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All About Heaven and how we get there.

HELL, DO NOT GO THERE

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We are living in a nation right now that is going along with this lost world that is in rebellion with God. Our nation has taken God out of everything. During World War Two we were a praying nation. We prayed everywhere. We prayed in our schools without shame and without any interruptions.

Women were working in the factories and on the docks. No, it wasn’t woman’s liberation, it was because our men were away at war, and women were doing anything that they could do to help win the war.

After we won the war, our fighting men came home and returned to their jobs, The women came home to their jobs of taking care of the home and raising the children.

The problem was we were not praising God for answering our prayers and giving Him all the Glory. We were taking all the credit for the victory. That was the beginning of this nation forgetting about God.

In the sixties, Women’s Lib came along then Gay Lib. We have come a long way baby. But, what have we come to? Divorce rates sky-high more one-parent families, same-sex marriages, children growing up with only two mommies, or only two daddies, protests, and riots.

Drugs are more prevalent than ever before, Illegals entering our country by the thousands, and I think of all the people from all over the world who entered our country legally and helped to make it a great country. ”No wonder this world is in such a mess and our teenagers will be the leaders of our nation in the coming years. Oh my, God, have mercy on them and on us.

All this because we stopped praying and praising God, and have gotten to the point where we are Getting Rid of God out of everywhere and everything.

Have you also taken notice of all the tragic events that have taken place during this period of time in our nation? You may have forgotten all about God, but God has not forgotten. Galatians 6:7-8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Whether you believe it or not, or don’t even give it a thought, there is a literal Heaven and a literal Hell. While we are living on this earth we, yes WE, will decide whether we go to Heaven or Hell.

I went to church all my life, until one day the Lord Jesus Christ found me hiding in my church and my own self-righteousness, and saved me from that and save me from going to Hell.

My prayer for you is that you do not go to hell.

THE LAST PLANE IS LEAVING

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THE LAST PLANE IS LEAVING

Today while I was resting, I began to think, and visualize some things. One of my thoughts and visualizations brought me to an airport, and I found myself looking at the arrival and departure board list.

It was a snowy day with lots of cancellations, late arrivals, late departures, leaving many passengers to scurry to other airlines to see if they could do better.

It looked like it would be a long night and maybe a long tomorrow. Then my imagination took hold of me and I visualized a bright recent sign popping up on the Departure Board. THE LAST PLANE FOR HEAVEN it was getting ready for departure.

And that departure to get to HEAVEN would be their last opportunity, and then I become saddened at the thought of how many people will miss that last chance.

I think of how many thousands of people over the last thirty-plus years in witnessing for my Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ had the opportunity to make the decision, to put their trust in Jesus (ALONE) to get them to Glory, and how many hundreds missed out, and for whatever reason will spend eternity in everlasting torment.

God made it simple to get that reservation. When a person truly accepts the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, their name is written in the Book of Life and that is their reservation in Heaven, paid for by the Blood of Jesus Christ on that cross at Calvary. Please make your reservation TODAY!

PRAY FROM YOUR HEART

Dear God in Heaven, I am a sinner and cannot get to Heaven on my works and church tradition. I trust in HIS shed blood to wash away my sins. I am truly sorry for my sins and repent, turning from my sins and turning to Christ. Please come into my heart and be my personal Savior. I ask this in Jesus’ Name, Amen

END OF LIFE ON THIS EARTH

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What happens when we die? When we are young, that question rarely enters our minds. However, when a loved one dies or gets aged and sick, we think about the “End Of Life On This Earth,” and is there anything after our life ends here.

The King James Bible is very specific on what happens after death. Many religions have many ideas about this matter, but that is simply what their religion believes. I believe what the Holy Spirit God, who is the author of the Bible, has to say about this matter.

After all, God created this universe, this world, and everything in it and under it. For the true Christian, and I mean a Born Again Believer. Jesus Christ when talking to a Leader of the Jews when asked about Heavenly things emphatically said in John 3:7 “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.” That was not a suggestion. It is a command to anyone who wants to be with God when this life is over.

Born Again is another way of saying, SAVED from going to hell. Simon Peter said in Acts 4:12, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (SAVED from going to hell)

As in my own great nation, the problem in this world is that the vast majority of the people do not read the Holy Bible. We can find a bible in many homes in America, but you won’t find many people reading it and rarely find them studying it.

