Choosing the road
 

When we begin a trip to a place where we have never been before, we inquire which road we should take. We travel with our eyes wide open, and if we notice that we are on the wrong road, we turn round and look for the right one.

Every day you and I are traveling through this world toward eternity, to a destiny that will never end, and which cannot be changed when we once arrive there. Do you know where you are going?

Our Guide Book

God, in His love and mercy, has given us a Guide Book, the Bible, which shows us clearly the way to heaven. The quotations given here are taken from this Book. "Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" (Psalm 119:105).
 

There are many people on this road. "Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which gin thereat" (Matthew 7:13).

Mos of them have their eyes closed. They do not know or they do not care that they are on the road to destruction. "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" (Proverbs 14:12). "The god of this world (the devil has blinded the minds of them which believe not" (2 Corinthians 4:4).
 

The people on this road are burdened with sin.  "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). We cannot hide even one sin from God.  "Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart" (! Samuel 16:7). The loads are chained on their backs. You and I cannot get rid of a single sin by our own efforts. The load gets heavier as time goes on, and "The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).
 

"It is appointed unto men once to die, but aft this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27).  "And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it . . . and I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God: and the books were opened : and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works . . . And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire"  (Revelations 20:11, 12, 15).

Since God is holy and just, there must be punishment for sin. God's Word tells us that there is a hell, a place of eternal punishment for those who do not obey God.  The Bible says, "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God" (Psalm 9:17). You do not have to be very bad to go there - it is also for those who forget God.

But God is also a God of love, "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). In His great mercy and love, H has made a way of escape for all who really want it. Do you want to find the way of life?
 

Since we could not deliver ourselves from our sins, nor from the just punishment for our sins, God has provided a Saviour.  "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). God, the Heavenly Father, sent His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, from heaven to this world; He lived as a man, but never sinned. He went about doing good : healing the sick, cleansing the lepers, casting out demons, forgiving repentant sinners and teaching the people about God.

But His great purpose in becoming a man was to die as a sacrifice for us all; to give His Divine, sinless life and shed His precious blood to pay the penalty for our sins. He let wicked men take Him, scourge Him until His back ws covered with bloody gashes, put a crown of thorns on His head, and finally nail Him by His ands and feet to a cross, where He hung in agony. "Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree" (1 Peter 2:24). He died for you and for me.
 

After three days in the tomb, Jesus Christ rose from the dead! He walked and talked with His disciples, and after forty days He ascended up to heaven, where He sits t the right hand of God, a living Saviour, with "all power given to Him in heaven and in earth" (Matthew 28:18).  "Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25).

Heaven

Heaven is the place where God dwells in all His glory. The Lord Jesus said  "I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also" (John 14: 2-3).

It is a marvelous place, where "god shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain : for the former things are passed away"  (Revelations 21:4).

It is a holy place.  "There shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie : but they which are written in the Lamb's Book of Life"  (Revelations 21:27).

But there is only one way to heaven. The Lord Jesus said : "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me" (John 14:6). "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).
 

The Way of Salvation

 
• "Repent ye, and believe the Gospel" (Mark 1:15). To repent is to turn from sin to God with our whole heart.
• Come to the Lord Jesus Christ in prayer, just as you are, with your load of sin and ask Him to forgive you. He says "Him that cometh to Me, I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37). "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28).
• Trust in Christ alone for your salvation. "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin" (1 John 1:7).
• He will give you a new life - eternal life! Jesus says :  "He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life" (John 5:24). "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature : old things are passed away; behold all things are become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17).
• You will have peace and assurance. "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:1). "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath the son, hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God, hath not life. 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" (1 John 5:11-3).

The Holy Spirit gives you power to live a holy life. "Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses." (Romans 8:5).
 

You will become a strong Christian. Read the Bible. "As newborn babes desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby" (1 Peter 2:2). Ask God to guide and each you as you read, by His Holy Spirit.

Come near to God in prayer every day, "Be careful for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:6 and 7).

Tell your friends you have accepted the Lord Jesus into your life and you've become a Christian. God will honour this. "Go home to thy friends and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee" (Mark 5:19).

If you fall into any sin, confess it quickly to God. "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness".
(1 John 1:9).

I shall pray you will meet other Christians and associate with them. "Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good. Let us not give up the habit of meeting together; let us encourage one another". (Hebrews 10:24-25).

Do not be afraid, for Christ is with you. "He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" (Hebrews 13:5).
 
 

If you have found salvation in Christ or have been blessed by reading this page, please let me know. I would like to thank God with you and remember you further in my prayers.

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