Will I go to Heaven?


Can we even know?
Yes, we can know if we will go to Heaven, and believe it or not, God actually WANTS us to know:

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”
-1 John 5:13

A person who writes that must have just finished explaining why we can know about our life after death by his reference to “these things.” So, what are “these things?” Take a look at the previous verses: 1 John 5:1-12

1. A belief that Jesus is the Messiah, the Savior, is evidence that you will go to Heaven.
“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.” (v.1)

2. Having an active, loving relationship with God is evidence that you will go to Heaven.
“This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands." (v.2)

3. Loving God in a way that results in a desire to obey Him, rather than a burdening compulsion to obey Him, is evidence that you will go to Heaven.
“This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome.” (v.3)

4. Faith in Christ is evidence that you will go to Heaven.
“for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.” (v.4)

5. Only those who believe that Jesus is God’s Son has evidence that they will go to Heaven.
“Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” (v.5)

6. A life showing the fruit of the Spirit, being baptized, and belief that Jesus’ blood shed on the cross covers your sins are evidence that you will go to Heaven.
“This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: 8the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.” (vv.6,7)

7. Belief in God’s Word above others’ words is evidence that you will go to Heaven.
“We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.” (vv.8-11)

8. Having Jesus is evidence that you will go to Heaven.
“He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” (v.12)

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”
-1 John 5:13

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