Are You Ready To Meet GOD?

You must meet God. Are you ready?

In comparison with this question, all others
are utterly insignificant. You may be successful in business, have a wonderful family, and be healthy in both body and mind. You may even be religious and respected by all. 

But can you say with certainty that you are ready to meet God?

To be ready to meet God requires a new birth. Jesus said, “no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again” (John 3:3). This statement has no exceptions. It cannot be ignored, as it was given by the Lord Jesus Christ. Have you been born again?

The need for new birth arises from the fact that we are all sinners by birth and by practice. Sin is contrary to the nature of God. He hates sin, and it keeps us from having fellowship with Him. The Bible declares about God: “Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; You cannot tolerate wrongdoing”
(Habakkuk 1:13).

But while God hates sin, He loves sinners. In fact, He loves us whether we walk the clean or filthy side of the road to Hell. Because He loves us, He has provided the way for us to be restored to fellowship with Him: “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” (John 3:16).

God’s judgment for sin fell upon Christ on the cross, and there is cleansing and forgiveness for all who believe on Him. “To all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God” (John 1:12). Through new birth, by receiving Christ, by believing He died for my sins, I am born into the family of God and can answer the question “Are you ready?” with a glad and confident “Yes!”

Have you known this change? Have you experienced this new birth? Have you turned to God in repentance, admitting that you are a sinner in need of salvation? Have you given up the false idea that you can earn God’s favor through your own “good” works? Have you by faith accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord?

Do not resent these personal questions, for they are intended to lead you to blessing. If I were to tell you of a path to wealth and fame you would probably be very interested. What Jesus Christ offers you—forgiveness of sins and eternal life with Him in Heaven—is of infinite value. Put the matter to the test. Do it now.

The terms are simple: “this is His command: to believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ” (1 John 3:23). Will you receive Him, the living Christ of God who died, rose again, and now offers salvation to all who believe on Him? Will you trust Him now as your very own Savior? It is not the reception of a creed, or identification with a church, or becoming a religious person that saves. It is the acceptance of a Person, the Son of God. Your acceptance or rejection of Him answers the solemn question, “Are you ready?”

“People are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). When you stand before God, will you be stained with your sin or will you have been washed clean through faith in Jesus Christ? The issue is very clear: your response to Jesus Christ now will determine your destiny for eternity. “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved…. Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” (Acts 4:12; 16:31).

You must meet God. Are you ready?

Source: http://www.mwtb.org