Heaven is a Prepared Place For a Prepared People

No one just stumbles into heaven accidentally. You have to make preparations if you want to go there. The people who go to heaven are the people who know they are going to heaven because they know they have put all their trust in Jesus to forgive their sins and save their soul for all eternity. I John 3:15: These things have I written onto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. If you don't know if you will go to heaven when you die, then that means you are not saved and not ready or prepared to go there. Now is the day to  prepare. II Corinthians 6:2: (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) The reason it is important to get saved today is because you are not promised another tomorrow. Sadly, there will be many people in hell who intended to get saved some day, but they kept putting it off, until one day it was too late.

The bible says that Jesus is preparing a place in Heaven for all those who put there trust in him, and it is a place where there are many mansions and in a country where God is preparing a city. Heaven is a real place with a real location. Jesus is already there and waiting for the people he saved by grace to go there and be with him forever. It is not just floating on clouds somewhere.

John 14:1: Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2: In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3: And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

In the book of Hebrews is a verse that tells us how saved people are looking for a better country where God has prepared a city for them. Hebrews 11:16: But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.  Revelation 21:2: And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

So you can see then how God has prepared a place, which is heaven, for anyone who puts their complete trust in Jesus. Now it is up to you to make preparation to go to the place God has prepared. There is only one thing you must do to be prepared to go to heaven and that is to believe on Jesus as your personal savior, trust him, put all your faith upon him. He longs to save you. He has purchased your salvation in full with his own shed blood. All you have to do is receive him.  John 1:12: But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.

Heaven is also described as an inheritance. Once you put your faith in Jesus to save you, you will receive an inheritance that will never vanish or fade away.  I Peter 1:4: To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. Many times people will receive an earthly inheritance that seems wonderful at the time, but a few years later it seems that it is all gone somehow. But that is not the case with the inheritance from God because the bible says it will never fade away. That means it will last forever because it is called eternal life and eternal means forever.  Matthew 25:34: Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. An inheritance is something you receive freely, something you did not work for. That is why heaven is called an inheritance, because it is a free gift. Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. 9: Not of works lest any man should boast.

In Matthew chapter 25 is the story about ten virgins. Five of them were wise and were prepared to go to heaven, and five of them were foolish and were not prepared to go to heaven. 

Matthew 25:1: Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and and went forth to meet the bridegroom. (referring to Jesus).  

2: And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 

3: They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

4: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 

5: While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6: And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7: Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8: And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

9: But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10: And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11: Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12: But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

13: Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

The oil in the wise virgins lamps is the picture of salvation and thus the wise virgins were prepared to go to be with Jesus and were ready because they were saved by trusting in him, but the foolish virgins had no oil in their lamps and so they were unprepared to go to heaven with Jesus. They tried to get oil in their lamps at the end, but it was too late and the door was shut. Jesus said to them that he knew them not. That is why it is important to be saved today before it becomes too late for you also, like the foolish virgins. If you do not accept Jesus as your savior, some day it will be too late and the door will be shut.

A person who has trusted Jesus as their savior knows they are on their way to heaven. That is the reason why the bible says to lay up treasures in heaven. Matthew 6:20: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. This proves that heaven is a real prepared place where saved people can lay up treasures. You have to know you are going there to be able to lay up treasures there.

If you have not made preparation to go to heaven when you die, there is another place that is prepared for all the unbelievers in Christ. Matthew 25:41: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: To go to this prepared place you need not to make any preparations because the bible says anyone who has not put their trust in Jesus is condemned already. John 3:18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. If you have never put your faith in Jesus, the only thing you need to do to go to this horrible place of everlasting fire is just to keep on not accepting Christ as your savior and wait til you take your last breath on earth. Hell is not a place for bad people, it is a place for unsaved people. We are all sinners. Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God: We all deserve hell, but Jesus doesn't want us to go there. That is why he paid for our sins, so we wouldn't have to pay for them ourselves and go to hell forever. He took our punishment for us so we could receive the free gift of salvation by putting all our trust in him and what he did for us.

In conclusion, if you are not prepared or ready to go to heaven when you die, please make that decision today by calling upon the name of the Lord in faith to save you, believing in your heart that he died to pay for your sins and rose again the third day. 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. Romans 10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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Poetry About Jesus And Salvation

Jesus is Enough

If you ever hear a preacher or anyone else say you have to believe on Jesus AND this, that, or the other to be saved that is a false teacher that is sending people to hell. Putting all your faith in Jesus ALONE is ALL that is necessary to be saved. There is nothing more additionally needed. There is no "and do other things" after believe on the Lord Jesus Christ in Acts 16:31b: ....Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. Jesus paid it all and he is enough. If you think you have to add anything to that to be saved, you are saying Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross was insufficient to purchase our salvation, but it was sufficient. Jesus lived a perfect sinless life that none of us could ever live so that he could be a perfect sacrifice to die in our place to pay for our sins so he could save us from the penalty of our sins, which is to spend an eternity in the horrible place of hell. Galatians 2:21: I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ be dead in vain. That means if we had to do any kind of work whatsoever to get saved, then Jesus died for nothing. But he didn't die for nothing. He paid for our salvation in full. It is all by grace through faith. 

