Yeah! Preach the truth, shame the devil! Someone Comebody!

Eh, but in the light of other things, what’s so bad about dying from smoking? I mean, what does it profit a man if he quits smoking but forfeits his soul? Eternity in hell, seperated from God is worse than dying from lung cancer, getting your tongue snipped out, OR losing one of your lungs.

Think about it–those are all things that happen once, then your done. But hell is ETERNITY. How DEPRESSING and, honestly, quite frightening.

Now, before you write me off as one of those fire and brimstone preachers (hahahaha) Let me tell you about heaven, and how easy God made it for you to get there. Why? Because He is flippin crazy ’bout you!!! ((Plus I’m gonna be there, so I want you at the party. We gotta have someone who can dance, cuz I certainly can’t)) They might not tell you this at your church, but God is emotional and passionate about you. Remember the movie “Passion of the Christ”? Well, God was passionate enough about you to go through all that to pay the price to buy you back from the devil and bring you back into relationship with God (cuz He flippin loves you!!).

This might come as a surprise to you, because most people think that God is angry with them, or doesn’t care. Not true!!!

So, how to get to God, or how to get to heaven? you might ask. Simple. God already made the way for you. ((cuz it was pretty much impossible for us to do it ourselves, ya know, by praying 50 times a day, or “living a good life” or “being a good person” or even having a gramma that teaches Sunday school… sorry peeps)) So God made the way for you. He made the ONLY way for you. The way, His name, is Jesus Christ.

Jesus is the ONLY WAY. ((ooh, now I’m being “exclusive”, snobby, ignorant, and “intolerant”, right?? No, I’m being bold enough to tell you the TRUTH. There’s only on way to get to God, to heaven. Like there’s only one password to access your xanga site, THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY– Jesus Christ.)) So here’s the facts::

Romans 3:23– For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. ((okay, this means I sinned, you sinned, everybody sinned and now we’re screwed. but wait….))

Romans 6:23– For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. ((((whoa-ho-ho!! we WERE screwed, but God had a better idea! He decided to give us a gift–eternal life!!!–in Christ Jesus. Again, eternal life is only found in JESUS, contrary to popular belief. AND it’s a gift, so YOU HAVE THE POWER TO ACCEPT OR TO DENY. To accept is to believe, to deny is to choose not to believe. That simple))    Next…

John 3:16, 17, 18 — 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. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but TO SAVE THE WORLD THROUGH HIM. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but WHOEVER DOES NOT BELIEVE STANDS CONDEMNED ALREADY, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. ((Have YOU believed???))

Romans 10:9– That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord” and BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART that God raised Him from the dead, you WILL BE SAVED.” (emphasis mine)

So– if you want to believe, say this to God right now– “”"Jesus, I believe that You are the Son of God, I believe that You came to earth and died and rose again for me. Come be Lord of my life and forgive my sins. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”"”

If you really meant that, God heard you and you have just become a child of God!!! You have Jesus in you, and you have eternal life. Now quit smoking!!!! (hahaha. ok. not funny) Check this:

Romans 8:38– For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither present nor the future, nor powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to seperate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ((this promise is for YOU if you have made the decision to believe in Jesus)) GOD WILL NEVER LET YOU GO.

Recap: Smoking is bad. God is passionate and emotional about you. He wants to be in relationship with you. He made the way for you–Jesus Christ. All you have to do to receive Jesus and eternal life is BELIEVE (put your trust in, cling to, rely on, be fully convinced of) Jesus Christ as YOUR Lord and Savior. And nothing can seperate you from His love.

love from anotha’ homo sapien. SQ