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Let us go back to the Bible. As God tells us in I
Peter 4:11, "If anyone speaks, let him speak as
the oracles of God." In other words, we are to speak where
the Bible speaks and be silent where the Bible is silent. We must call Bible
things by Bible names and do Bible things in Bible ways. We will not be wrong
in doing this. To do this we must get rid of all the manuals, creeds,
disciplines, and confessions that men have written and follow only what we
can read in the Bible, because the Bible is our only guidebook to heaven.
We must dust our Bibles off and start studying them for ourselves. We must
stop taking someone else’s word for what it says and find out for ourselves
what God is trying to tell us, if we will only listen to God. This is very
important, for God says in Hosea 4:6, "My
people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge: because you have rejected
knowledge, I also will reject you." It is a very serious
matter to be rejected of God because we did not care enough about what God is
saying to us in His Word to read and study it for ourselves. Instead, we have
taken someone else's word over God's Word. This is the reason we have so many
different kinds of churches today. It is not good enough to be religious, but
we must be right religiously. Everything we do must be according to
God's word in the Bible. We will not make it to heaven by following
guidebooks which men have written. Please don't think less of me for trying
to point you to what the scriptures say concerning our salvation. As
the apostle Paul says in Galatians 4:16, "Have
I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?"
In am only wishing the best for you.
In closing, we ask the question again. Are You Really Sure Of
Your Eternal Salvation? If you have seen from the scriptures
that have been pointed out in this course or from your further study of the
Bible that you have not done all the will of God and only the will of God, so
that you can go to heaven, then please make those changes now so that your
salvation can be assured. We are told in Amos 4:12, "Prepare
to meet your God." On the Day of Judgment we will be
either prepared or unprepared. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared
people. What are your plans for eternity? Are you going to be
spending eternity in Heaven or in Hell. The choice is yours.
Remember that only few will go to Heaven but the majority will go to
Hell. This great responsibility rests upon each of us.
If you are not prepared to go to heaven, then make things right now.
Don't put it off. Satan wants you to put it off. Satan works on all of us all
of the time. He does not want us to change for the better. He wants our
company in hell. He will do anything and everything to get us there. Do not
allow anyone to explain away what you can read in the Bible that God wants
you to do. We must take God seriously, because God is serious in what he is
telling us in his word. Ecclesiastes 12:13 (KJV) sums
up everything quite well when it says: "Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments for this
is the whole duty of man."
We have tried to be open and honest with you. If you have any questions
concerning the things discussed in this course or any other Bible questions
please let us know. We would also like your input as to what you think of
this course. Please feel free to contact us anytime.
If you were to die today, do you know for sure, without a doubt, that you
would go to heaven? Remember most people will not go to heaven, Matthew
7:13-14. Do you believe in
God and Christ? I am sure you do. Are you willing to repent of your sins and confess that you believe that Jesus Christ is
the Son of God? Will you be baptized (immersed)
for the remission of your sins so you can be saved? Then the Lord will
add you to His church, the church of Christ, where we can worship Him
faithfully until death when we will receive the crown of life in heaven.
1) Do you want to go to heaven?
2) Have you been saved the Lord's way as
specified in the Bible?
3) Have you been baptized for the
remission of your sins?
4) Were you baptized in order to be saved?
5) Did your baptism put you into Christ
where all spiritual blessings are such as: salvation, forgiveness of
sins and eternal life?
6) Do you wear only the name Christian?
7) Are you really sure of your eternal
salvation?
If we can help you to become a Christian or to locate the church of Christ in your area
or study with you further over the internet, please contact us directly.
Free Home Bible Study, PO Box 483, King, NC 27021
E-mail: Jerry Pence
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