I will add a short video to share my thoughts.

 

I could actually title this End Of Life As We Don’t Know it. Most people lead a robotic life. By that I mean we, at least before the Covid 19 Pandemic we did the same thing every day. If we had a job, many people got up at the same time and did our usual morning routine.

Then we got into our car, took the same route to work, did the same work, then came home the same route, did our normal routine, dinner, communicating with family and friends, helping kids with homework, taking them to soccer, come home, go to bed and get ready for the same routine the next day.

I did something like that all my working life. However, one thing we did little in our younger stages of life was to consider our death, as it was not a pleasant thing to think about, not only for ourselves but for our family.

I centered this article on the end of our life, and particularly on what happens after death. Have you seriously considered what happens at the end of your life?

For almost fifty years, I did not think of death. I was definitely only thinking of the present. What a fool I was. I was also a religious person. Again I say, “What A Fool I was.” Religion does not get anyone to Heaven! Look at some religions of this world. They all tell you a different way.

My parents brought me up in a Catholic family, but I had many friends who followed other denominations. I remember a Protestant Church nearby opened the doors to their gymnasium every Saturday so we Catholics who didn’t have a gym at school could come. I thought that was pretty nice. However, they never once mentioned anything about how we get to heaven. That was not nice!

Most religions that I understood follow their own traditions with a little of Jesus Christ thrown in. I had a good friend who Was Jewish, but we never talked about Heaven or Hell.

So here I was approaching my fiftieth birthday, and I and my friends or cohorts did not know about what happens after death. Then everything changed almost in an instant. I won’t go into that right now because it is part of my testimony, and that is a fantastic story, but that is for another time.

 

GRACE AND I – TRUE LOVE

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GRACE AND I – TRUE LOVE

Grace and I were meant for each other, and I truly believe that God reserved Grace for me from before the world began. It was true love. We met on February 23, 1983. I have to say, I don’t know how I survived most of my life without her.

Right from the very beginning of our relationship, I realized I couldn’t do anything good without Grace. As a matter of fact, it was Grace that saved me from going to hell. Ephesians 2:8-9 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.

Another wonderful thing about Grace is that God made up a song about her and dedicated it to me. I could tell that when I saw the first words of the song.

“Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.” And that wonderful Grace that God gave to me was a onetime Grace, there would never be any more of that wonderful Grace. However, God promised me another Grace when I need it, although it was a different kind of grace.

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Everyone needs both of these wonderful gifts that God has for us.

FIRST:

We need God’s Free Gift of Eternal Life! Yes, it is FREE. We don’t have to earn it, and we certainly don’t deserve it. God is ready to give it to anyone who asks for it. He gave it to me, and trust me, if he gave that Free Gift to me he will give it to you.

Humble yourself and come to him. A beautiful song sings to you, “There is room at the cross for you.” Don’t wait until it is too late. Jesus Christ, the Lord came to this earth. He didn’t come to Save Presbyterians or Catholics or Lutherans, or Baptists or any denomination you belong to. He came to save sinners like you and me. (John 3:16-17)

He shed his precious blood on a cross at Calvary to wash away all our sins, and it is that precious blood that gets you into Heaven! It is paramount for your Salvation. 1 Peter 1:18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

Some day when life is over on this earth, we don’t just go into a grave and, or outer darkness. The Creator of Heaven and Earth says that all the living and all the dead will come to a judgment. Some will go to the Judgment Seat of Christ. See

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

A great majority will go to the Great White Throne Judgment. Revelation 20:11-15 ‘And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 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.

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”

Which group will you be in and which judgment will you be at? Are you 100% sure?

Where will your name be written? See what God told the Prophet, Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 17:13 “O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.” Some like to have their names on billboards, in the Newspapers on TV or on the Movie Marquee. Their names will be written in the earth.

Revelation 17:8 “The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.”

Others will have their name written in the “Lambs Book of Life.”

You should read the whole chapter. I will just put a few verses that will show you where I am going and where I want you to join me.

Revelation 21:1-4 “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 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.

4 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. What an awesome God.

