Can I know I’ll Go To Heaven?

HOW CAN I KNOW I WILL GO TO HEAVEN?
First, we need to know that we are sinners, ask God’s forgiveness (this is also called being born again), and then we need to follow Jesus.

The Bible teaches us that we are all sinners. Sin is when we do something that goes against God’s laws. Sin separates us from God forever; until sin is removed we cannot be close to God, which includes heaven. But Jesus came to remove our sin from us, by dying on the cross. Think of it like this, if you get a ticket for speeding there is a price to pay, someone has to pay for it right? Well, Jesus paid for our crimes (our sins), by dying for our sin. He paid our penalty so we would not have to. We are forgiven all our crimes and given a new start.

Romans 3:23 for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God..

Romans 6:23 for the penalty of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 5:8 But God has shown us how much he loves us–it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us! Today’s English V.

John 3:16 For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die, but have eternal life. Today’s English Version

Once we have been forgiven we are given a new start (that is also called being “born again”). Born again means that you are not living your life the same way you used to when you were a sinner, but now you are living a new life. Read this story of a man that wants to go to heaven, notice what Jesus tells him.

John 3:1-6 There was a Jewish leader named Nicodemus, who belonged to the party of the Pharisees. 2 One night he went to Jesus and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent by God. No one could perform the miracles you are doing unless God were with him.” Jesus answered, “I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born again.” “How can a grown man be born again?” Nicodemus asked. “He certainly cannot enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time!” 5 “I am telling you the truth,” replied Jesus, “that no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 A person is born physically of human parents, but he is born spiritually of the Spirit. Today’s English Version

The spiritual birth that he is talking about is that new life we receive when we put away our old way of living in sin and begin a new life, living for godly things.

Once you receive the forgiveness of your sin by accepting Jesus, the one who came to pay for your sin, you are a child of God. You have a new life; you’re born again. You are going to heaven!! The best way for you to know (that is be confident that you will go to heaven), is by being close to Jesus, living for Him. Being that close will make us like him in this world.

1 John 2:24-25 Be sure, then, to keep in your hearts the message you heard from the beginning. If you keep that message, then you will always live in union with the Son and the Father. 25 And this is what Christ himself promised to give us–eternal life. Today’s English Version

1 John 2:28-29 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him. NIV

1 John 4:17-18 In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. NIV

If you are scared and not confident, it might be because you have not received the Love of God in your life. Remember, God has given you His love, but the only way to receive it is through Jesus.