There are approximately 2.5 billion people on earth that claim they’re Christians but in reality many of them aren’t Christians at all and they don’t even know it. Let me explain myself. Claiming you’re a Christian and being one are two different things. Just because you say you’re a Christian doesn’t make you one. Some people think that just because they’re a good person in their own eyes and they attend a Christian church once in a while it means they qualify as a Christian, that they’re saved, and therefore they’re going to heaven when they die. They are mistaken. Others think if they become a member of a Christian church then they’re automatically Christians bound for heaven. They are just fooling themselves. Quite a few people think that since they believe in both God and Jesus that automatically makes them a Christian. Wrong again!

John 11:25-26 – (Jesus speaking) – I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.

John 14:6 – (Jesus speaking) – I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 5:22 – (Jesus speaking) – For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son.

Let me tell you something. Satan and his fallen angels (demons) also believe in God and Jesus because they contend with the Lord for the souls of men every day. That doesn’t make them Christians and they certainly aren’t going to heaven. Just believing there is a benevolent God who controls everything gains you nothing by itself. You must believe in the right God, the only God, the true God of creation which is the Christian God Jehovah. The followers of all the fake religions and false gods in this world believe their god is the right one but they’re just deceiving themselves and they’ll go to hell for their mistake.

Exodus 20:3 – (God speaking) – You shall have no other gods before Me.

Matthew 4:10 – (Jesus speaking) – Away with you Satan! For it is written, you shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.

John 14:0 – (Jesus speaking) – He who has seen Me has seen the Father.

Satan is the god of this world and this humanist world we live in will try to convince you there’s no God. Don’t be fooled by the lies. False prophets and false teachers abound, especially in these last days, and they’ll all try to convince you their path to God is the only one that is right. They’ll try to convince you that their god is the only god. Don’t believe it for a second. Nonbelievers don’t have a shred of evidence to prove what they’re saying. They are deluding themselves. The truth is we have overwhelming evidence that supports Christianity as the one true religion and that Jehovah is God.

John 15:5 – (Jesus speaking) – I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

John 8:32 – (Jesus speaking) – And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Luke 10:18 – (Jesus speaking) – I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

The problem people have seeing the truth of God is that Satan has put blinders over the eyes of nonbelievers so that they cannot see the truth of God. It is foolishness to them. They cannot see that the one true living God is Jehovah. Nonbelievers are blind to the truth of God. If you follow false prophets and false teachers it’ll be like the blind leading the blind. You will both fall into the ditch, as the Scriptures say, and you’ll wind up in hell for all eternity. So, the first step in becoming a Christian is knowing the God you worship is the real God and then by believing Jesus Christ is truly the son of God sent to die on the cross for the sins of man. The word Christian means “Christ’s men.” Those who believe the gospel message of Christ belong to Jesus because he is the author and finisher of the Christian faith and it is Jesus Christ who will judge both the living and the dead at his coming and his appearing.

Luke 6:39 – (Jesus speaking) – Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?

John 8:31 – (Jesus speaking) – If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.

Luke 10:2 – (Jesus speaking) – The harvest is truly great, but the workers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

After you first believe in God you must take a second step if you actually want to become a Christian and belong to Jesus Christ. You must accept God’s son, Jesus Christ, as Lord and Savior. Those words mean something. You must believe that God stepped away from his throne in heaven and came to earth in the incarnation of the man Jesus Christ to live a human life and die on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins, before rising from the dead on the third day and returning back to heaven. This is the gospel message of Christ and by his death in our place Jesus “saves” us unto eternal life in heaven if we believe the gospel message of Jesus Christ dying so that our sins could be forgiven. That’s what being our “Savior” means to us. Jesus saves us “from” going to hell and then Jesus saves us “for” heaven. Once saved by faith in Jesus the Holy Spirit will indwell the believer; which is our proof and promise from God that we’re both saved and we’re a Christian bound for heaven. The Bible confirms everything I’m saying is true and God cannot lie.

