I hope you will take the time to read this blog completely, because I would like to explain something important to you . But therefore I want you to lay down your preconceptions, be open and willing to try to accept it.

I believe there is a God, and that this God has created heaven and earth and all that lives on it (Genesis 1:1). I believe that God is an almighty ‘mysteric’ Someone in heaven (Matthew 6:9).

I believe that God has a special plan for all humankind. The human being is a special creation, because we don’t live according to an instinct, like the animals, but we can think. God gave us a free will. He did that because of love, so that we’re not obliged to love Him, but we can choose to really love Him from the heart. Because love comes from God, because God is love (1 John 4:8).

God has created people. In the beginning the people were good (said God Himself in Genesis 1:31). To occur that people would die, God forbid them to eat from one certain tree. That was the only commandment in the beginning.

God also made heavens and angels. Now there was one angel who was jealous of God (Ezechiel 28:13-19). He wanted to be just like God, or even better (Isaiah 16:13,14). That’s why God threw him on the earth. This angel (Lucifer, Satan, the devil) is now trying to destroy everthing God has (1 Peter 5:8; Ephesians 6:11). God deserves, as our Creator, to be honored, but the devil tries –undeserved– to receive all honor for himself.

I must admit that this story sounds a bit like a fairytale. But it’s the only and true exlanation for the origin of evil, sin and the controversy of good and evil, which is still going on. The only ‘problem’ is, that people don’t believe it, because they can’t see it. But every person is searching for a reason of life, though they’re actually searching for God (Acts 17:27). The only people who find the answer are the people who believe. God is invisible, but His creation and his works are visible. We only have to realize and admit that it’s the work of God; by believing.

Eventually God will destroy all evil (Openbaring 20:14,15), including the devil with his company. He made this clear to him. But still the devil stayed too proud and refused to praise God. At this last chance, the devil was cast out of heaven with one third of the angels, which he had misled (now called demons).

When God had made people and gave them this one commandment, it was a chance for the devil to destroy God’s work. With a trick he seduced them to do what God had forbidden. The devil (the serpent) said that they would NOT die if they would eat from the tree, but God had said that they would certainly die. Eventually Adam and Eve died!

Because of this first sin all decendands have ‘inherit’ the consequences of sin. We are all born in sin and doomed to die. There would be no more hope for us to be saved from this cyclus. We know what sin is, because of the 10 commandments God gave us, which we keep breaking. But God is love and in the Old Testament He promised many times that He would send a Savior, in order to give us another chance to receive eternal life.

In the old days God had given people this rule, that if they had sinned, they had to sacrifice an animal to be forgiven. But God’s plan was to give people the opportunity to be forgiven by one sacrifice: His Son Jesus Christ. Can you imagine that if not so, we still would have to keep sacrificing animals… God sent His Son to leave us an example of how we should live (according to His law), but also to die for our sins. Jesus sacrificed himself, so that we could be saved.

In our life on earth we are in the battle between God and the devil. God wants to save the people, but the devil tries to secude, mislead and confuse people. But we have to make the choice (Mat. 6:24). The devil is smart and tries to keep people busy so that they don’t even have time to search God, so that they can’t work on their salvation. Or he tries to confuse them; that’s why there are so many religions which all think they have the truth. The best lie he makes people believe is that he doesn’t even exist, so they don’t know and don’t worry about the battle between him and God, or the destruction that he leads them to.

But God loves His children and His Son has died for everyone of us, so that every person has the posibility to receive eternal life and to live together with Him in heaven. All we need to do is believe (John 6:47) ann Jesus says in John 6:47 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.…” and Jesus also says in John 3:3 “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”, here He is talking about baptism. Jesus, our example, was also baptized by (Matthew 3:13-17).

Another important thing is to live according God’s law. In Matthew 5:17 Jesus says that He didn’t come to destroy the law, but to fulfil it (to live according it, as an example how we should live)! We will be judged by the 10 commandments, and that includes the 7th day Sabbath. Most Christians have no problem with nine of the ten commandments. But if you mention the importance of the Sabbath they will quickly say that we are under grace, not the law. And by the way, Sunday is not the Biblical Sabbath day simply because it is the first day of the week, not the seventh (count them again if you like in the first chapters of Genesis, notice especially Gen. 2:2,3). Don’t forget it’s the work of the devil to change times and laws (Daniel 7:25).

In John 6:40 Jesus says: “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”Jesus was ressurrected after His death. I believe that when a person dies, he rests (sleeps) in the grave (John 11:11). After certain things that will happen (as described in Matthew 24), Jesus will return. The sleeping death will then be ressurrected and God will judge all people according to their works (Revelation 20:13).

I don’t know when I will die. But because I believe that I will ‘sleep’ in the grave, until Jesus will return and wil ressurrect the death to life, to be judged, I have until my death to prepare for that judgement. So I try to be ready anytime; I try to live like that. But I’m worried about your salvation as well. I don’t want you to be destroyed, but I want you to be in heaven too. Now I don’t want to forse you or oblige you anything. All I can do is let you know how I think about this all. I pray that God will send His Holy Ghost to work in you and will give you wisdom to understand that what I’m trying to explain, is the gospel, the good news that God wants everybody to know: that Jesus lived for us, died for us, was ressurrected and will return for us!

I don’t know when it’s a person’s last day on earth, but I believe that as long as you live, you still have the opportunity to make that choice, to give your life on earth to God, so that He can give you eternal life in heaven. With that thought it’s really not that difficult or hard to keep the 10 commandments, you will do it with love. And whenever it goes wrong, and you realise that you have sinned, you can sincerely ask forgiveness through prayer and God will forgive you. Because He is faithful and just to forgive every sin (1 John 1:8,9)!

God has so many love for people, that I think He will give everyone at least one chance to know His truth. Everyone must have heard about God. He sends His messengers to tell other about Him, but everyone has the choice to whether believe it or not. So nobody can ever say He didn’t give them that chance. It’s a crazy idea to think that the first humans made a mistake, but God sends His Son to repair it, so why would we reject?

Everyone is a child of God and He loves all people. And He wants to save us. And if we respond to that call, He will help us in the battle against the evil (Romans 5:15; 8:26; Hebrews 1:4-14). And the people who are willing to dedicate their lives to Him, He will reward them with eternal life in heaven with Him. How can we and why would we refuse such an offer?

I hope I don’t sound desperate, because I only want to make clear that just like God called me and guides me through life, He is willing to do the same for you too. And I want you to be saved, to go to heaven. That’s why I’m investing my time writing this to you. I don’t expect anything, I just hope this is a reason for you to think about it to open yourself for God’s love and to accept Him. That’s all you need to do, and He will do the rest!