If you died today, your soul would be in H__________. You finish this sentence. If you do not believe in Hell, please read the first part of this. Toward the end you will find out how to avoid going to that terrible place and you can finish your sentence with the word Heaven instead of Hell. Brenda McPherson has taken the time to help you understand that there is a hell and there is a Heaven and she wants you to know the way to each place and how to get to Heaven instead of hell. Make your choice Heaven today.

The Plan of Salvation
(The Good News)
Taken from "The Bible in Basic English"

All have sinned:
Romans 3:23

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
There is a penalty for sin:
Romans 6:23
For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

John 3:18
The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

You cannot save yourself:
Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,

James 2:10
For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.

Salvation has been provided:
Ephesians 2:8 - 9

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

John 3:16
For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

John 14:6
Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

The conditions are simple:
Repent.......
.Luke 13:3
I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end

Confess...... 1 John 1:9
If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

Romans 10:9
Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:

Believe......... Acts 16:31
And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.

Now is the time for decision:
Joshua 24:15

And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:2
For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation

Share your new faith:
Confess Christ before men..........Matthew 10:32 - 33

To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven. But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.

Join a church which follows the New Testament........Acts 2:47
Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

Tell others the story..............Matthew 28:19 - 20
Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

Hell (the bad news)
Scripture on the agonies and torment of Hell
Luke 16:19 - 31

19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

20 And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,

21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.

22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.

23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put, it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

26 And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.

27 And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;

28 For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.

29 But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.

30 And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.

31 And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead

Psalms 9:17
The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

Matthew 5:29
And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

Matthew 5:30
And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

Matthew 18:8
And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.

Matthew 18:9
And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is
better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.

Revelation 20:14
And death and Hell were put into the sea of fire. This is the second death, even the sea of fire.

Revelation 20:15
And if anyone's name was not in the book of life, he went down into the sea of fire.

HOW TO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
(
The greatest news of all)
Because this is such an important matter, let's clarify just what this involves. It means, first of all, that you transfer your trust from what you have been doing to what Christ has done for you on the cross.

It means, next, that you receive the resurrected, living Christ into your life as Savior. He says, "Behold I stand at the door and knock (at the door of your life). If any one hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him." (Revelation 3:20)

It means further that you receive Jesus Christ into your life as Lord. He comes as Master and King. There is a throne room in your heart, and that throne is rightly His. He made you. He bought you, and He wants to take His rightful place on the throne of your life.

It means, finally, that you repent of your sins. That means that you are willing to turn from anything you have been doing that is not pleasing to Him and to follow Him as He reveals His will to you in His Word.

Now you can go to God in prayer right where you are. You can receive His gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ right now. "... with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation... for whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Romans 10:10,13) If you want to receive the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ, then call on Him, asking Him for this gift right now.

Here's a suggested prayer:

"Lord Jesus Christ, I know I am a sinner and do not deserve eternal life. But, I believe You died and rose from the grave to purchase a place in Heaven for me. Lord Jesus, come into my life; take control of my life; forgive my sins and save me. I repent of my sins and now place my trust in You for my salvation. I accept the free gift of eternal life." In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

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