Jesus will return one day. It states it in the clearest of terms at the end of the bible, but also all the way through the bible too. Jesus IS coming back, and there WILL be a judgment made of those who are going to heaven, and those who are going to hell. This may not be popular teaching, but it is true none the less.
But, how should we wait for His return?
Well, firstly, we have to realise that we can never know when Jesus is coming back. If anybody ever tells you’ve they’ve worked it out, they’re lying to you and themselves. Plain and simple – not even Jesus knew the time when He would return, so no human being can ever know!
Witnessing a conversation between some Christian bloggers I was saddened to see unpleasantness erupt around “works and salvation”. These religious words are usually used when one states that we can not go to heaven (salvation) based on what we have done (our works) it is absolutely true that what we do (our works) will not get us into heaven. More on that below!
While there is debate around whether or not it is possible to lose your salvation (in other words whether or not you can become a Christian then stop being a Christian and lose your place in heaven) and I have heard both, that is not relevant here. What is relevant is to say is that salvation without works IS a huge problem! Because, ultimately, if we love Jesus, then there should be works evident in our lives of that love, for others to see, hear and witness.
You don’t need church or baptism or communion to be a Christian, as good and beneficial as they are. But you do need works. Not because works will assure you a place in heaven – they can not do that. But, because without works there is no evidence of faith. And, without any evidence of a faith I’d be seriously questioning the salvation of that person.
If you want to go to heaven you need to have a relationship with Jesus Christ – you need to say sorry for everything you have done which is wrong, and you need to believe that Jesus died and rose again in 3 days. Nothing else will get you into heaven, and you don’t need anything else to ‘push you over the line’. Jesus already did what was impossible, by making it possible for us to go heaven in the first place – you get to heaven through a relationship with Jesus, and nothing else can add to that, or replace that.
And that’s it. It isn’t complicated!
Just a thought…
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