“In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:2-3
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus tells us over and over that those who believe on Him will receive eternal life. The words “will” or “shall” indicate something that is going to happen in the future, but hasn’t happened yet.
It’s like when a new store is announced to be built. It isn’t open yet, but it is promised to open at a certain time. That’s the same as when Jesus promises us eternal life in Heaven. He tells us that He is preparing a place for us, and all that we need to do to get entrance into the Kingdom is to believe in God’s Son.
We need to believe the promises that Jesus has told us through His word. Jesus teaches us that whosoever believes in Him will not perish in hell, but will receive everlasting life. These are not just meaningless words; this is a promise from the Son of God.
A promise is a declaration or assurance that one will do a particular thing or that a particular thing will happen. We can be certain that God will keep His promise, that eternal life is available to all who come to Jesus. When God promises something, we can know that He will do what He syas.
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
The promise of the Kingdom is repeated over and over again in the New Testament. It is only the rejection of Christ and His teachings that will keep a person out of Heaven. The world doesn’t want to believe that the things written in the Bible are true, because they don’t have faith. They don’t want to believe that there is Someone that watches everything that they do, and that they have to love their neighbor. It is these people who will miss out on God’s promise. What they need to do is call upon the name of the Lord to be saved.
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13
“Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.” John 14:19
And it is not just lipservice Christianity, ones who profess to believe, but their works and actions show a different story. Just because you “claim” to be a Christian doesn’t truly make you one: a true follower of Christ will do the teachings of the Father.
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 7:21
God will not forget His promise to those who believe in Him. All we need to do to walk through those gates someday is believe in Jesus and do and His word.
In Christ,
Andrew
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 