At
the very heart of our Women's Ministries is our desire for all women
to enjoy a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and to know that
they will spend eternity in heaven. With this confidence, regardless
of the circumstances of life, they can experience abundant living, inner
peace, and true joy.
It
is wonderful to realize that the Bible was written so that we can know that we are going to heaven.
"I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life." (1 John 5:13)
Here's
how we can know. We must first realize that the heart of the problem
is our sin.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)
This
simply means that no one is perfect. We all have fallen short of God's
perfection. Because God is perfect and just, he must punish sin.
"For the wages of sin is death..." (Romans 6:23a)
The
punishment for our sin is death. This death is eternal separation from
God. But God is not only just, He is also merciful and has made
a way to solve this problem of sin through the person of Jesus Christ.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
You
see, God loved us so much that, even though we are all sinners, He sent
His perfect Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross to pay the penalty
for our sin. In this way, God made eternal life available to us as a gift. (It is not something that we can earn by our own efforts.)
This wonderful gift must be accepted by faith - not simply by
knowing the facts, but by surrendering to Jesus Christ alone for eternal life.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal
life." (John 3:16)
If
you acknowledge that you are a sinner, and believe with all your heart
that Jesus died for you and rose again, you can receive the gift of
eternal life and be saved from eternal punishment. Even now, if you
will trust Jesus to save you, you can pray a simple prayer like this.