“That you may with one mind and with one mouth glorify
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 15:6 (NKJV)
In
the precious and beautiful name of the Faithful and True Witness, Messiah Yeshua
“Jesus,” greetings. See
Revelation 3:14 (NKJV)
My story is one of redemption, a sinner saved by grace.
I know that no matter what a person has gone through, what
they’ve said or done or are still doing for that matter, there’s a 50/50 chance
of my having sought forgiveness for doing the exact same thing at one time or
another. Keeping my eyes on that
which Jesus accomplished in the first century, which is to say having placed
the eternal destiny of my soul in the [care] hands of no one else but Jesus, I
look [forward] to the second coming of Messiah Yeshua “Jesus.” To the total stranger, I introduce myself as a
firm believer in Messiah Yeshua “Jesus.”
Recently I was asked, “Do you believe there’s a heaven?” My reply was, without any hesitation, “Yes!” I continued the conversation, after a brief
moment of silence, saying, “I can’t believe you asked me that question,”
knowing that we’re no strangers to one another.
I’m not going to go into great detail concerning the conversation,
because it’s a delicate situation. I
will say this: God works in mysterious ways.
To the one that said “I love you
and I want you to go to heaven” to me almost thirty years ago, thank you so
much! I pray all is well.
You will find this on the thank you page of both my books. It was a memorable moment in my life. Back to today, and knowing this individual
that asked me “Do you believe there’s a heaven” has visited this blog, I’m
going to return the favor.
To the one that said to me “Do you believe there’s a heaven?” I love you and I want you to go to heaven.
But at midnight Paul and Silas were
praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison
were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains
were loosed.
And the keeper of the prison,
awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners
had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. But Paul called with a
loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”
Then he called for a light, ran in,
and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and
said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you
and your household.” Acts 16:25-31 (NKJV)
It is that
simple. “Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and you will be saved.”
God bless.
In His Care… Jim
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