Di Bible Way to Heaven
Di bible really clear pon salvation. It no based pon how good yu be. Nuff
people tink seh dem good, and dat dem a go heaven becaz
dem good but di Bible seh, “For all have sinned and come short of di
glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) Di Bible seh, “As it is written, there is none righteous,
no, not one.” (Romans 3:10) Mi nuh righteous. Yu nuh righteous, and if a wi
goodniss dat ago get we inna heaven, none a wi wudda go.
1. Admit yu a sinna.
Di bible even seh inna Revelation 21:8, “But di fearful and unbelieving, di abominable
and murderers and sorcerers and whoremongers and idolaters, and all liars shall have their
part inna di lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, weh a di second death.” Mi
lie before. Everyone lie before, so all a wi a sinna, and wi do tings
worser dan lying. Mek wi face it: wi all deserve fi go a hell.
2. Realize di penalty fi sin.
But di Bible seh, “But God commendeth his love toward wi, inna dat while we were yet
sinnas, Christ dead fi wi.” (Romans 5:8) Jesus Christ, becaz him love wi, come
to di earth. Di bible seh him a God manifest in di flesh. God basically tek on human
form. Him live a sinless life. Him no commit no sin, and of course, Dem beat him,
and spit pon him, and nail him pon di cross. The Bible seh dat when him did deh pon di cross
him “himself bare wi sins inna him own bady pon di tree.” (1 Peter 2:24) So every sin
yu eva do, and every sin mi eva do - Jesus been there and done dat. Dem
punish him fi wi sins. Den dem tek him bady when him dead, and bury
it inna di tomb, and him soul go down a Hell fi three days and three nights (Acts
2:31). Three days lata him rise again from di dead. Him show di disciples di
holes inna him hands. Di Bible really clear dat Jesus did die fi everybady. It seh
dat him dead “not fi our sins only, but also fi di sins of di whole world” (1
John 2:2). But there is sumtin dat wi must duh to be saved. Di bible has dat question
in Acts 16, “Weh mi affi duh fi get saved? And dem seh, “Believe inna di Lawd Jesus
Christ, and wi will be saved, and thy house.” Dat is all. Him NEVA seh, “Join a church,
and yu will be saved. Get baptized, and yu a go get saved. Live a good life, and yu will be
saved. Repent fi all a yu sins dem, and yu a go get saved, NO. Him seh “believe.”
3. Believe dat Jesus died, was buried, and rose again fi yu.
Even di most famous verse in di whole Bible, who reference is written on di bottom of
di cup at “In and Out Burger.” It so famous. Everybady hear dat: John
3:16. “For God so loved di wurl dat he gave him only begotten son dat whosoever
believeth in him should not perish but have evalasting life.” And evalasting means
evalasting. It mean fi eva, and Jesus seh, “Mi give dem eternal life, and dem
shall neva perish, needa shall any man pluck dem out a mi hand.” (John 10:28)
Di Bible seh in John 6:47, “Verily, verily, Mi seh unto yu, who dat believe inna mi have
everlasting life.” So if yu believe inna Jesus Christ, di Bible seh yu have evalasting
life. Yu a go live fi eva. Yu cyaan lose yu salvation. It a eternal, it a
everlasting. Once yu saved, once yu believe inna him, yu saved fi eva, and
no matter wah, yu cyaan neva lose yu salvation.
Even if mi fi go out and do some awful sin, God will punish mi fi it on dis earth.
If mi go out and kill sumbady tiday, God wudda mek sure dat mi get punish, mi
a go prison, or worse, or di death penalty. Howeva dis world punish mi, and
God a go mek sure mi get punish even more, but mi nah go Hell. There is
nuttin mi cyaan do to go a hell becaz mi save, and if mi go a hell, den God lied.
