You have Jesus’ word on it

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “Heaven”

Our Bible verse for today: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” John 14:1-3 (NASB)

Our thought for today: “You have Jesus’ word on it”

In these devotionals we have already learned that the sense that we will live forever, somewhere, is ingrained in the human heart. As Ecclesiastes 3:11 reminds us, God has designed us with eternity in our hearts. That’s why every civilization that has ever existed has always had a belief in the supernatural, and they have always had gods that they worshipped.

The Roman philosopher Seneca (not a Christian) wrote, “The day thou fearest as the last is the birthday of eternity.” What he meant was that the day of your death is actually your birthday in eternity. When you pass through the moment of death you are essentially leaving the womb of this lifetime and arriving in eternity. It’s as if this lifetime was your time in the womb that formed you and prepared you for life in eternity, and your moment of death is actually your moment of birth.

Humans have always known this, but it took Jesus to clearly explain it. In John 14:1-6 He tells us first that heaven is real and that when we get there, we will find that a special place in heaven has been prepared for each of us. And second, in John 14:6, He made it clear that there is only one path that leads from this life into heaven – faith in Him for the forgiveness of our sins: “I am the way the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me.”

When Jesus said those words, He eliminated every other possibility. If those words of Jesus are true then it cannot be faith in any of the other gods of this world, nor can it be a matter of being a good enough person, or performing enough religious rituals, or giving money to charity, or anything else. If those words of Jesus are true, then it is faith in Him for the forgiveness of your sins or you don’t get there.

Heaven is real, and faith in Jesus is the only way to get there. If you have placed your faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins then your day of death is actually your birthday into eternity. It may be a day of mourning for those who loved us here on earth, but it’s a day of celebration in heaven.

This life is not all there is. You have Jesus’ word on it.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

(If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville

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