THE GOSPEL LIGHT MINUTE X
with Daniel Whyte III
As
you may know, Superbowl tickets can cost over $10,000. One man paid
$70,000 for a Superbowl ticket. But may I offer you God's ticket to
Heaven? You don't have to pay for it, and that's a good thing, because
you could never afford to buy it! It's free, but only because someone
has already paid the ultimate price for it.
God loves you and not only wants you to have a fulfilling life on
earth, He also wants you to live with Him in Heaven forever. He's the
one who offers you a paid-in-full ticket. No one wants to go to hell
where there will be no joy and no pleasures whatsoever, and God doesn't
want anyone to go there either. The Bible says in 2 Peter 3:9 that God
is "not willing that any should perish".
But
there is a problem with getting that free ticket. We have all done
wrong--we have all sinned, haven't we? God's Word says in 1 John 1:8,
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves". Sin pollutes--it
makes us unclean, unfit for God's presence in that wonderful, perfect
place called Heaven. Sin penalizes--it separates us from a sinless God.
Romans 6:23 says, "for the wages of sin is death".
In short, our sinfulness blocks the delivery of the ticket that we need to get into Heaven!
Who paid for it?
Wait!
There's good news! Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to earth to be
born and to live His life without sin. 1 Peter 3:18 says, Jesus "once
suffered for [our] sins, the just [One] for the unjust [all of us!],
that He might bring us to God". When God "laid on Him the iniquity
[sins] of us all", Jesus cried out, "My God, my God, why hast Thou
forsaken Me?". The answer is simple and profound: Jesus was separated
from God because He took your place and mine on the cross, and by dying
He paid in full the "wages" our sins had earned.
Then
He rose from the dead, was seen by hundreds of people, and is alive
today so you can know Him and receive the gift of eternal life--your
ticket to Heaven. That's right! The Bible says this about all who
believe in His name in John 1:12: "as many as received Him [Jesus], to
them gave He power to become the sons of God".
That
is fantastic! You can become a "new" person--born of God--to start a
brand new life that pleases God. And, of course, all God's children have
a ticket to Heaven!
Do you want it?
It
is no accident you are hearing this message today. God has made sure
you can receive it. The whole issue is, did Jesus pay for all your sins
or didn't He? God said He did. Trust God that it is so. John 3:36 says,
"He that believeth on the Son [of God] hath everlasting life".
Just
as a man says, "Yes, I will take this woman to be my wife," God wants
you to tell Him, "Yes, I will take Jesus to be my Savior. I believe that
He is the only way to Heaven." The Bible says in 1 John 5:12, "He that
hath the Son [Jesus] hath life".
If you believe
that God's way to Heaven is the only way and that Jesus Christ died for
you, was buried, and rose again, you can "claim your ticket" by telling
God in words like these:
Dear God, I have sinned. I know I have offended You in many ways. I
am so sorry. I believe that Jesus suffered and died for my sins, paid
my debt in full, and rose again. Jesus, I believe in You and thank You
for what You've done for me. Please save me from the penalty of my sins,
and give me a new birth and the power to live for You. Thank You for
this offer to spend eternity in Heaven with You!
Remember what John 3:36 says: "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life."
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