You need a good road to heaven

You need a good road to Heaven

Barb and I are walking a good trail

If you want to begin a walk with God, it starts by faith with knowing Christ as your Savior. Has anyone ever shown you from the Bible how you can know God through Jesus Christ and know for sure you are going to heaven? May I show you?
What do you want to read first the good news or the bad news? You can scroll down to the heading you like to read first.
The bad news:
The Bible tells us “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Romans 3:23 We have all done things wrong. The 6 of the 10 commandments deal with human behavior show us what we need to know. We have all lied, stole, disobeyed our parents, hated, had sexual thoughts toward
others we shouldn’t have, coveted others belongings or relationships.
You may argue one area but we have all done

Bad roads are very
difficult to travel.
A bad road to
heaven won’t get
you there

something
wrong.
Because of our sin, we don’t meet God’s standards for entrance into His Heaven. We fall short. If you and I wanted to throw a rock to South America from Liberia, I think you could

throw farther than me. But both of our throws would come up short of hitting South America. It is even a greater problem of going to heaven. We can’t get there on our own. Every funeral shows us that as we look at the body of a loved one.
In Romans 6:23 the Bible tells us in Romans 6:23a, “For the wages of sin is death,” A wage is something we earn and because of our sins we earn death. Death comes to us all. In any culture and at any time you would have to agree that is bad news.


The good news:
Staying in the book of Romans we read in 5:8, “But God demonstrates His own love
toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Jesus died on the cross for you and I. He took on Himself our sins and paid the penalty for our sins. If

The Gospel is a good road to heaven.

When I was a young man, I was a missionary,
Pastor, Teacher in Grand Bassa.

you were dying of cancer and someone took that cancer in their body where you were free from it that would be good news for you and your family. Well, that is what Jesus did for us.Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 5:21, “For He (God) made him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (Jesus). It certainly shows God’s love.

Ephesians 2:8, 9 tell us more of the good news. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”

The Gospel is a good road to heaven.

We have to trust in Jesus to save us from sin and its wage of death. We cannot do it ourselves. When we die we are helpless we can’t move. Only God can take us to heaven. The shell is left to this earth until the time God raises the body and gives it life. Until then our soul and spirit go to heaven.
We express that trust in the Savior by prayer. Romans 10:13 says, “For, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Call on God to save you and He will. Now you can begin your walk with God.

My friend Moses and his son working hard to harvest cassava.

Life can be hard to earn a living providing food and shelter for your family. Knowing God by believing His Gospel starts us on a new journey of faith. Heaven is sure, listening and reading God’s word will help us discover truths to live by that are good for us. Our burdens and cares will continue but now there is a change. God will see you through the “shadow of death.” Along with the way blessings and God’s care will happen.
Contact me, Rev. Bill Reeves Jr. at bbbbsa@sbcglobal.net I would love to hear from you.