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  • Harold Bookstein on 1 Maccabees 2 - 3 years ago
    Can I be guaranteed I will go to heaven when I pass?
  • Chris - In Reply on 1 Maccabees 2 - 3 years ago
    Dear Harold, the short answer to that is: our salvation with its promises are given by God our Creator & Redeemer & are not from the intellect or authority of man. If man had devised this plan & given us an assurance, we have every reason to doubt & despair. But if God has done the Work of saving man, even to the giving of His Son to secure our salvation, then we know that He can be wholly depended on for that salvation & indeed, every promise given to us. John 6:37: "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out", is Jesus' personal promise to each one who has been appointed to receive eternal life & who approaches Jesus via the Cross. None who come to God in this way (His Way) will ever be rejected.

    But the long answer is found in the reading of the whole Epistle of John. I can't share it in depth, but if you read it carefully with some things in mind, you'll receive much confirmation & blessing to your heart. There are four main reasons the Apostle John gives for writing this letter: 1 John 1:4, "These things write we unto you, that your joy may be full"; 1 John 2:1: "These things write I unto you, that ye sin not"; 1 John 2:26: "These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you"; and 1 John 5:13: "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, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."

    As you read this epistle, keeping in mind those four reasons for writing given by John (i.e. for the fullness of your joy, to abstain from sin, be aware of & reject false teaching, and to know for sure that eternal life is your possession both now & into eternity), the Spirit Who inspired these Truths, will confirm to your heart that what has taken place in your life, is not false or wasted, but done in God's Power & Plan for you. Heaven is your present possession - walk on joyfully. The Lord bless you.
  • Mitch Chapman - In Reply - 2 years ago
    If you have the biblical Yeshua, yes. However, this doesn't guarantee you or anyone else will be part of the Bride unless we choose to move into a deeper level of commitment walking past the Blood/Service Covenant, Salt/Friendship Covenant and Sandal/Inheritance Covenant and then the Marriage/Betrothal Covenant. These are the Patriarchal Covenants! We are still required to as Shaul states in Philippians 2:12 "...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling..."



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