Yes, you can get saved. According to the Bible, which is the written Word of God, yes, anyone can be saved! And according to a research tool I used, forty people type “can I get saved?” into a search engine every month.
However, the obvious next question is, what do you need to do to be saved? I will gladly answer that question in this letter also. If I can help at least one person, this will be worth every second!
The short answer is you must believe the correct things about Jesus, yourself, and mankind as a whole in order to be saved.
I am writing this letter to every person who has ever wondered “how do we go to heaven” when we leave the earth we are living on right now.
What Is Heaven Like?
Here are just a few verses about heaven:
Revelation 21:3-5 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
1 Corinthians 2:9 – But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.
It’s better than we can imagine! Like me, I am sure you can imagine great things…wow.
Not only does being saved mean going to heaven and avoiding punishment, but it also means having peace inside after receiving forgiveness and having a personal relationship with Jesus.
I can speak from experience that I have a peace inside that I never had before I became a real Christian.
The Bible is true!
More Good News Is Coming, But First, The Bad News.
We don’t have much time left. Life on earth is short.
Romans 3:10 says, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
Also, in Psalm 14:1-3, Psalm 53:1-3 “there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
Romans 3:23says, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God;”
Romans 6:23a: “For the wages of sin is death;”
Revelation 21:8“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:”
To be separated from God forever, simply do nothing. To ignore or reject God’s Son is to be already condemned. (Revelation 20:15, 2 Thes. 1:7-9).
God is Good, Just, and Holy. He created it all, and He can do what He wants. Whatever He does will be right. Whatever He has done and will do is best, even if we don’t understand. He sets the terms.
Degrees Of Punishment.
Several places in the Bible speak of different degrees of punishment, as though there are or will be levels of hell for the unrepentant. I will write about that at a later time. I will only touch on this subject now; an unforgiven pedophile or murderer will obviously be worse off than the average God-rejector or unforgiven thief.
There is no such thing as purgatory. That is not taught in the Bible. You can’t earn or suffer your way into Heaven.
Some theologians also believe that the lengths of sentences and possibly the timespan of consciousness may differ in hell depending on the amount of light one has rejected. Either way, all paths in hell don’t lead anywhere good.
It is outside of the mainstream Christian view and considered heresy by some, but many believe in the eventual or even the immediate annihilation of the soul in Hell after the Great White Throne Judgement.
Yet, It isn’t heresy if you only discuss hypothetical possibilities that don’t contradict scripture, and that is all I’m doing on this page. After all, Hell and the Lake Of Fire do indeed have some mystery to them.
I certainly don’t believe anyone will be immediately annihilated after dying here on Earth if annihilation were even possible. We will all be judged by God for our choices made on Earth.
We will all stand before a Holy God who will do what He deems correct. What the Maker of it all says is the way it goes.
It is not logical to think an unforgiven soul on judgment day would receive less of a sentence than a criminal here on Earth would receive in our current judicial systems.
The Bible is clear that every knee shall bow before God someday, and every tongue will confess Jesus Is Lord. Some people will bow before Him preceding everlasting awesomeness, and some will bow before Him preceding their everlasting damnation.
If there were a way of eventual annihilation of consciousness for certain unrepentant lost souls (without violating God’s written Word, of course), it would be up to Judge Jesus. However, it’s quite probable that no soul will ever be annihilated.
However, I think the view of eventual annihilation of consciousness “after” a hundred years of punishment for some or a thousand years for others, depending on what they knew, did, or rejected, isn’t a crazy idea as long as it doesn’t contradict scripture.
Fitting or imposing into scripture verses the possibility for the annihilation of some unsaved souls is definitely conjecture, to say the least.
The Bible clearly states Hell itself is eternal, and Satan, the beast, and the false prophet will be there forever, in conscious torment of some kind.
The Bible also teaches that those who worship the beast and receive a mark on their forehead or hand will also have eternal conscious torment of some kind.
So, eternal-conscious torment, at least for those who receive the mark of the Beast and worship him, is clearly taught in the Bible.
I’m sure you have heard the saying, “Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.” I have a more applicable one for this subject: Avoid hell at all costs, and don’t risk your soul no matter what hell will be like or could be like!
Even the best-case scenario sentence in hell will still be horrible. Please don’t find out.
I think it is fair to believe that everyone in hell‘s best-case scenario will be one of mental torment like regret and utter despair for at least as long as a life sentence in prison here on earth. That is if there was part of the lake of fire that was psychological only and not both physical and psychological for all people who enter. It very well may be both for all who go.
How about this hypothetical thought: Even if your personal sentence in hell were a beachfront paradise for eternity, without God’s further intervention, your seclusion and thoughts would eventually cause you to go insane. I am not claiming hell is like a beach, but that would be a logical conclusion to imagine if it were so.
