“我们原知道,我们这地上的帐棚若拆毁了,必得神所造,不是人手所造,在天上永存的房屋。”
哥林多后书 5:1
当你准备去旅行时,有几件事情你必须去做。首先,你要决定去哪里。如果你不确定目的地,你的旅行就不知所谓。接下来,无论你打算乘飞机、公共汽车、火车,还是轮船,都要订票,然后买票。最后,你要收拾行李,带上所需物品。
准备去天堂也像旅行一样。首先,你要确定天堂是你要去的地方。接下来,你必须购买门票。但是,等一下,你无法乘坐飞机、火车、轮船到达天堂。
“耶稣说:「我就是道路、真理、生命;若不借着我,没有人能到父那里去。”(约翰福音 14:6 )耶稣是通向天堂的唯一道路,也只有他才能购买门票。无论我们做多少善事,都负担不起。 只有基督的宝血才足以购买这张门票。只有我们相信基督,才能得到这张门票。而且是免费的!你看,耶稣已经买好了门票,祂正殷切等候机会给我们,而且一切费用都已付清。现在我们谁不愿意获得这样一次免费旅行,去一个我们最想去的美妙地方呢?
成为基督徒之后,我们的一生就开始预备天国之旅。神要通过我们的服事、见证、奉献、参加聚会、过圣洁的生活,来预备我们的旅程。
你打算去天国吗?你已经开始预备自己的旅程了吗?
今日祷告:
天父,请帮助我们为天堂做好预备。 帮助我们借着对耶稣基督的信仰,过顺服祢的生活, 随时预备见祢的面; 奉耶稣的名,阿门!
April 2
HEADING FOR HEAVEN
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building go God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Corinthians 5:1
When you get ready to go on a trip, there are several things you must do.
Frist, you must decide where you are going. It does no good to make preparations to travel if you are unsure of your final destination. Next, if you are to travel by plane, bus, train, or boat, you must reserve a ticket and tell the ticket agent your destinations. Then you must pay for your ticket, and finally, you must pack what you will need while you are away.
Preparing for heaven is much like going on a journey. First, you must decide that heaven is the place to which you want to go. Next, you must purchase your ticket. But wait! You cannot get to heaven by plane, boat, train, or car.
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me” (John 14:6). Jesus is the only way to heaven, and only He can purchase the ticket. We cannot afford it, no matter how many good works we may have done. Only Christ’s blood is a sufficient price to purchase this ticket and only by trusting in Christ may we receive it, free of charge. You see, He has already made the purchase and anxiously awaits an opportunity to give it to us, all expenses paid. Now who among us would not love to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the most wonderful place we could ever visit?
After becoming a Christian, all of our life becomes a preparation for our journey. God wants to prepare us through our service for Him, through our witnessing, tithing, faithful church attendance, and holy living for a place where such attitudes and behavior will be commonplace.
Are you going to heaven? Have you started packing yet?
Pray for the Day:
Father, help us to prepare for heaven. Help us to lead lives in obedience to You, fully established on faith in Jesus Christ, so that we will be ready; in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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