2 Peter 3:18

“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.” ~ 2 Peter 3:18

Joy in Heaven!

Did you know that when you became a Christian there was joy in Heaven over you making that decision to repent and be saved?

Do you know that if you are not a Christian and have not made the decision to repent and be saved; when you do (if you do) all Heaven will rejoice over you!

The important word in the following verses is repent. Without repentance (understanding that one is a sinner, being sorry for it, confessing to God that of being a sinner, agreeing with God that sin is wrong, and turning away from sin) there is no salvation for that individual. One must repent to truly be saved.

God turns no one away upon repenting and believing in His Son. Jesus came to die in our place because of the sin that repels us from Heaven. He made the ultimate sacrifice of spilling His blood for our sin remission. 

Luke 5:32 “I [Jesus Christ] came not to call the righteous, but sinners [every man, woman, and child at the age of understanding what sin is] to repentance.” (my emphasis)

Luke 15:7 “I [Jesus Christ] say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth…” (my emphasis)

Luke 24:47 “And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.” (my emphasis)

Acts 11:18 “When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles [non Jews] granted repentance unto life [eternal life].” (my emphasis)

2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish [die and go to Hell, then to the Lake of Fire], but that all should come to repentance.” (my emphasis)

Jesus came and died for you and me and salvation is available to all who want it. But, without repentance there is no forgiveness.

Joy shall be in Heaven over each person who repents and gets saved. I thank God that if there had only been one, joy would have been there.

There has been much joy in Heaven over the millions who have repented and been forgiven and accepted Christ as their Savior. Are you one of them? If not, I pray you will be!

Spiritual Choice

The Alpha and Omega, Beginning and End...

We are all spiritual beings with souls that will never perish. When we grasp that life is eternal, created by the one and Eternal Living God, and become to understand that there are only two places where that eternal spiritual soul will be able to go, wake up to understand it is our choice where our soul will abide forever and ever, and realize with every fiber of our being what those two destinations are truly like as described as the One Who created them...

The Alpha and Omega, Beginning and End has provided the eternal destinations for souls and the choice for each to choose Him or deny Him...into Heaven eternally living or Hell eternally dying...

Oh that no person would ever choose to live eternally perishing...