Further down in the chapter, the author of the Bible, the Holy Spirit says through John in

Revelation 21:24-27 “And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.”

I did not want this article to be this long. I just wanted you to meet Beautiful Wonderful Grace as I did.

You must accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. (See video on Home Page)

Let me summarize this.
See how easy it is to be saved and go to Heaven instead of going to Hell.
Admit you are a sinner. (Romans 3:23)
Trust in Jesus Christ as the only way to Heaven. (John 14:6)
Trust in the name of Jesus Christ. (Acts 4:12; John 1:11-13)
Repent of your sins. (2 Peter 3:9)
Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth, and be SAVED. (Romans 10:9-10; 13)

God and I will be looking for you up in Glory.

Chaplain Don

HEAVEN OR HELL

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I have been talking to people about Heaven and Hell for over thirty-five years, and I am very sad to say that most of the people I talk to know very little about Heaven or Hell.

If I asked you right now if you were going to go to Heaven when you leave this earth, what would you say?

Well, I can tell you most people say to me, “I think so.” or “I hope so.” I can say that because I have asked that question to thousands of people over the years, and those are the top two answers I get.

Oh, they add to that things like –

I try to be good; I go to church; I read the bible; I try to keep the ten commandments; I receive the sacraments, etc, etc!

Not one of them or all of them together could get anyone into Heaven. If you want to get to Heaven, realize it has nothing to do with what you do on this earth. The only way of getting to Heaven is trusting in what Jesus Christ did for you and me while HE was on this earth! Jesus Christ said in John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

See the following video. Watch it carefully, very carefully, and you will see how easy it is to get into Heaven, and also how easy it is to go to Hell.

Would You Like To Go To Heaven

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There is only one way to Heaven. Jesus Christ said in John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh  to the Father, but by me.”

Several decades ago upon asking the question, “Would you like to go to Heaven someday? I heard many different answers, most everyone answered “Yes,” except for a few skeptics.

However, according to the scriptures, and I always use the King James Bible, as it is truly the preserved word of God. Palms 12:6-7 “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.”

My Bible is very specific on how you get to Heaven, and also on how you get to Hell.

First of all, you must have FAITH. The scriptures say in Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

In the Old Testament God sent the Prophet, Jeremiah to warn the people of Israel about what was going to happen to them because they had turned their backs on the only True God. And Jeremiah lets them have it just as the Lord God told him. By the way, Jeremiah put forth around fifty prophesies that came true for them, and folks, many of them were meant for The United States of America too. Many, many people in this great nation have turned their back on God.

One of Jeremiah’s prophesies was for the whole world. See, as we look at the wording. Jeremiah 6:19 “Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.” Notice “Hear, O earth.”

God is not just warning Israel, HE is warning everyone on this earth that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Hebrews 10:31)

Jeremiah will have a lot to say to Israel and this world as he prophesies. And I will cover more in another post.

Let’s look at the Prophet, Isaiah. The people of Israel did not like all of what Isaiah had to say. The United States doesn’t like to hear a lot of the words of God. For the Christian, Isaiah gives us much hope in the Lord Jesus Christ and is quoted many times in the New Testament.

The Lord God gives a similar message to Israel and the whole earth! God sends Isaiah a vision in which HE tells Isaiah and everyone on the face of this earth why they and we are in such a mess.
Isaiah 1:1-2 “The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.”

Take notice that God, who created this earth and everything in it and under it has nourished them and us, and what HE thinks of them and us for what we have done. And in case you are saying that you think that was really just for Israel, let’s look at what the writer of two-thirds of the New Testament told us through the commission of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. You should read all of the Pauline epistles and read all of 1 Corinthians 10 for your edification on this matter

I will just give the reason for bringing you here. 1 Corinthians 10:6 “Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.” See For Yourself.

I will close this post with the words of my Lord Jesus Christ in the Book of John, Chapter Fourteen. The Lord Jesus was asked how He would manifest Himself to His followers, and He replied “… If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Today, only a very small amount of people in my own nation keep His words. That, unfortunately, includes Saved Christians.

I am Heaven Bound, Are You?

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I am Heaven Bound Are You?