Those who think the soul in an indestructible body will suffer consciously and physically in Hellfire have a logical reason to think so. Those who think it is consciously and mentally only in Hell have a logical reason to think so. Those who think what goes into a lake of fire will eventually be annihilated have logical assumptions for that view.
Every Christian should agree on the following truths. God is good and will do what is right. We should always give our Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent Creator the benefit of the doubt. He made it all, including us, so He can do what He wants whether or not we “feel” it is best or not.
Logically, there will be varying degrees of punishment in Hell (no pun intended) and levels of reward in Heaven. More importantly, God’s Word teaches these facts.
The Bible speaks of hell ultimately as the lake of fire but also speaks of it as a place of darkness and separation from God and all other people. It is also described as a prison, the bottomless pit, and the abyss.
There is much about Heaven and Hell that the Bible doesn’t tell us, but God’s Word does clearly speak details in many places.
Jesus spoke more about Hell than He spoke about Heaven.
The Bible teaches that Hell was initially created for Satan and the other fallen angels.
After Satan, the beast, and the false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire, then it reads, “Whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire.”
But right before that, it reads:
Rev. 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
That is the last place in the scriptures where God seems to imply different sentences or degrees of punishment, even in the lake of fire.
There are either different sections of the Lake of Fire, and/or the Lake of Fire is a gateway or portal to one’s eternal destination.
Regardless, let’s not go there! I’m going to Heaven…please make sure to join me! I want to meet you in Heaven, friend! You don’t deserve Heaven, and neither do I. Thanks to God’s grace and mercy, we can get what we don’t deserve and avoid what we do deserve.
God didn’t intend hell for you and me. We will only go there if we choose to. If we choose to reject God’s love and forgiveness, we would be choosing hell.
God made a way to escape hell, no matter what hell is like. The Way is Jesus.
There is no neutral opinion for anyone to have about Jesus. If someone claims neutrality about who Jesus is and claims to be, they are thereby rejecting Him.
God is Good, Just, and Holy. He made it all, and He can do what He wants. Whatever He does will be right. Whatever He has done and will do is best.
Most people think they are good.
Sorry, but God says differently. Most people compare themselves to people they know; if they feel they are better than at least half, they feel they are pretty good. That is called self-righteousness.
If you think you are good enough to go to heaven, then you are self-righteous. If you think you can get to Heaven any way but through Jesus Christ and Him crucified, then you are self-righteous and deceived.
That was what the Pharisees and Sadducees believed about themselves.
Self-righteousness is the biggest obstacle preventing people from God and heaven. We should compare ourselves to Jesus to realize we are in bad shape on our own. We all need help!
There Is Good News!
Jesus Is God The Son, and He lived a perfect, sinless life. He is the answer!
There is no amount of good works we can do to save ourselves from being eternally separated from God. We can’t earn it.
We can only receive Heaven, God, forgiveness, and peace as gifts.
Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
There is a simple and free way to be reconciled with God made possible by God’s only son, Jesus. He was nailed to a Roman cross to shed His blood in payment for your sin. Then, on the third day after His death, He rose from the dead, validating His qualification to be our only Savior once and for all.
Placing your complete trust in Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection is the one and only way to be reconciled to God.
The Bible clearly tells us how to be saved:
This Is A Free Gift From God Because He Loves You.
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 10:13 “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Are you ready to believe right now? If so, simply tell God what He asked you to confess. Pray a prayer similar to the one below:
This below is often referred to as the sinner’s prayer. It is a collection of scriptural facts from the Bible condensed into a prayer. The words in the prayer alone won’t save you. It is ONLY by believing by faith what you are praying that saves you because you are confessing faith in Jesus Christ and His payment for our sins on the cross!
“God, I admit to you that I am a sinner, and I know I cannot do anything to earn my way into your kingdom. I truly believe that Jesus died on the cross, was buried, and rose from the grave. I put my faith in His sacrifice to pay for my sin debt in full.”
In Jesus Name, Amen!
Jesus Christ and Him crucified is our only hope!
Believing the words(God’s Words) and confessing them to God by faith is the only thing that can save you!
He will forgive you; He will give you a new heart. It will be the most important thing you have ever done or will ever do!
“If you prayed it and believed it, and if you believed it and prayed it by faith,” then you are saved, and your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life!
If you prayed a similar prayer and meant it, you now have a new heart!
If you aren’t sure, do it again until you are sure! God already knows your heart. Trust in His Words and promises, not your feelings!
Jesus conquered the grave. He Is Risen!
Sincerely,
David L.