An Important Issue

But there is one way out of it, like the preacher said. And that's confessing your sins to Jesus. If you turn to God and live the rest of your life pure and holy (or try to with all your might), then you can make it to heaven. And believe me you definetely want to go there. You only have one chance to get there and that's while you're alive. You can't change after you die, you just go to hell and are stuck there forever.

But in order for you to really be able to call yourself a christian (follower of Christ) you have to walk with Jesus every step of the way. Turn away from temptations by letting God control your life. That would make it easier for you to stay away from sin because its his will for us not to sin and we should want his will, not our will, to be done.

We are people and cannot do everything perfectly and might fall short, but if we believe, we are forgiven... just try not to repeat your sin again (any sin) and all will be well :-).

Anyway, I think you will need help in knowing and understanding what you need to do... that's what the bible is there for. It was written by God himself, and is His way of talking to us and telling us what we need to do. He also speaks to us through our conscience and other signs, but not dreams or visions anymore (because that would be adding to the book of revelation which we were specifically told not to do. The bible says "If any man should add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book" (Rev. 22:18)) (Just in case, Rev. 22:19 "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city and from the things which are written in this book". But anyway, I can also show you some things from the bible.

First I'll prove to you that He said there is a heaven for us after this life.

If you go to 2 Peter 3:13 (from NIV) it says... But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. Also if you go to Isaiah 65:17 it says... "Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind."... that is why you cannot communicate with dead spirits. They have nothing to do with this life after they die. It's just eternity. So any activity that involves "talking with the dead" is really just talking with demonds. Scary thought, but true. Anywho you can go to Romans 8 & Revelation 21 to see more about the new life.

I also talked about not going back to the old life. If you go to Matthew 5 and look through the whole chapter it shows you some things to do and not to do. Also if you go to Exodus 20, you can see the 10 commandments. These are important.

You also need to serve the lord as in praise and worship. Singing songs of praise is a good thing. So is going to church and fellowship with other christians and believers.

The only way to communicate with God is through prayer. You need to speak through your spirit when speaking to Him. You can pray prayers that have already been written out like the lords prayer (Mat 6:9) as long as your saying it with your whole heart and spirit. Prayers usually consist of thanks, praise and request. And at the end of every prayer, you say amen... meaning "so be it or let it become true". But it is said in the bible that when you pray, don't stand around on street corners or anywhere else like that just to be seen by men (like the hypocrites)... you should go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father who has sees what is done in secret, will reward you (Mat 6:5-6)

One thing I have to tell you about God is that He is a great sprit. Much greater and strong than you or I. He created everything around us. The earth, sun, universe, heavens, everything. He is almighty. He knows your every thought and everything you do. You can't hide from him... But we need His strength and help... And we consist of 3 things... body, soul, and spirit. The body is just a vesil, and we are able to die (of course) and when we die... the spirit and soul separate from the body and move on to eternity. What we do here in this body determines our future after we die. Agnostics, atheists, unbelievers are in great jeopardy of losing their soul to the firey pits of hell! So if you are any of those and are reading this, I really hope you turn to God... because this is your one and only chance to be with Him... while you're still alive.

The reason why you have to come through Jesus to get to God is because he died on the cross and took the punishment for our sins. So we can go to heaven and escape hell that was once our doom (John 3:16). Before he died they had to kill an animal on the altar to get rid of their sins, or repent rather. But God sent his son down to earth to wash us from our sins. It had to be a holy man that had never sinned in order for that to work. He was born of a virgin so he wasn't born into sin. This may be hard to understand... but Jesus was/is God and man. He was there before all this (earth & all) ever happened (or so I've read) and he sits on a throne at the right hand of God up in heaven. Even though he was fully God AND fully man, he still went through pain. He lived a poor life like any other human and did everything that we do (except sin of course). We have been instructed to follow in his footsteps and do everything that Jesus would've done. So in everything you do, think "What would Jesus do?" :-).

I would also like to mention one more thing. I've seen lots of people swear and then after I tell them I dont swear because I'm a christian they say that they're a chrisitan too. But for all those ppl, I'd just like to say take a look at James 1:26.