In today’s world, the only thing that is on the minds of the majority in our nation is what I can protest about today, what about my civil rights. The criminals are running our country. Then there are the people who are here illegally demanding their rights. All the men we respected for years, now being charged with a numerous amount of sexual crimes, and politicians wasting all their time persecuting other politicians.

We can not leave out the horrible school shootings, and police shootings the hackers out to steal all that you have, and the very banks that we choose to keep our money safe, doing just the opposite. I could go on, and on about what is ruining the world, and now is ruining this once great United States of America, but I will give you the answer with one word.

SIN!

Of course, you will not hear about that on any newscast, in any newspaper, or unfortunately, not in many churches today.

During World War 1 and World War 2, our nation was a praying nation. I know this because when I was going to school, every morning we would go to the auditorium, stand, pray the Lord’s Prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance to Our Flag of this great nation. Every Wednesday afternoon we got an afternoon off to go to Religious Instructions.

There are no more religious instructions in schools today. Everything being taught today in schools is about “Evolution.” According to Webster’s Dictionary, Evolution, means, A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

The only thing that “Evolved” in the period of time from the end of World War 2, and now is the degradation of our Nation! WHY? Amos the Prophet warned of this way before the First Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to this earth to save rotten sinners like me from going to hell.

Even though the Lord GOD was talking to the Prophet Amos all about the sins of Israel, and what they could expect from turning their backs on GOD, you have to see the relationship to the very days we are living in NOW!

AMOS 8:1-12 “Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. Does this look and sound familiar to what is going on right now?

8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
And here we find ourselves in 2018 and maybe a little bit beyond.

11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

Oh, how we have become a nation, just Like that of what the LORD was talking to Amos about. We are a nation that has turned our backs on God! We got proud after World War 2 and decided WE won. We did not give God what was due HIM! He should have gotten all the HONOR AND GLORY for our victory. From then on, we relied on our own wisdom and our government to lead us.

Out went the Lord’s Prayer from schools. Out also, went the Ten Commandments from Public Buildings. Out went the Bibles. All this has brought to us is an uneasiness in our nation, with Democrats blaming Republicans, and Republicans blaming Democrats and a number of Republicans blaming their Republican President, I guess for their own motives, and everyone else blaming everyone else, including GOD.

Now we see a Porn Star alleging that she had an affair with The President of the United States, and he is already been found guilty on all the TV New stations, and she is on the way to becoming a millionaire on what she will earn for her alleged affair.
I am not denying The Presidents guilt or the guilt of all the famous celebrity’s whose names have been defamed. I leave that in God’s very capable hands.

The Apostle Paul reminds us that God is aware of all things that are going on and everything hidden that we do will be revealed. Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

These things I say only because of what I get from my Final Authority, which is the King James Bible. I know there are the majority of Americans and Non-Americans that will disagree with me. However, if you Study and Search the Scriptures as God has commanded you, it might not be too late for you to bring some pleasure to God, and find out how God made it so easy for you to come and live with HIM in Heaven someday…
Tune in again, as I will show you some wonderful things that God has promised those that trust in HIM. I will also share HIS wonderful workings in my life. Praise His name forever, Amen!

God’s Plan of Salvation

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How do I get to Heaven?

I am asked that question all the time. With so many different religions, and all them saying they are the way, no wonder most people don’t know how to get to heaven. Actually, if you read the King James Bible it becomes very clear exactly how we get to Heaven, and what happens when we get there. The problem is that most people don’t read the Bible. For a country founded on the principles of God, we have sunk down to be a biblically illiterate nation.

Now, here is something for you to ponder. I am an ordained, saved by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, Christian Pastor. That alone is a mouthful, but not enough. I don’t believe in religion, any religion. Did you know that religion is only mentioned three times in the Bible, and only once is it positive? And in this positive biblical view of religion, it has nothing to do with any church denomination. Are you pondering?

James 1:27 “ Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”

How many people do you think fall in the category that the next verse implies?

Jas 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

The Apostle Paul, I believe to be the greatest Christian that ever lived, spoke of his religion before his conversion.

Gal 1:13″ For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

So, I don’t believe in religion, however, I whole-heartedly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!  I pray that you will trust in the Lord Jesus Christ to save you from going to Hell. See Opening Page for God”s Plan of Salvation.