Every person in this life, who has reached the age of accountability, must make a multitude of choices during his or her lifetime. The most important choice you will ever make is whether you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior or not. There is no middle ground; you either choose one or the other path to take. If you do not stand with Jesus Christ, then you are against Jesus Christ. When it comes to salvation, there is no wishy-washy alternative way to enter into God’s Heaven.
You can choose to take the narrow path of Faith, Hope, and Love in Jesus Christ, or else you can choose the dangerous wide road through this life, represented by Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, oh my! (borrowing a famous line from the movie Wizard of Oz.) If you take the wide road, which is sadly and unfortunately trod by a majority of people in this life, it will lead to your destruction and eternal separation from the God who created you, and Jesus Christ who saved us from all our sins by means of His shed blood, when He died for us on a cruel Roman cross. Jesus is the Lamb of God (John 1:36). You merely need to believe Jesus endured that for you.
Belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God is the only way for us to be made righteous in the sight of God the Father and thereby allow us to gain eternal life in God’s heaven with Jesus when our earthly life ends. We will then live eternally in our glorious, resurrected bodies fit for heaven and made possible by Jesus’s resurrection from the dead and His victory over death. Jesus himself told us, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me” (John 14:6).
Remember the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans song ‘Faith, Hope, and Charity’? They sang, “faith, hope and charity (love), that’s the way to live successfully. How do I know? The Bible tells me so” (1 Corinthians 13:13). It is important to read the Word of God to learn all the truths and promises God and Jesus left for us to discover in the Holy Bible. It provides us with words of wisdom to help lead us down the ‘straight and narrow path’ in this life (Proverbs 3:6).
Becoming a believer in Jesus Christ (a Christian) does not mean an easier life on earth. Most likely just the opposite. Being a Christian cannot help us escape the evil and chaos in this world because Satan goes about like a ‘roaring lion’ seeking to devour all the people he can, and Christians are his favorite targets (1 Peter 5:8). However, being a Christian certainly helps us know and rest in “the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding” (Philippians 4:7).
I penned the following poem, which has helped me know the ‘peace of God.’
God is in control; He’s got things well in hand. He’s doing all that is best for His eternal plan. God is in control; I pray for His Will to be done. I put my trust in Him, God the Three in One. (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit)
I also penned these words to a song I wrote.
Give your heart to Jesus; give Him all of your heart today. Give your heart to Jesus; He will wash your sins away. Trust Jesus as your Savior; He is the Life, the Truth, and the Way. Give your heart to Jesus; give Him all of your heart today. Jesus knows your darkest secrets; He still loves you anyway. Ask Jesus to be your Savior, and He will wash your sins away. Give your heart to Jesus; He will hear you when you pray, “Forgive my sins, Lord Jesus; I give you all of my heart today.
Romans 10:9-10 states, “if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart, you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.”
My prayer is that you will give your heart to Jesus today and confess Jesus as your Savior! You will never regret doing so, once you experience the liberating feelings of God’s ‘mercy and grace’ in your life.
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