Are you trying to get to heaven Your Way or God's Way?

Heaven is God's throne room. 
God is perfect, holy, and 
sinless; and His Holy Word, 
the King James Bible, says 
that God cannot be around 
sin. But please keep 
reading because there is
good news coming later in
this Bible study. 

(Bold in Scripture verses 
is for emphasis.)

Habbakuk 1:13(a)  
Thou [God] art of purer 
eyes than to behold evil, 
and canst not look on 
iniquity [sin]: 

God says that we are
ALL sinners and come 
short His glory. 

Romans 3:23  
For all have sinned, and 
come short of the glory 
of God; 

So, if God cannot be 
around sinners (all of us), 
then how can we ever get 
to heaven? Please keep 
reading because Good 
News is coming...

God's Holy Word tells us 
that God committed his 
love FOR US in that he 
sacrificed his only 
begotten Son, Jesus 
Christ, to come to earth 
to die FOR US!

Romans 5:8  
But God commendeth his 
love toward us, in that, 
while we were yet 
sinners, [Jesus] Christ 
died for us.

God's Law, the Ten 
Commandments, does 
not save us from our 
sins, but it does convict 
us of our sins by 
showing us how we 
cannot keep just 10 
of God's laws because
we were all born with
a sin nature which was
passed down to us by
Adam, the first man
God created! 

Here are just three of 
God's Ten Commandments 
that I have broken in my 
lifetime. And I have 
broken more of them, but
these are ones that I 
think many of us may
have committed in our
lives.

1. Have you ever lied (even 
little 'white' lie)? 

2.Have you ever stolen 
something no matter 
how small, cheated on 
taxes, or stolen time
from your employer 
while you goofed off 
at work? 

3.Have you ever lusted after 
someone, even if it is some 
celebrity or sports star,
or someone you may or
may not know?

God's Holy Word tells
us that when we sin, 
we don't just sin against 
other people, we sin 
against a Holy God!

Acts 3:19 
Repent* ye therefore, and 
be converted, that your 
sins may be blotted out, 
when the times of refreshing 
shall come from the 
presence of the Lord;

*Repent: to be sorry 
enough for your sin to 
stop committing that sin.

Romans 6:23 
For the wages of sin is 
death; but the gift of 
God is eternal life 
through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

Romans
10:9 That if thou shalt 
confess with thy mouth 
the Lord Jesus, and 
shalt believe in thine 
heart that God hath 
raised him from the 
dead, thou shalt 
be saved. 

10:10  For with the heart 
man believeth unto 
righteousness; and with 
the mouth confession is 
made unto salvation. 

10:13 For whosoever 
shall call upon the 
name of the Lord 
shall be saved. 

We cannot be saved by 
good works! God says 
so!

Ephesians
2:8 For by grace [God's 
un-earned favor] are 
ye saved through faith; 
and that not of 
yourselves: it is 
the gift of God: 

2:9 Not of works, lest 
any man should 
boast. 

Titus 3:5  
Not by works of 
righteousness 
which we have done
but according to his 
mercy he saved us, by 
the washing of 
regeneration, and 
renewing of the Holy 
Ghost;

Now, here is how God's
Holy Word, the King 
James Bible, tells us
how we can be saved
from our sins and go 
to heaven when we die.

God's Holy Word, the 
King James Bible, 
tells us how:

Agree with God in  
heaven that you are 
sinner and need 
Saviour. GOD SAYS 
WE ARE ALL 
SINNERS. But keep 
reading because 
there is Good News 
for you: 

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, 
and come short of the
glory of God;

Be willing to turn from 
your sin (repent). 

Acts 17:30  
And the times of this 
ignorance God winked 
at; but now commandeth 
all men every where to 
repent: 

Believe that Jesus 
Christ, the Sinless Son 
of God, shed his blood
on the cross to pay 
for your sins and 
mine, was buried, 
and that three 
days later He rose 
from the dead. 

Romans 10:9  
That if thou shalt confess 
with thy mouth the Lord 
Jesus, and shalt believe 
in thine heart that God 
hath raised him from 
the dead, thou shalt 
be saved. 

Repent of trusting in 
anything or anyone 
other than Jesus
Christ (i.e. baptism, 
good works, idols,
false gods, $/tithes
man-made church 
rules or traditions,
or religious 
ceremonies) to 
save you.

Titus 3:5
Not by works of
righteousness which we 
have done, but according 
to his mercy he saved us, 
by the washing of 
regeneration, and 
renewing of the Holy 
Ghost;

Jesus said that we do 
not get to heaven by our
good works (stuff we
have done). See verses
7:22 and 7:23 below!

Matthew
7:21 Not every one that 
saith unto me, Lord, 
Lord, shall enter into 
the kingdom of heaven; 
but he that doeth the 
will of my Father which 
is in heaven. 

7:22 Many will say to 
me in that day, Lord, 
Lord, have we not 
prophesied in thy 
name? and in thy 
name have cast 
out devils? and in 
thy name done 
many wonderful 
works? 

7:23 And then will I 
profess unto them, 
I never knew you: 
depart from me, ye 
that work iniquity. 

Accept God's Free 
Gift of eternal life 
through his Sinless 
Son, the Lord Jesus 
Christ. It is a free gift 
to you, but it cost Jesus
Christ his life! You do 
not have to work to 
earn a Gift - It is free!

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is 
death; but the gift of 
God is eternal life 
through Jesus Christ 
our Lord.

Ask Jesus Christ to be 
your personal Saviour 
and Lord of your life.

Romans 10:13 
For whosoever shall 
call upon the name 
of the Lord shall be 
saved. 

So, if you did that and
sincerely meant it,
then you are now a
Christian! Welcome
to the family. 

Romans 10:9  
That if thou shalt confess 
with thy mouth the Lord 
Jesus, and shalt believe 
in thine heart that God 
hath raised him from 
the dead, thou shalt 
be saved. 

And when you die, you 
will go straight to heaven
to be with Jesus Christ 
forever and ever! The
following Bible verse
is one of my favorites.
It gave me comfort when
I went through double
breast cancer surgery
for I knew that if I died
on the operating table
I would immediately be
in heaven with Jesus!
Knowing that is why I
no longer fear what 
comes after death. 
What freedom there is 
in knowing that.

2 Corinthians 5:8  
We are confident, I say, 
and willing rather to be 
absent from the body, 
and to be present with 
the Lord.

One note to all dear 
Catholics: The Catholic
church says that it is 
wrong to believe that 
you can know you are 
saved before you die. 
Please think about
this: God is a God of 
love. After all he sent
his Son to die for your
sins so you could be
with him in heaven for
eternity! That is love!
Why would a God of love
want you to worry all of
your life whether you will 
go to heaven or hell when
you die? God in heaven 
wants us to have peace 
and joy in this life as we 
live for him and draw 
others to him as their 
Saviour. Only a cruel 
God would want us 
worried and stressed 
about what comes after 
death. But GOD LOVES
YOU and wants you to 
have peace knowing that
you are saved now and 
can know now that you 
are going to heaven when
you die! Please trust your
loving heavenly Father's 
Holy Word (the King James
Bible) when God tells you 
that you will be with Him 
after death if you trusted
Jesus Christ as your 
Saviour!

And now that you have 
become a Christian, it
is important to learn how
to live a life that glorifies
God in heaven who gave
you the Gift of salvation.
Link here to my Bible
study on 'What Do I Do
Now That I Am Saved?'