A Promise A Warning

A promise  A Warning.

Jesus said,
“For 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.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 
                                                                                               John 3:16-18.
Jesus tells us how to get to heaven and warns us of the consequences of unbelief. He makes it very simple. Believe and you have eternal life. Don’t and you stand condemned.
This is a promise and a warning to everyone who can understand what Jesus is saying.
Paul writing to the Ephesians said,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—  not by works, so that no one can boast.” 
                                                                          Ephesians 2:8,9.
The simple belief of the Christian is that God offers us eternal life for free. Christians note that you cannot be good enough to get to heaven so all we must do is accept Jesus as our Lord and Saviour.
If we do not the waring is
“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”
God gives all men everywhere the opportunity to accept or reject Christ. There is no middle ground.
At the same time he offers eternal life he warns that those who fail to do so are condemned because of their unbelief.
Jesus does not try to soft soap the consequences of unbelief. He makes it clear the choice is ours.
If what the Bible says about Jesus and how we get to heaven is wrong. Then the unbeliever has no fears. If however they are correct as I believe they are. The unbeliever has a lot to worry about.
Think about it.