You ever knew something was going to happen or not going to happen? Have you ever been so sure of something you’d bet all of your possessions on it? Have you ever been convinced something was one way, and then find out it was another? You know that kind of surprise? Well that’s gonna happen to a lot of people.
When I close my eyes here on this earth for the last time, and I open them up in heaven there will be shocked faces I’m sure. How could a person like me make it to heaven? Doing a lot of self reflection this morning has me feeling like I will be one of those shocked faces.
I have the Ten Commandments tattooed on my leg. Those are God’s rules for us. Laws for his people while here on Earth. The Bible says to break one is to break them all. So all of us have in theory broken them all, but what about me? I have broken them all. I have at some point in my life broken every commandment. I have lied, cheated, stole. I have worshipped at the altar of the almighty dollar, had a heart full of lust, and have been a disgrace to my mother and father that I am to honor. I have taken the Lord’s name in vain, I have worked or partied and refused to keep the sabbath holy. I have killed for sport, and murdered people with my words. I have coveted the life and the possessions of others.
So how does someone like me get into heaven? Surely when they read through my sins they will realize they have made a mistake. I belong in Heaven because I believe what the Bible says. The Bible says God’s grace is enough. Jesus died for your sins and mine as well. We have a place in heaven because “For God so loved the world that he sent his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but shall have everlasting life”. My everlasting life will be in the kingdom of Heaven that Jesus went to prepare for me. You are never too far away there is a spot for you too.
Jesus died for us all because he loved us. I love you.
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