bible for an answer. Romans 11:6 says, “And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.”

THESE THINGS CANNOT SAVE US.

5. Are the requirements Water baptism or Holy Communion? The Bible says in Romans 4:5, “However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.”

THESE TWO THINGS ARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY SAVED.

6. We are born of Christian parents. Does that save us? Again we find the answer in the Bible. Read what it says in  Romans 9:8 and  John 1:12,13. “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God – children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God (John 1:12,13).

CHRISTIAN PARENTS CANNOT SAVE US.

7. Confirmation, Penances, Extreme Unction. Required or not? Let us hear what the Lord Jesus Christ says in Matthew 15:9 “But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” (King James Version)

THESE DOCTRINES ARE MAN-MADE. THE BIBLE DOES NOT TEACH THESE DOCTRINES.

Only faith in the Lord Jesus Christ can save us.

In Acts 16:30 the jailer asked, “‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'” What is the answer? “‘Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved – you and your household.'”

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.”

Do you know the Battle?

Ephesians 6:10-12

“Put on the full armour of God so that you can stand against the devil’s schemes.”

Verse 14 the belt of truth

Verse 14 breastplate of righteousness

verse 16 shield of faith

verse 17 helmet of salvation

verse 17 sword of the Spirit

verse 18 prayers

“Love is patient, love is kind.” – First Corinthians 13:4

The Cross

“Then the LORD said to Moses,

Exodus 10: 1-23

Intr.:

‘Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so

1.  that I may perform these miraculous signs of mine among them

2.  that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and

3.  that you may know that I am the LORD.’

End:

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, …”

Sunflower

“But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” – Exodus 9:16

Finished reading the book:

michelle

a biography

by Liza Mundy

(MICHELLE ROBINSON OBAMA)

“REGULAR NAPS  PREVENT OLD AGE – ESPECIALLY IF YOU TAKE THEM WHILE YOU’RE DRIVING.”

From where do we get our guidance when it comes to money?

Advertisements tell us that there are people out there who can help us to finance, finance everything from holidays to property. Debt consolidation is also mentioned. (Would you ever borrow  money to go on a holiday?)

MONEY

One advertisements asks: “NEED CASH FAST?”

What is your answer to that question? I know what my answer is.

What does the Bible say?

In Romans  13:8 we read: “LET NO DEBT REMAIN OUTSTANDING, EXCEPT THE CONTINUING DEBT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, FOR HE WHO LOVES HIS FELLOWMAN HAS FULFILLED THE LAW.”

Let us be guided by the BIBLE.