How Can You Know for Sure You’re Going to Heaven? (Gospel Light Minute X #373)

This is the “chief of sinners,” Daniel Whyte III, president of Gospel Light Society International, with the Gospel Light Minute X Podcast #373 titled, “How Can You Know for Sure You’re Going to Heaven?” I’m here to remind you of what the Bible says, that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” like you and me.

A recent poll indicated that for every American who believes he or she is going to hell, there are 120 who believe they’re going to Heaven. 

This optimism stands in stark contrast to Jesus Christ’s words written in the Bible in Matthew 7:13–14: “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”

The truth is that according to the Bible we don’t automatically go to Heaven. In fact, Hell—not Heaven—is our default destination. Unless our sin problem is solved once and for all, we can’t enter Heaven. That’s the bad news. 

But once that’s straight in our minds we’re ready to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. Jesus took upon Himself, on the cross, the Hell we deserve so that we could experience for eternity the Heaven we don’t deserve! 

Four Things Jesus Finished on the Cross

100 Days of Preaching the Gospel #17 | with Daniel Whyte III

John 19:30: “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”

This verse in John relates to us some of the agony that Jesus experienced on the cross. As Jesus Christ hung on the cross in tremendous suffering and pain that day, he uttered seven statements. His sixth statement was “It is finished.” These three little words carry a lot of meaning.

Today, we will examine what Jesus meant when he said, “it is finished” as he hung on the cross.

I. The first thing that Jesus finished on the cross was the fulfillment of prophecy.

II. The second thing that Jesus finished on the cross was His personal suffering.

III. The third thing that Jesus finished on the cross was the conquest of Satan.

IV. The fourth thing that Jesus finished on the cross is a perfect salvation.

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