In the gospel of John chapter 14 verse 1, Jesus told His disciples, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 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. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am there you may be also. And where I go you know and the way you know.”
Many years ago, a man wrote a song and said “Heaven is at the back seat of my Cadillac”. That cannot be heaven because it cannot be compared to any where on earth. Heaven is a place of glory. Somebody said something that is very important. “There is only one thing better than going to heaven, and that is to take someone with you.”
Friend, today I have come through this column to take you to heaven. Heaven is a real place. It is a city. People struggle to go to America, New Zealand and Australia and all the other places where they can buy tickets and go to. You hear people say: It is so beautiful in Cape Town, Norway, Spain, etc and they want to go there. One place you cant afford to miss is heaven. The visa to heaven is through Jesus Christ of Nazareth. When you receive this Jesus Christ, do not keep it to yourself but tell everybody about Him. As I said earlier, one thing more important and more beautiful than going to heaven is to take someone with you to that city of gold.
Allow me, through this column, to take you to heaven. There, you are going to receive Jesus’ peace, His wisdom and His knowledge. He is going to breathe into you and He will make things clear. Before I got saved, there were so many confusing issues about life. But when Jesus came into my life, things became clear. There was no doubt about the fact that this is the way. That is the most powerful truth. I remember that each time I got initiated to one cult or the other, there was no answer. The question still remained: Is this the way? But the day I said to Jesus: Come into my life, it became like day and night. Everything became clear and for the first time I saw that the Bible that the Maisons use in their lodge; there is no mention of Jesus Christ in it. That was how I knew that the lodge is not of God. I was there, and while I was there, we were doing good things, being benevolent and we thought that by doing good you will please God. Their studies are about Solomon and His temples, but no mention of Jesus Christ. When I got saved, the Spirit of the Lord said to me: Take that book and show me where they mentioned Jesus. Anything about worshippers without Jesus is not of God. Anything you are worshipping without Jesus is a waste of time and it will send you to hell. There is a way that seems right unto a man but the end thereof is the way of death. If your way of worship does not acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God, it will fail you at the end.
Friend, take your time to buy a Bible that has red marks of the words of Jesus. Read those words and you will understand that no other religious founder or leader spoke like Jesus. None was authoritative enough to tell the whole world: I am the way. Some even told their followers that they do not know where they are going. But Jesus said. Follow me, I AM THE WAY. Before He died, He told His disciples, “I am going to prepare a place for you and I will come and receive you so that where I am, you will be there.”
This is the greatest assurance of a better future. Does your religion or the person you follow assure you of a better future? He can’t because he did not give his life for you. Assurance for a better eternity comes by some one dying for you. Jesus died for the good and the bad; those who believed and those who did not believe, so that we all can become believers. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that anyone who believes in Him will be saved.” –John 3:16
Heaven is where I want to go to; and heaven is where I want to take you to. Let it be written in your diary that today is the day that you made up your mind to follow Jesus and give your life to Him; and that now you believe that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man cometh to God the Father except through Him and He is the only One who has gone to prepare a place of beauty, glory and power. Heaven can only be entered through Jesus. He said: I am the door, by Me people go in and come out and they find pasture. This is the assurance of a powerful future. Friend, are you ready? Do not trade your future with nonsense. Hook on to Jesus Christ and be assured of a greater tomorrow. Say this prayer, meaning every word from your heart:
Lord Jesus, be merciful unto me, a sinner. I am a sinner. Today I say yes to You. Come into my life. Be my Lord and be my Savior and Master. Change my life from today. I am tired of living without you, but come in today. I believe in You. Satan I break every covenant I had with you knowingly or unknowingly. From today, I say yes to Jesus and I say no to you. The blood of Jesus is speaking for me, in Jesus name.
NB: First published December 2013