Here are some examples of what false teachers say you have to believe on Jesus AND do this, that, or the other:

1. You have to believe on Jesus and be baptized in order to be saved. 

Baptism is for people who are already saved in order to confess Jesus before men and to be a testimony of their salvation. It is not part of salvation. Many people who have never been baptized will be in Heaven because even though they were not baptized they were saved by putting their trust in Jesus alone to save them. The thief on the cross who got saved was never baptized, but he is in heaven today.  Luke 23:42: And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 43: And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.  He just looked to Christ and was saved instantly. You SHOULD be baptized because the bible says we are to get baptized AFTER we get saved, but it is not necessary in order to get saved. The only thing you MUST do is believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 16:30: And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31: And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. It doesn't say you must be baptized; it just says you must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.

2. You have to believe on Jesus and repent of all your sins, or forsake your sins, to be saved. 

That would be like turning over a new leaf. Salvation is not by turning over a new leaf, it is being saved and forgiven of all our sins and washed in the blood of Jesus, and made a born again child of God purely by God’s mercy and grace. It is by receiving the free gift of eternal life. It is when you look to Jesus and say “I know I’m a sinner and I deserve to go to hell, but I believe you paid for my sins and rose again the third day, and I am now putting all my faith and trust in you to save me and take me to heaven when I die.” That is how you get saved, not by turning over a new leaf or trying to forsake your sins, which is impossible anyway because no one can stop sinning. That is why we need a savior in the first place.  Jesus bore our sins in his own body on the cross. I Peter 2:24: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. You only need to acknowledge you're a sinner and trust Christ. If we had to forsake our sins to be saved, no one would be saved. We don’t even know what our sins are when we get saved, much less forsake them, and we will never know all of our sins. We just know we are a sinner and need God’s mercy. If anyone claims they know they are saved because they have forsaken their sins or sinful lifestyle, they are proud and boastful and are unsaved because they are trusting in what they do instead of putting full trust in what Jesus has done for them.

Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Luke 18:13: And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, "God be merciful to me a sinner.

3. You have to believe on Jesus and make him Lord of your life and surrender everything you have to him and make a commitment to follow him and serve him for the rest of your life. 

That would be like you have to earn your salvation by serving and following. That would make heaven a reward instead of a gift. Heaven is a gift that was paid for by Jesus. A gift is something you didn't earn or work for, it is free and entirely paid for by the giver, not the receiver. We are not saved by making a commitment to Jesus, but rather he made a commitment to us to save and keep for all eternity anyone who would trust him.  John 10:28: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29: My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. The moment you put your trust in Christ to save you, you are eternally secure and nothing can ever pluck you out of the Father's hand. You can never lose your salvation because it is God keeping ahold of us, not us striving to cling to him to keep our salvation. That is what the bible says and God cannot lie. It is not about us and what we do; it is all about Jesus and what he did for us.

4. You have to believe on Jesus and persevere to the end. 

Salvation is not obtained by running a race and enduring to the end. If that were the case, you would never know if you were saved or not because you don't yet know if you will finish the race. No, salvation is a one time instantaneous event the moment someone puts all their trust in Jesus. Once you receive salvation it is a done deal, your eternal destiny is forever sealed and you can rest assure that you are saved forever no matter what, no matter if you sin a little or sin greatly, it doesn't matter. Some of the best saved people in the bible did some pretty bad things, but they still went to heaven because they trusted Christ so their sins were forgiven.

5. You have to believe on Jesus and also have a sincere willingness to radically change your behavior.

No where in the Bible does it say you have to change your behavior to be saved. On the contrary, the bible says when we trust Jesus he washes our sins away in his own blood. God is the one who changes our heart when we put our trust in Jesus. Revelation 1:5: And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood. The only thing a sinner can do is just to come to Jesus as he is, admit he is a sinner, and let him save you. He changes our heart when we trust him. It has nothing to do with our behavior. That would be like saying if you're good then you get to go to heaven. The bible says no one is good. Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one. Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Some will say, but if you really got saved, there would be a change in your behavior, but that is false too. Just because a saved person has a new heart, doesn't mean they still can't have some bad behavior.

6. You have to believe on Jesus and do good works. 

People like to think they need to help God to save them and do good works, so this is the question they asked Jesus. John 6:28: Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God: 29: Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.  So the only work that can save you is to BELIEVE on Jesus, not doing good deeds. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

In conclusion, the bottom line is this: Jesus does all the saving. Jesus paid our sin debt when he shed his blood on the cross. Jesus is not part of the plan of salvation, he is all of the plan salvation; he is enough. It is not partly him and partly what we do ourselves to be saved and keep our salvation.  No, it is all Jesus period.  As one hymn goes: Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain, he washed it white as snow. 

If you have never put your full trust in Jesus alone to save you please listen to the video below.

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