What if you had been in the World Trade
     Center on September 11, 2001?   What would
have happened to you?   You could have died, and
you would have had to face God.   "And as it is
appointed unto men once to die, but after this the
judgment:" (Hebrews 9:27).   You would have
gone to Heaven or to Hell forever.   (Luke
16:22-23).   If you had died on September 11th,
do you know for sure that you would have
gone to Heaven?   You can know!   To be sure
you are on your way to Heaven, you must
know four things.
First of all, you must know that you are a
    sinner.   "For all have sinned, and come short
of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:23).   Sin is
breaking God's law.   It is doing something God
said not to do, or not doing something God
said to do.   Sin is an offense against God.   We
are all in trouble with God, because we are all
sinners.
Secondly, you must know that the penalty
    for sin is death in Hell.   "For the wages of
sin is death;" (Romans 6:23a).   Many people
feel that they will go to Heaven because they do
more good than bad.   Others believe that
because they have been baptized, they will go
to Heaven when they die.   Still others are
trusting in their church for eternal life.   The
Bible does not say that the wages of sin is
good works, baptism or church membership.
The Bible says that the wages of sin is death.

Thirdly, you must know that the Lord Jesus
    Christ paid the penalty for our sin.   "But
God commendeth his love toward us, in that,
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
(Romans 5:8).   Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
He is as much God as if He had never become
man and as much man as if He had never been
God.   After living a sinless life on this earth,
the Lord Jesus went to the cross where He bled
and died for our sins.   After three days and
three nights in the grave, He arose, proving
that He is God and that He has power over sin,
Satan, and death.   The wages of sin is death.
Jesus paid the wages of sin for us.
The fourth thing that you must know is that
    you need to accept His payment for your
sin.   "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift
of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord."   (Romans 6:23).   A gift is free.   Eternal
life is not anything we can earn, it is
something we accept.   Romans 6:23 gives us
two choices.   We can pay for our sin ourselves
by dying and going to Hell, or we can accept
God's gift of eternal life and go to Heaven
when we die.   Romans 10:13 tells us how to
accept God's wonderful gift of eternal life.
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of
the Lord shall be saved."   To be saved, a
person must be saved from something.   If you
were drowning, and someone threw you a
rope, you would say that he had saved you from
drowning.

When you pray and trust the Lord Jesus Christ
to forgive your sin and be your Saviour, He
saves you from the penalty of sin and death in
Hell.   Will you trust the Lord Jesus Christ to be
your Saviour?   Will you rely on Him alone to
forgive your sin and give you everlasting life
in Heaven?   If so, say the following prayer from
your heart to God, placing your trust in Him.
"Lord, I admit that I'm a sinner.   I do not
deserve to go to Heaven, but I believe that you
sent your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to die on
the cross for my sin.   I trust Him, and Him alone,
to forgive my sin, to become my Saviour, and to
take me to Heaven when I die.   Thank you for
saving me.   In Jesus' name, Amen."   Dr. R.B. Ouellette

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