By Rev. Gian Carlo Villatoro
Founding Pastor, Victory Church Odessa
Why do I feel insecure about me going to Heaven?
Louise P.
Dear Louise: You are not alone on this. Particularly when our communities are more and more distant from God, The Bible, Prayer Meetings, and The Church in general.
If you were raised within a family which used to say prayers at the table before eating, or in the night before going to sleep, and attended church regularly, your chances of feeling insecure about going to Heaven are less than to those who didn’t have that experience. Similarly, that happens to those who once became believers later in life and immediately got involved with a genuine Christian church.
Faith is a Divine Power that is given to those who want it. Faith is a source of life that once you taste it, you can’t stop coming back to the River of Life.
Faith is contagious and limitless when you are surrounded by the different channels that deliver faith which are: (1) Preachers and teachers of the Bible who speak about The Bible, The Gospel of our Lord Jesus, and Eternity. (2) Believers that finally understood that the Kingdom of God is about Heaven and our future with Him forever. (3) Songs that inspire you to believe in Jesus, to worship Jesus, and to surrender humbly in the Presence of God.
But what do you think will happen to your faith if you keep going away from the Word of God? Even more directly, when you are running away from God, Himself, because you keep doing what is wrong and you obviously let your flesh find pleasure in sin? What happens when you are listening to garbage all the time?
You have the power to decide about your faith. Would you let your faith decrease to point of extinction? Or, will you reconnect with the King of the Universe who is waiting to see you taking that step? I give you three practical ways to help yourself to regain the faith to be certain of your Salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ, and to be secure that you will go to Heaven the day when you transition from this side of Eternity to the next.
Those 3 channels are: Listening to True Biblical Preachers, fellowship with True Believers, and sing songs with Biblical Spiritual content and meaning.
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