COME, FOR A TITLE TO HEAVEN.

 

AUGUST 20

COME, FOR A TITLE TO HEAVEN.
 

"The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God

    is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

                   Romans 6:23.
 
Having heard of Heaven as a place 

  of rest, happiness, and honor,
  we naturally desire to go there when we die.

But for a sinner to desire to go to Heaven,
  is like desiring to enjoy another man's estate,
  for he has no title to it.
 
A sinner has no right to Heaven at all.
 
When a convicted rebel can prove he has a title
  to the privileges of citizenship, 

    or a convicted traitor can prove
  he has a right to the king's palace,
  then may a sinner prove that he has a right to Heaven. 
 
All right to happiness on earth is forfeited by sin;
   and right to Heaven, there can be none.
 
Will imperfect obedience procure a title? 

   It will not.
 
Will tears and sufferings purchase a title? 

    They will not.
 
How, then, can a sinner obtain a title to Heaven?
 
Only by coming to Jesus.
 
No one can give a title but Jesus.
 
Nothing will be admitted as a legal or proper title,
  but the Savior's perfect work.

What Jesus did and suffered, merited Heaven;
  and it is only by a saving interest in Jesus,
  or by having his perfect work made over to us,
  that we can obtain a title to Heaven.
 
No matter who you are,
  what you have,
  what you have suffered, or
  what you have done,
these form no title to Heaven.
 
If you wish to go to Heaven when you die,
  you must come to Jesus while you live.
 
And if you come to him by faith,
  with fervent prayer,
   he will receive you,
  pardon you, and give you a title to glory!
 
Come then, dear reader, come to Jesus.
  Cast yourself at his feet, plead at his throne,
   and he will receive you, and give you 

         an unquestionable title to glory.
 
No one is admitted to Heaven but

  in the name of Jesus.

No one can pass through the 

  pearly gates of the New Jerusalem,
  but the friends of Jesus; and
  those only are his friends who
  accept his invitation,
  and come at his call.
 
He that hath the Son hath life; and
   he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
                               1 John 5:12.
 
James Smith 1855