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.