Matthew 1:22-23 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

John 1:1, 14 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Matthew 7:11 – If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord it’s not just a bunch of meaningless words spoken just so we can get into heaven. We are giving our lives to Jesus. We are agreeing to obey his commandments for our lives and trying to live our lives to emulate the sinless life of Jesus. We belong to Jesus. It’s a master/slave relationship. Now you know what it means when you give a personal profession of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. God is watching to see if you mean what you say. Without faith in their words a person is still a nonbeliever in God’s eyes. They’re not “saved” for heaven and they’re not Christians either because they don’t belong to Jesus. Christ has not claimed them as his own possession by coming to live inside them as their helper.

John 6:51 – (Jesus speaking) – I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.

John 3:36 – (Jesus speaking) – He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.

Luke 24:46 – (Jesus speaking) – Thus it is written, and thus is was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise on the third day.

Part of the problem stems from the fact that most people who refer to themselves as Christians have very little spiritual understanding about the kingdom of God and how things work in heaven because they don’t read their Bible daily. They haven’t read their Bible in its entirety nor have they taken the time to study God’s word for knowledge, understanding and wisdom. They have no earthly idea what it takes to actually be saved and what qualifies someone to be called a Christian. So when someone tells you they’re saved and they’re a Christian take it with a grain of salt until you know more about their circumstances.

John 5:24 – (Jesus speaking) – Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

John 3:18 – (Jesus speaking) – He who believes in Him (the Son) is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Luke 1:47 – (Mary, the mother of Jesus speaking) – And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior (Jesus).

So what’s the big deal about being saved by faith in Jesus? The big deal is we’re all going to hell if we’re not saved. If we don’t repent of our sins before God and believe in the gospel message of Jesus Christ then our sins will not be forgiven. All men are sinners, not only in our actions and but also in our bodies we have received from Adam’s fall from grace in the Garden of Eden. Man cannot enter heaven as long as we abide in our sins because God doesn’t allow sin in heaven. Our sins stick to us like glue and only God can wash those sins away. Man also can’t enter heaven unless God calls him through the Holy Spirit. When the gospel message of Christ is preached to nonbelievers and their hearts are right to receive the message of redemption the Holy Spirit will commune with their spirit and testify that Jesus is God. Man cannot save himself. It’s only through the blood of Christ that man is saved unto eternal life in heaven.

John 6:40 – (Jesus speaking) – And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son of God and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Matthew 7:13-14 – (Jesus speaking) – Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Mark 16:15 – (Jesus speaking) – Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

When the Holy Spirit convicts someone of their sins two things will happen. That person comes to the realization they’re a sinner who cannot save themselves and they’re going straight to hell when they die. In the same instant, that person also knows in their spirit that only Jesus Christ, the son of God, can forgive them of their sins through faith in his death on the cross in their place. Jesus paid their sin debt to God by his substitutionary death. The wages of sin is death so a just God provided his son for that purpose so that our sins could be forgiven. Jesus Christ the man was the only person who could have died for us because he was without sin. At the instant we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior our sins are forgiven by God and we are saved unto eternal life in heaven in the presence of Jesus forever. The Holy Spirit writes our name in the book of life . See what love God has for us!

John14:23 – (Jesus speaking) – If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him (the Holy Spirit).

John 7:38 – (Jesus speaking) – He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.

Matthew 7:22-23 – (Jesus speaking about Catholics) – Many will say to Me in that day, “Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? And I will then declare to them, “I never knew you, depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.”

Matthew 7:20 – (Jesus speaking) – Therefore by their fruits you will know them (believers).

How does someone actually go about accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior? This is not a trick question. You see, there may 2.5 billion people on earth who loosely refer to themselves as Christians but when it comes right down to it the bulk of them actually don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus. For example, let’s look at Catholics. Most Catholics don’t have a personal relationship with Jesus because it’s frowned on by the church. There are 1.5 billion Catholics in the world, most of whom treat Jesus like a cookie during their eucharist and then they put Jesus back on the shelf and forget about him until needed at the next mass. Catholics are told to pray to Mary, a human being who can’t hear our prayers, instead of God as man was commanded to do in the Bible. Catholics claim their Pope and priests are also Christ who can forgive their sins when the Bible clearly says only God in heaven can forgive the sins of man. And lastly, Catholics are brainwashed into thinking the Pope can interpret Scripture better than God himself and only the Pope can save them unto eternal life in heaven. Oh yes, Catholics know a little bit about Jesus but most haven’t personally gone to God in prayer to repent of their sins, they haven’t asked for the forgiveness of their sins, and therefore they aren’t indwelt by the Holy Spirit. Instead, Catholics go into a box and ask a priest to forgive their sins and he can’t do it because he’s a sinner just like them and most likely a child molester to boot. Only God can forgive our sins.

