Focus Verse: 1 John 5:13 “I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.”
An essential part of the Christian life is sharing the good news of Jesus. I talk with so many people who don’t know for sure that they are going to heaven. When I ask them, “are you going to heaven when you die”? They answer, “I hope so”. An answer like that usually means that they are not going to heaven, but I can help them to know by sharing scripture. John tells us in our focus verse that we don’t have to hope so, we can know so. John says “believe on the name of the Son of God and you will be saved. In other words you can be sure you will have eternal life.
But there can be many different things that can stand in the way of us having eternal life. In Matthew 19:16-22 Jesus has a conversation with a man who had great wealth. The man asked Jesus what must I do to have eternal life? Jesus knew that this man’s love of money was standing in the way of him having eternal life. This man did not know for sure that he was going to heaven. His belief was in his wealth. Other people believe in themselves and are thinking if they do more good things than bad things then they will go to heaven. When you think that way, you can be sure you have never done enough to get there since perfection would be required.
Salvation is not about what we can do to get to heaven. It’s about what Jesus has already done for us on the cross that gets us to heaven. Put your trust in Him today. Ask Him to forgive you of all your sins, and He will in that very moment. Then you can “know so”. If you already know, then please share this gift with those around you so that they can know.
Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries
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