Life’s Biggest Question

Do you know the answer?

You may ask, “What is the question? There are lots of big questions.” Let me put it this way: if you car was hit by a semi and you found yourself standing before God, would you be spending eternity in HEAVEN with God or would you be consigned to the utter darkness of HELL, the Lake of Fire, for eternity?

Are you sure about that?

Most of you will say, “Heaven, of course.” But I say to you that when I first asked God about myself, He told me I was going to Hell. You may be wondering what I had done that was so bad, but God says in His Word, the Bible, that “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). He also says that “the wages of sin”—what our sin earns—“is death” (Romans 6:23). Because of our sin, we are all destined for Hell.

Is there any hope?

When I learned that I was going to Hell, I cried out “God have mercy upon me” and He started to point me toward Jesus. I began to seriously look at the cross and realized that the person on the cross was much more than a mere man like me. The remarkable power Jesus demonstrated in His miracles (Matthew 8:27), combined with the fact that He is the creator of the universe (John 1:3), made me realize that nobody could have put Jesus on that cross unless He wanted to be there.

The sin-bearer

Jesus went to that cross and suffered and died, not because He had done anything wrong, but because of our sin. He suffered there as our substitute, a perfect sacrifice for sin. The Bible says, “Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18). When I turned to Jesus Christ and put my faith in Him as my only hope of salvation, God wiped away my sin and now sees me in the virtue of who Christ is and what He has done.

Can we know for sure?

Now I know that I am going to Heaven. If after I put my faith in Christ I were to say, “I hope I am going to Heaven,” God would in effect say to me, “Did Jesus do such a poor job that you’re just hoping it’s good enough?” I would say, “But Lord look at my heart. I still sin, and from time to time my heart is full of lust and hatred and greed.” And He would say to me, “Because of your sin you were going to Hell, but now you are in Christ, a child of mine by grace through faith. Don’t insult my Son.” So He teaches me to keep my eyes on His work for my salvation. By faith I realize that I am righteous in Him before God. “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life” (1 John 5:13). Would you like to know?

What must I do to be saved?

Admit that you are a lost, hopeless sinner (Romans 3:23; 6:23; 3:10).

Believe that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for your sin and rose again (1 Corinthians 1:1-4).

Come to Him in repentance, trusting Him completely as your Saviour (Mark 1:15).