{"id":8559,"date":"2017-12-16T09:06:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T14:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.56.100\/?p=8559"},"modified":"2022-06-08T19:27:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T23:27:35","slug":"heaven-bound-believing-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I Heaven Bound By Believing in Jesus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>The bible assures us that believing in Jesus will make us Heaven bound. In Jesus\u2019s own words, \u201cNo man cometh unto the Father but by me.\u201d (John 14:6) The bible teaches that there is only one way to get into Heaven. That one way is to be saved. The way to be saved is by accepting and believing Jesus is Lord and Savior of your life. There are many references of this in the bible.<\/p>\n<h3>One Way to be Heaven Bound<\/h3>\n<p>It would be convenient if there were many roads to Heaven. Pick your favorite and you\u2019re on your way. But how do you know you\u2019ve picked the right way? Is the way you\u2019ve chosen really a way to Heaven at all?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s turn to the ultimate authority on being Heaven bound and find out what He has to say about it. Jesus, yes, the one that sits on the right hand of God at the throne in Heaven, He actually gave us directions on how to go to Heaven. During His sermon on the mount where thousands gathered to eagerly hear his words, Jesus instructed, \u201cEnter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.\u201d [Matthew 7:13,14]<\/p>\n<p>Wow, couldn\u2019t be clearer! There IS only one way to get to Heaven. So why only a few who find it? Jesus answers that too, \u201cNot every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.\u201d [Matthew 7:21] Well that\u2019s a relief, we learn that everyone who does the will of the Father goes to Heaven. And the will of the Father is to believe in Jesus Christ, who will save you from utter destruction. \u201cFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.\u201d [John 3:16]<\/p>\n<h3>Ticket to Heaven<\/h3>\n<p>The bible makes it clear to us, \u201cJesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.\u201d [John 3:3]. So to gain entry into Heaven, we must believe in Jesus as our Lord and Savior, \u201cVerily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.\u201d [Matthew 18:3].<\/p>\n<p>Choosing to be saved puts us on the right path to Heaven. Jesus assures us of this, \u201cAnd I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.\u201d [John 10:28]. As a consequence of believing in Jesus, not only are we Heaven bound, we will have a home there too. Jesus promises, \u201cIn my Father&#8217;s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.\u201d [John 14:2].<\/p>\n<p>You can have assurance if you choose the right path. Simply believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior of your life. Take a moment\u00a0and ask Him to come into your life today. Why wait? Heaven and all God\u2019s blessings await.<\/p>\n<p>==&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/2017\/06\/13\/pray\/\">Click Here to Find Out How to Pray.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you heaven bound by believing in Jesus? Jesus assures us in His own words, \u201cNo man cometh unto the Father but by me.\u201d (John 14:6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,22,30,60,61,63,72,88,103],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heaven Bound by Believing in Jesus? - West Park Baptist Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are you heaven bound by believing in Jesus? Jesus assures us in His own words, \u201cNo man cometh unto the Father but by me.\u201d (John 14:6)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heaven Bound by Believing in Jesus? - West Park Baptist Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are you heaven bound by believing in Jesus? Jesus assures us in His own words, \u201cNo man cometh unto the Father but by me.\u201d (John 14:6)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"West Park Baptist Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-16T14:06:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-08T23:27:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/is-jesus-the-only-way-to-heaven-1920.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eve\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eve\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/\",\"name\":\"Heaven Bound by Believing in Jesus? - West Park Baptist Church\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-16T14:06:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-08T23:27:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/#\/schema\/person\/17768d0cecd65e1f83590f68bc619f4f\"},\"description\":\"Are you heaven bound by believing in Jesus? Jesus assures us in His own words, \u201cNo man cometh unto the Father but by me.\u201d (John 14:6)\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Am I Heaven Bound By Believing in Jesus?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/\",\"name\":\"West Park Baptist Church\",\"description\":\"Making a Difference in the Lives of Others\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/#\/schema\/person\/17768d0cecd65e1f83590f68bc619f4f\",\"name\":\"Eve\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d3d596dd7cbcf676a341b85b031a67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d3d596dd7cbcf676a341b85b031a67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Eve\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/author\/eve\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Heaven Bound by Believing in Jesus? - West Park Baptist Church","description":"Are you heaven bound by believing in Jesus? Jesus assures us in His own words, \u201cNo man cometh unto the Father but by me.\u201d (John 14:6)","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Heaven Bound by Believing in Jesus? - West Park Baptist Church","og_description":"Are you heaven bound by believing in Jesus? Jesus assures us in His own words, \u201cNo man cometh unto the Father but by me.\u201d (John 14:6)","og_url":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/","og_site_name":"West Park Baptist Church","article_published_time":"2017-12-16T14:06:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-06-08T23:27:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1152,"url":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/is-jesus-the-only-way-to-heaven-1920.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Eve","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Eve","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/","url":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/","name":"Heaven Bound by Believing in Jesus? - West Park Baptist Church","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-12-16T14:06:57+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-08T23:27:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/#\/schema\/person\/17768d0cecd65e1f83590f68bc619f4f"},"description":"Are you heaven bound by believing in Jesus? Jesus assures us in His own words, \u201cNo man cometh unto the Father but by me.\u201d (John 14:6)","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/heaven-bound-believing-jesus\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Am I Heaven Bound By Believing in Jesus?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/","name":"West Park Baptist Church","description":"Making a Difference in the Lives of Others","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/#\/schema\/person\/17768d0cecd65e1f83590f68bc619f4f","name":"Eve","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d3d596dd7cbcf676a341b85b031a67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d3d596dd7cbcf676a341b85b031a67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Eve"},"url":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/author\/eve\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8559"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14280,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559\/revisions\/14280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}