Have you ever wished you could get tickets to major events like the
Super Bowl, the Academy Awards, or a presidential inauguration?
Getting tickets to important events isn't always easy, and it's
usually expensive. But one thing is for sure--if you don't have a
ticket, you won't get in. Getting into heaven is a whole lot more
important, because heaven is forever. So is hell. The decisions you
make in this life determine where your eternal destination will be.
And just as with the major events of our culture, you need a ticket
to get into heaven, something that proves you should be admitted.
Unlike tickets for entertainment events, however, you can't
purchase a ticket to heaven. The price for entrance is
righteousness--you must be sinless and perfect. That's what you
need to enter heaven, since "nothing unclean will ever enter it"
(Revelation 21:27). Since that's the entry requirement, it seems
impossible to get in. After all, it's true--we are sinners and far
from perfect. The Bible says we all sin and fail to meet God's
standards for righteousness (Romans 3:23). Because of that, we are
under condemnation and destined to die (John 3:36; Romans 6:23).
Despite that, we can find entry into heaven because God has
provided a ticket for us. How Do I Get This Heavenly Ticket? Our
ticket into heaven comes to us by faith. We can't earn it by doing
lots of good deeds, like giving away money or serving the poor.
It's only through faith that we gain admittance. The faith we need
is to believe that when Jesus, God's sinless Son, died on the
cross, he made it possible for our sins to be forgiven. We deserve
to be on that cross, but Jesus died in our place. The Bible says,
"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might
die to sin and live to righteousness" (1 Peter 2:24). Our own
righteousness won't admit us to heaven, but only "the righteousness
from God that depends on faith" (Philippians 3:9). Faith is
trusting what God says and in what he has done for us. Jesus
willingly died for us and was raised from the dead on the third day
after his crucifixion. When we genuinely believe this truth, we are
admitted into heaven when our earthly life is over. "If you confess
with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that
God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9). It
Gets Even Better When we place our faith in Jesus Christ for
salvation from sin's judgment, God credits us with Jesus's perfect
righteousness. Christ is our righteous "ticket" to heaven. God
forgives all our sins because Jesus bore the penalty for them on
our behalf. The Bible tells us, "For our sake, he made [Christ] to
be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the
righteousness of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21). Our sins were applied
to Jesus so that his righteousness could be applied to us! You may
wonder why God would ever do such a thing. He did it because he
loves us. "God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that
whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life"
(John 3:16). Love is the source of the great exchange God made--
our sin for Christ's righteousness. When it comes time to leave
this earth, those who have put their faith in Christ will go to
heaven. Do you have your ticket? If not, it's not too late to trust
in Christ for forgiveness of your sins and the gift of eternal
life. If that's your sincere desire, here's a prayer that can help
you express your decision to God: God, I acknowledge that I am
sinful, and I know that I cannot live with you in heaven unless I
have righteousness. Please forgive me for my sinful ways. I believe
that Jesus died on the cross and had all of my sins applied to his
pure and sinless self. I also believe that he was raised from the
dead in order that I might be also. Please apply Jesus's
righteousness to me so that I can become a new creation and live
with you forever. Amen.
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