DAVID A. MCMILLEN

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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.

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"WHO DESERVES TO GO TO HEAVEN?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN

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By: DAVID A. MCMILLEN
Posted in: INSPIRATIONAL

IF YOU STOOD BEFORE GOD TODAY AND HE ASKED YOU WHAT YOU HAD DONE TO DESERVE TO BE IN HEAVEN, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HIM?  SOME OF YOU WOULD START TELLING HIM ALL THE GOOD THINGS YOU HAD BEEN DOING LIKE GOING TO CHURCH, TITHING, TEACHING SUNDAY SCHOOL, ETC.  IF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TEST QUESTION, YOU WOULD HAVE FAILED.


 

THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN ADD TO WHAT JESUS DID FOR US ON THE CROSS.  OUR ANSWER SHOULD BE, "BECAUSE OF JESUS IS THE REASON WE DESERVE TO BE IN HEAVEN".  ANYTHING WE TRY TO ADD TO WHAT HE DID JUST BELITTLES ALL THAT HE HAS DONE.  HE DID IT ALL.

 

YOU KNOW BACK WHEN JESUS WAS ON EARTH, THE JEWS WERE REALLY ZEALOUS FOR THE THINGS OF GOD.  HOWEVER, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE FAITH IN HIM TO COMPLETE THEMSELVES.  THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD TO EARN GOD'S FAVOR.  I THINK RELIGION AND THE TRADITIONS OF SOME RELIGIONS TODAY ARE THE SAME WAY.

 

NOW THE GENTILES WERE DIFFERENT AS THEY HAD NO TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND WHEN THEY HEARD THE GOSPEL MESSAGE THAT JESUS PAID FOR THEIR SINS, THEY JUST BELIEVED AND ACCEPTED IT AS A GIFT, WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS.  THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TODAY.

 

FOR YOU THAT DON'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME.  HE IS HOLDING OUT THE GIFT OF SALVATION TO YOU AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE IT.  IT WOULD BE THE BEST DECISION YOU HAVE EVER MADE OR WILL EVER MAKE.

 

JUST TALK TO HIM AND TELL HIM YOU KNOW YOU ARE A SINNER  AND THANK HIM FOR HIS FORGIVENESS  AND FOR DYING FOR YOU.  TELL HIM YOU WANT HIM TO BE YOUR SAVIOR AND YOU BELIEVE THAT HE DIED, WAS BURIED AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD.  THERE IS NOTHING YOU NEED TO DO BUT TO HAVE FAITH TO RECEIVE IT.  THAT IS ALL. 

 

HEARING WHAT HE DID FOR YOU SHOULD MAKE YOU WANT HIM THAT MUCH MORE.  HE LOVES YOU AND WANTS YOU TO LOVE HIM.  THE CHOICE IS YOURS.  IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT, READ WHAT THE LORD SAID IN DEUTERONOMY 3:19 "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:"  HE GIVES YOU THE ANSWER AS TO WHAT TO CHOOSE.  PLEASE CHOOSE LIFE.

 

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.


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