Your Biggest Decision

John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

It’s the most important question and occasion in your life. You are staring at your choice of life across a fancy restaurant table complete with the romantic candle and a twinkle in your eye. Or maybe you are walking barefoot across an empty beach at sunset together, hand in hand. Or maybe even on bended knee, looking up to those beautiful eyes, and you whisper “will you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me?”. So far so good, it’s all looking so right, and then she says, NO!!

That is enough to put anyone on a downer. Imagine you did the same to Jesus? You got close, and then decided you wanted to complete your life by making Jesus the head of the rest of your days here on earth, until you get to share heaven with Him and all those loved ones gone before? You are looking into those compassionate and eternal eyes, asking if He will accept you. He stops you and says, NO! That is unthinkable, or is it?

The most famous of all Bible verses is John 3:16, and the wording is simple and easy to understand. Words like “WHOSOEVER believes”, “will NOT perish”, and “have ETERNAL LIFE”. What’s not to like? So, would Jesus ever say “NO” to you when you approach Him in simple faith, with a heartfelt desire to spend the rest of your life as a Christian, living and growing in your Spiritual life? NO. NEVER. NADA. ZILCH.

If any convincing is still needed, then how about this verse? Revelation 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door [of the church] and knock. If ANYONE hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him (restore him), and he with Me.”