Jesus is the Door!

Not long ago as my husband and I were pulling out of the parking lot at Elmar, NV, here in Aruba, when a lady approached our car, with a pamphlet in her hand. Since we were ready moving, my husband  just rolled down the window, put out his hand and received it.  This is what the lady gave us:  A pamphlet with the heading:  THE ONLY DOORWAY!  Of course it caught our attention, and I began reading it. This is what I read:  JESUS IS THE DOOR TO HEAVEN.

Jesus is the door – He said in John 10:9, “I am the Door:  by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, to find pasture.” Jesus is the Way.. “I m the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.

 (John 14:6)

Jesus is the only doorway to heaven. My friend, let me ask you a most  important question. Are you trying to enter Heaven some other way than through the way Jesus provided? If you are, Jesus said you are a thief and a robber. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. (John 10:1)

There is no other way to get to Heaven. Religion is not the way! The preacher or priest is no the way! Water baptism is not the way! Church membership is no the way! Being a moral person is not the way! Doing good works is not the way!

The Bible says in Acts 4:12, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” There is nothing you can do to earn salvation or your way into heaven. “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags,” (Isaiah 64:6a)  Only by receiving Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour can you enter into the Kingdom of God.

HOW CAN YOU ENTER THE DOOR?

You enter the door by asking Jesus to come into your heart and save you. “But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.” (John 1:12)  The Bible states, “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. For whosoever shall call upon the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans : 9:10, 13.

Don’t let the devil deceive you by making you believe there is another way. The Bible says that the devil..” is a liar, and the father of it.” (John 8:44b)

Eternal salvation is a free gift to all who will simply receive Jesus Christ into their heart. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8,9)

Jesus said in Mark 1:15, “…repent ye and believe the gospel.” Believing the gospel is believing “…that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.” (1 Corinthians 15:3,4)

Jesus died on the cross, was buried and was resurrected by the power if God for our salvation. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

My friend, if you want to be sure that you are saved and heaven will be your home, pray this prayer of one similar to it, meaning it with all your heart. “Dear God, I admit that I am a sinner, going to hell. I know that I cannot save myself. I repent of my sins and put my faith in the blood that you shed for me on the cross to pay for all my sins. I now accept you as my Saviour and trust You to take me to heaven. Thank You for saving me. Amen.

The Bible says in John 3:36, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.” Please do not reject the Gospel! Trust Christ today!

The little pamphlet  given to me that morning  was a tract printed by the Fellowship Tract League, from Lebanon, Ohio. USA., and, so, we we share it with you today on our blog.

 

Hello there!  This is a picture of  me at Baby Beach after my first attempt to go snorkeling after my two hip replacements! What a happy feeling it was to go into the shallow waters with the help of my husband, of course, to make sure I would not fall. I gave the legs lots of exercise, and snorkeled a wee bit. So this picture is always a pleasant memory for me!

Today we are going to see what the Scriptures tell us about a certain book called:

THE BOOK OF LIFE

There is something that we are all familiar with in this life, and that is “books”!  From childhood we became familiar of all kinds of books: small books, big books,  thick ones and thin ones, about every imaginable subject and content. From the day we began school, there were books and more books!

Really, without books it is of course quite impossible to advance in the wisdom and knowledge necessary to compete in our world today.  Indeed, wisdom has increased to such an extent that we are and have been using modern technology to progress in the many different studies and branches thereof. In fact we have arrived to the point, it seems, that there is really no further need of books.  If you know which key to click on the computer, you can get a rapid response to your questions; no need of breaking your head with books.

Today I want to present another unique and only book as to its content and quality. No one would have discovered about this book, had the Lord not revealed it to us through His word, the Bible. The very first place we read about this book , is in the Book of Daniel, chapter 12:1-4.  “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of stress, such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people – everyone whose name is found written in the book – will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of heaven, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”

Then in Luke 10:20, the Lord Jesus encourages His disciples to rejoice that their names are written in heaven. Later the Apostle Paul mentions some women and other brothers and sisters who were contending, together with Paul in the proclamation of the Gospel, whose names are in the book of life. Take a moment here and read Philippians 4:1-3.

It is good for us, beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord, to pay good attention that - having our names written in a church membership book is not the same as that of our names being written in heaven. In a membership book, important as it may be, there may be errors committed. But in the book of life that is in heaven, there can never be error, and I repeat, can never be error.  That is why it is imperative that we pay attention to the warning the Scriptures have for us: “Examen yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves ”2 Corinthians 13:5. Take time to read the entire book of Galatians, for it has many warnings for us in this direction.  In Revelations 3:1-6, we read about a very solemn warning given to the church at Sardis.  These members here had a reputation that they were “alive”,  professing to have a relationship with God, when in fact the truth was other. The Lord warns them to repent or receive the due consequences.

Continuing in Revelations 13:1-12, we are warned about a system of false teaching aimed directly against our  God. The result of this system , is that all inhabitants of the earth will fall down and worship what is called “the Beast”, who has received its authority directly from Satan. But the Scripture is telling us here is that the true believers -  all whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, will not worship this beast.

Please take time to read the above chapter; permit the Holy Spirit of God to speak to us by repenting and admitting our sins of carnality and worldliness to the Lord God, and ask Him to help us obey Him implicitly and without delay. Also, let us not commit double error by exalting ourselves over others, but without any hint of hypocrisy, rather give thanks and praise to our Heavenly Father, through and in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen.

Beginning in the seventeenth chapter of Revelations, this system of religion that will and is already governing our world to this very day, is revealed very clearly. This system will remain in this world till the end, when our Lord and God Almighty will judge it. In the eighteen chapter beginning with verse four till 24, we can read about the final sad end to this religious system.

The in chapter nineteen the celebration of the multitudes in heaven begins with Aleluja! The reason?  What the Scriptures call the Marriage Supper of the Lamb is taking place. The bride, the Church, is dressed in fine linen, bright and pure – for the fine linen are the righteous deeds of the saints. Beloved in the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ -  today, yes, now is the accepted time to obey from the heart, and with  joy, which is provided for us daily by the Spirit of God, we should be laying up in heaven treasurers where neither moth nor rust can corrupt. 

Then in chapter nineteen of Revelations verses 11- 15, we read of the FINAL judgment of those WHOSE NAMES are not found written in the Lamb’s book of life.  We read that in this final judgment, those who have died,  great and small, will stand before the white throne, and will be judged according to their works. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” (Rev. 20:15)

Dear friends, beloved of God, we need to be grateful that these ever so solemn warnings have been written for us. For today is the day that we can repent of our sin and be reconciled to God through His Son’s reconciliatory death on the cross for us. That we freed from sin might become the righteousness of God in Him (Christ). Because by His wounds we have been healed.

The Lord willing, we will continue this topic in the upcoming blog.