Becaz him promise dat whoeva believeth has everlasting life, and him seh, “Whosoever
liveth and believeth inna mi shall neva die.” Dat a why yu have nuff examples of
people inna di Bible who do sum really bad tings, yet dem mek it go Heaven. How? Becaz
dem did good? NO, it’s becaz dem believed inna di Lawd Jesus Christ. Dem sins
are forgiven. Odda people who live a betta life inna di world’s yies, or maybe
dem really even live a betta life, if dem nuh believe inna Christ, dem affi go
a hell fi get punished fi dem sins.
4. Trus Christ alone as yu saviour.
Mek mi jus close pon dis tout: one ting dat mi wah sure bout and bring up
today is dat dere was a question dat weh ask to Jesus by one a him disciples, and
dis a di question: are dere few dat be saved? Dat a one good question, right?
Are most people saved? Or is jus a few dat saved? Who deh ya tink dat most people a
go a heaven - dat most people inna dis world a go a heaven? Guess wah di
ansa was: him seh, in Matthew 7, “Enta ye in at di strait gate becaz wide is di
gate and broad is di way dat leadeth to destruction, and many there be weh dem go inna
thereat becaz strait is di gate, and narrow a di way dat leadeth inna life, and nuff
deh deh dat find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14) Den him seh dis: “Nuh everyone
dat sed unto me, Lawd, Lawd, shall enta di kingdom of heaven, but he dat doet di
will of mi fada who deh inna heaven. Nuff a go seh to me pon dat day, Lawd, Lawd, have
wi nuh prophesie in dy nyame, and inna dy nyame have cyast out di devils, and in dy nyame
done nuff wondaful works? And den mi a go profess unto dem, Mi neva know yu, depart
from mi ye dat wurk iniquity.” (Matthew 7:21-23)
Firse of all, Di majority a dis ya wirl nuh even believe inna Jesus. Thankfully
di majority of dis classroom ya claim to believe in Jesus, but di majority a di wirl
nuh claim to believe inna Jesus. But God waan dat even among those who claim to believe
inna Jesus, even among those dat call him Lawd, nuff a go seh to him, “Wi do all
dem wandaful wurk ya! Why wi nuh save!” Him a go seh, “Depart from mi, Mi nuh
know yu.” Dat a becaz salvation a nuh by wurks, and if yu a trus yu
own wurk fi save yu, if yu tink seh yu a go a heaven becaz yu baptize,
if yu tink, “Well, mi tink yu affi live a good life, mi tink yu affi keep
di commandments fi be saved, mi tink yu affi go a church, mi tink yu affi
turn from yu sins…” If yu trust inna yu wurks, Jesus a go seh to yu
one day, “Depart from mi, mi nuh know yu.”
Yu affi have all a yu faith inna weh him duh. You affi put yu faith inna weh Jesus duh
pon di cross when him dead fi yu, was buried, and rise again. Dat a yu ticket to
heaven. If yu trust odda tings, and yu seh, “Well, mi a go a heaven
becaz mi a good Christian, and mi duh all these wandaful tings.” Him a go
seh, “Depart from mi.” Notice wah him seh, “Depart from mi, mi NUH know yu.”
Him nuh seh, “Mi used to know yu.” Once him know yu… rememba mi mentioned
dis earlia: it a everlasting its eternal. Once him know yu, yu a go save fi eva.
Him a go seh, “Depart from mi, mi nuh know yu,” becaz if yu go a Hell, it
a becaz him nuh know yu. Becaz once him know yu, him know yu. Juss as mi pickney
a go always be my pickney. When yu born again, when yu a him pickney, yu a go
always be him pickney. Yu may be di black sheep of di family. Yu may be sumbady who
get disciplined by God heavily on dis earth. Yu can mash up yu life down ya, but
yu cyaan mash up salvation. Once yu save, it is a done deal. Dat a di main
ting mi wah fi present to yu about di end times, and wi duh have juss a few minutes
fi questions about either salvation or about di end times.
Dear Jesus, Mi know mi a sinna. Mi know mi deserve fi go a Hell.
But mi believe yu dead pon di cross fi mi and rise again. Please save mi right now
and gimme eternal life. Mi only trust yu, Jesus. Amen.