Man has long wondered why he is here. What is the destiny of man? In each of our heart of hearts we know that there is God who made us. The Bible says that creation is all the evidence we need to know God is. The Bible also tells us that He has put His moral law upon each heart. But how can we know Him? How can we know what He wants of us?

Most people believe that you will go to heaven if you do your best and have a good heart. But they have not counted on the moral law of God. They haven’t counted on the justice and righteousness of God. You see God is loving and forgiving but also a God of justice. He is holy, taking vengeance upon those who have sinned against Him. The Bible says there is none good but one and that is God. So then, God, by being the creator and being righteous, is qualified to judge all mankind.

“But if I believe in God, how do I know which God is the right God? Which religion is the right one?”

You are asking the wrong question. It is not “Who is the right God?” but “Who is the creator?” Obviously someone created everything. That someone must be God. The Bible introduces Him: “On the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

“If the God of the Bible is the creator, how do we know what He wants of us?” We know exactly what He expects of us because He told us so in the Bible. He gave us His moral law, or as we call it, the Ten Commandments. He clearly and completely made clear to us how to live and how to please Him.

But we have a problem here. One of the commandments is “Thou shalt not lie.” We have all told a lie in our lives. Another one is “Thou shalt not steal.” We have all stolen something in our lives—a pencil from our sister, a borrowed object we never returned. Another one is “Thou shalt not kill.” Well most of us are good on that one. Right? We have never killed anyone, but Jesus said that “anyone who hates his brother is a murderer.” Uh oh. We are busted again.

The Bible says that if you have broken one of the least of the commandments, you have broken them all. We are in big trouble. The Bible says, “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” “The wages of sin is death.” We are in grave danger. What do we do?

That’s where Jesus Christ comes in. The Old Testament was written to tell us that we have broken God’s moral law. The New Testament was written to tell us that we have a Savior. God sent Jesus, who did not sin (because He was God’s Son), to become sin for us, to take our sin upon Himself—to take the wrath of God that was meant for us upon Himself. “For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

“Believe or trust” in Christ is mentioned 185 times in the New Testament. We trust in Him when we believe that He died on the cross for our own personal sins. We receive Him as our Savior; we turn to Him for forgiveness for all our sins—past, present and future. Jesus rose from the dead to prove that God accepted His payment for our sins and that we, too, shall rise again one day.

What is the destiny of man? That choice is up to you. You can receive Christ as your Savior and receive His forgiveness and be with Him in heaven forever…… or you can receive the wrath of God and be in the lake of fire forever! What will you decide?

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