John 4:36 – (Jesus speaking) – And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

Matthew 9:37-38 – (Jesus speaking) – The harvest is truly plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

Matthew 15:14 – (Jesus speaking about the Pharisees) -Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.

Catholics also believe their salvation is secure because they follow church doctrines, traditions and dogma; and because the priests and the Pope of the Roman Catholic church say they’re saved. In reality most Catholics (but not all) haven’t repented of their sins before God in prayer and they haven’t acknowledged that Jesus Christ personally died for them on the cross. They haven’t asked Jesus to come into their heart as their personal Savior. They think being a member of the Catholic church and following church doctrines, traditions and dogma will save them. They haven’t dedicated their lives to emulating Jesus and obeying the commandments of God. Catholics don’t witness for Christ because the Catholic church doesn’t teach it or condone it. The Catholic church wants salvation to run exclusively through the church and not God. Anything else lessens their power and control over their flock. Most Catholics haven’t made the personal profession of faith to God in prayer we know as the “sinner’s prayer.” All Catholics think they’re saved because the church tells them they are because they’re members of the church. Catholics don’t see the need to personally go to Jesus in prayer if they’re already saved by the Pope, church membership, following the rules, etc. Many Catholics will be shocked on the last day to find out they aren’t saved because they were led away from the truth of God by the Roman Catholic clergy; evil men who were pawns of Satan.

Matthew 15:9 – (Jesus speaking) – And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

Mark 6:7 – (Jesus speaking) – This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

John 6:47 – (Jesus speaking) – Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.

Unfortunately, Christian terms are used very loosely by most of us and they mean different things to different people. Remember that when interacting with people. If someone tells you they’re a Christian that may or may not be true. If someone tells you they’re a believer or they’re saved that also may or may not be true. It’s not that they’re lying to you; they just don’t know themselves in many cases. What you believe and what is the truth doesn’t always match. Always dig a little deeper to see if their beliefs match yours. The problem is on the last day many people who think they’re Christians will find themselves at the Great White Throne judgement of God because they didn’t have the knowledge, understanding and wisdom of God’s word to guide them because they didn’t take the time to read it and study it. Through ignorance they failed to accept God’s free gift of salvation through faith in Jesus.

John 6:44 – (Jesus speaking) – No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Matthew 22:14 – (Jesus speaking) – For many are called, but few are chosen.

John 6:37 – (Jesus speaking) – All that My Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

The professing Christians who don’t make any effort to stop sinning or try to obey God’s commandments have a faith that is lukewarm and God will spew them out of his mouth according to Scripture. They have no excuse on the last day. They are just fooling themselves into believing they’re saved. God knows his own. God cannot lie so read your Bible every day if you want the proof of what I’m telling you. Learn what God expects from you and then go do it. It’s just that simple. God doesn’t hide anything from us. God wants us to know exactly what he expects from us. It’s all there in the Bible in black and white so we have no excuse on the last day when we stand before Jesus for our judgment; some knowing they haven’t obeyed God. There are millions of people dying every day on the road to hell who think they’re Christians but they really aren’t. There are also millions of people who are going to hell every day because they believe in a false god. It’s so sad! It doesn’t have to be this way! I pray every day that the eyes of the nonbeliever will be opened to the truth of God before it’s too late. I do the work of God to the best of my ability. I provide the gospel message of Christ in written form (passive witnessing) through my Christian blog site and my Christian tract ministry. I also distribute to nonbelievers Bibles, Christian books and gospel comics. Come help me spread the gospel seed!

Matthew 7:7 – (Jesus speaking) – Ask and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Luke 13:3,5 – (Jesus speaking) – Unless you repent you will all likewise perish.

