GETTING INTO HEAVEN

GETTING INTO HEAVEN

BY DR. MERVYN ABREO

GOOD NEWS: Everyone has to die!

          You may challenge me by asking, what about Enoch and Elijah, just to name two of the many, who were taken body and soul to heaven.

            However, I still reiterate that everyone has to die! And that is because, your idea and my idea of death, are not one and the same.

WHAT IS DEATH?

          Death is the separation of the person’s spirit from the body and soul.

          What does the Bible say about those who are taken up in rapture? That they will get new heavenly bodies. Therefore, since there was a separation of their spirit from that of their bodies, in a way, they too underwent death!

          The Sadducees asked Jesus about the woman who had married seven times: whose wife would she be in heaven? And Jesus had explained that after death the heavenly bodies would be different from what we have here. We would be like the angels in heaven. (Luke 20:27-38).

 WHO DECIDES WHETHER YOU GO TO HEAVEN OR NOT?

          It’s not God. The decision is made by you!

THE ROAD TO HEAVEN.

          A journey needs a road. And that road is Jesus!! He is the ‘way’!

          “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through Me.” (John 14:6).

          The early Church was called ‘The Way’.

THE VEHICLE WHICH TAKES YOU TO HEAVEN: It’s FAITH!

Who raised Jesus from the dead?

          If you say: ‘God the Father,’ then you are claiming that Jesus had no power and that there are two Gods.

          The truth is that Jesus walked in total FAITH! And it was by this faith that He raised Himself from the dead.

           And what part did God the Father play?

          God and Jesus are the same: “I and the Father are one.”

(For a better understanding read ‘Mystery of the Trinity revealed’)

WHAT IS HEAVEN? It is more like a ‘dimension’ or ‘state.’

          Jesus tells us: “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven”. (Mathew 18:10).

          So how do you explain that an angel, who needs to be with the child (who is on earth), in order to protect the little one, can always see the face of God, Who is in heaven?

          Because heaven is not a place somewhere else, but, in a way, ‘all around us’. But because we cannot see it, we imagine it is above us and we look upwards for it.

FANTASTIC NEWS:

          But before I tell you what heaven is, I want you to promise me, that just before you die, you will accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Then when you die you, will definitely go to heaven.

          But you say that you’ll are already ‘committed Christians?’

          Then here’s the fantastic news: You are already in heaven! You do not have to die to attain that status- you have already attained it!

Let me explain: A name-plate indicates the presence of the person.

          Throughout the Bible we come across the expression “the name of the Lord.” It indicates His presence.

          For example, as per the Proverb 18: 10: The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run to it and they are saved.

          Where do we the righteous run to? Do we write the word ‘LORD’ on the wall and run to it? No, because the ‘name’ indicates the presence of the Lord.

          In the same way, when the Bible tells us that our names are written in the Book of life, it indicates that we already are citizens of heaven! When we close our eyes in death, we simultaneously open them in heaven!

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Dear friend,

          I look forward to getting your feedback. Do write in to me at:

                                        drmervynabreo@gmail.com

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