Two guys eating lunch in the canteen. One says, I’m Ok, I go to youth group, I listen to Aftershock, I go to church on Sunday, I even go to CU, yep I’ve got my place in Heaven booked. The other guy says, I help out at the old peoples home, I’m nice to smelly kids at youth group, I send money to charities, yep I’ve got my place in Heaven booked. Who has got their place booked in Heaven? And the answer is………. Neither. Sorry but the bible’s pretty clear unless you accept Jesus died for you and me on the cross for the selfish stuff that you and I do then we don’t get into Heaven. It doesn’t matter how good we are, it doesn’t matter how many times we go to Church, it doesn’t matter how many nice things we do, we don’t get into Heaven. Right that’s OK then, now we’ve got that sorted we can just spend all our time praying to Jesus. All we have to do is sit in a room with a Christian worship CD on in the background and read our Bible all day long. Ahhhhhh Noooo. James points out that it’s not just about believing in Jesus, even the demons believe Jesus exists. If we have asked Jesus to be our friend and thanked him for dying for us then it is going to change the way we act. We won’t do good stuff to get into Heaven, we will do good stuff because Jesus has paid for our ticket into Heaven. If Aftershock is about anything it is about taking what Jesus has done for us and making it change the way we are in our day to day lives. Jesus will change the way you are to your mates, your parents, your brothers and sisters, those you don’t know, and yes even those who you don’t like.