Matthew 16:27 – (Jesus speaking) – For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.

I have a ministry of reconciliation given to me by the Holy Spirit. I pledge to work God’s harvest field witnessing for Christ in the hope of saving one more soul for the kingdom of God. My daily mantra is, “one more for Jesus.” My heart bleeds for those individuals on the last day who think they’re saved but find out God has condemned them instead. They’ll still be in a state of shock when an angel of the Lord picks them up bodily and hurls them into the lake of fire where they’ll be in pain and anguish for all eternity. Please take stock of your personal situation and don’t let that happen to you! You’re either sure of your salvation or you’re not. I’m sure of my salvation. Are you sure you’re saved? If you’re not totally sure you’re saved then get on your knees right now and recite the sinner’s prayer before God, with faith. You won’t regret it. God will save you because he has promised to do it. God will forgive your sins, whatever they are, because God is good, kind, and merciful. God cannot lie! As a believer you’re saved unto eternal life in heaven through faith in Jesus Christ but you’re not truly a disciple of Christ until you do the work of God. In John 8:31 God is telling us we must obey his commandment to witness for Christ, and save at least one lost soul for the kingdom of God in order to be worthy of the name “disciple.” The question is, are you going to please God by being obedient or are you going to grieve the God who made you by your disobedience? Your answer will determine your rewards in heaven. There’s no such thing as being unworthy of salvation. God created each of us with the same small amount of faith on the inside of us so that any man can choose to serve God.

Isaiah 42:8 – I am the Lord, that is my name; and My glory I will not give to another.

Isaiah 43:25 – I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 43:11 – I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Savior.

It may not be politically correct to slag down the Catholic church like I have but I must be true to my God and speak truth to power. The truth is, the early church was corrupted by Satan so that by the time of the papacy of Gregory the Great in 595 AD Satan owned the Catholic church, and probably well before then. That’s why every single church doctrine and tradition is 180 degrees away from what Gods says believers must do. However, there are many members of the Catholic church who are saved but they weren’t saved by the Catholic church, but in spite of it, because many Catholics choose to personally go to God in prayer for their salvation against the teachings of the church. The Catholic church is really just another Christian cult and well over half of all Catholics will not see heaven because they don’t know Jesus personally. Jesus is the only path to heaven so where does that leave most Catholics? The answer is “lost.” It’s insane! We’re talking about possibly a billion Catholics who think they’re saved who will find out on the last day that they’re not. Other Christian cults are in the same boat. The Mormon church is another Christian cult that may look good to the casual observer but their seventeen million followers are going straight to hell. Same thing for the nine million followers of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Hebrews 10:31 – It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

2 Corinthians 5:11 – Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men.

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Scripture says the path to heaven is through the narrow gate and there are few who find it. Make sure you’re one of the ones who are “sure” of your salvation by going in through the narrow gate. The Bible will show you how. If you’re one of the two billion Muslims in the world who worship the false god Allah get ready to take a swim with Satan in the lake of fire forever when you die. If I don’t speak the truth who will? If you’re one of the millions of Hindu followers who worships many gods (or no god) get ready for the smoking furnace for all eternity. Same thing for all you practicing Buddhists who say there is no God. Into the frying pan you go for a billion trillion years. That’s one day in eternity. If you’re one of the nonbelievers I’ve just mentioned you must read and understand Hebrews 10:31, or face the terror of the Lord. Even though God is loving he is also just. If a nonbeliever fails to accept God’s saving grace before they die the Lord will have no choice but to sentence that person to the lake of fire (eternal death). Look, all men are sinners and one of the spiritual truths of heaven is, “the wages of sin is death.” If you cannot, by faith, accept that Jesus Christ has paid your sin debt to God then you must pay for your sins yourself. That’s as clear as I can make it. As a disciple of Christ I know this to be true. You have my testimony. God’s word will confirm what I’m saying. True wisdom is found only in the Holy Bible so go read it. It’s imperative you know what’s coming so you can prepare for it. Take action now before it’s too late! I challenge anyone to prove me wrong about anything I’ve said in this blog.

Isaiah 45:22 – Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.

Ephesians 2:8,9 – 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.

Ephesians 1:13 – In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.