2013-09-17T12:35:51-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/die/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/where-were-you-on-september-11-6958 2013-09-17T12:35:51-05:00 To be ready for eternity, to know you're going to heaven when you die, means to know that you have had every sin of your life - the sin that would keep any of us out of heaven - it has been erased from God's Book forever. Only one person can do that; the man who paid the penalty for it, Jesus, when He died on the cross. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/dont-count-on-an-extension-6726 2012-10-22T09:16:18-05:00 Someone your age, however old or young you are, died unexpectedly today. That's just a fact. And for them, there are no more chances. Someday that will be you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/which-way-in-the-wildfire-6711 2012-10-01T09:19:10-05:00 Only the One who died for our sins can forgive our sins and erase what will keep us out of heaven. It's not about the superiority of the Christian religion. It's not about a religion at all; no religion can die for you. It's about a Rescuer, the only One who can save us from the fire of sin's judgment, because He took that fire for us. To trust in anything else is to learn too late that you've made the greatest mistake a human can make. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/hard-rescues-6640 2012-06-25T09:46:21-05:00 Don't force God to escalate His rescue efforts. There's no peace, there's no rest, there's no fulfillment until you collapse into His arms. Let Him carry you safely home. Don't be a hard rescue! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-beacon-from-the-graveyard-6636 2012-06-19T10:43:30-05:00 If you've never committed yourself to the King who died and rose again from the dead for you - then let this be your day to trade your guilt for His forgiveness and your death penalty for His eternal life. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/another-eternity-moment-6607 2012-05-15T10:06:01-05:00 The moment you give your heart to Jesus, every sin you've ever committed is erased from God's book forever. And what would keep you out of heaven is removed. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/tim-tebows-really-bad-day-6565 2012-03-09T13:33:05-05:00 I can be totally sure of Jesus in the moments when there's nothing else I can be sure of. "We have this hope as an anchor, (the Bible says) firm and secure" (Hebrews 6:19 ). I'm safe in His love because of how far His love reached for me. It went all the way to the cross where He poured our His life-blood to pay the price for my sin and for yours, and tear down the wall between God and us. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/stopped-at-the-gate-6532 2012-01-24T09:35:47-05:00 No religion can die for your sins; no spirituality can die for your sins. Only God's sinless Son could do that. So He's the only "I.D." that will get us into God's heaven. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/within-my-reach-6519 2012-01-05T09:28:54-05:00 We can't just wait for that "professional rescuer" or "someone who has the gift of evangelism" to attempt the rescue. The rescue responsibility rests with the believer who is there. There's nothing random about where we work or where we live or recreate or go to school. You've been divinely positioned to be God's designated "lifeguard" for your stretch of beach. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20118:17&version=NIV 2009-10-06T14:52:15-05:00 The psalmist writes that God has protected him and now he will live and not die. He will proclaim how the LORD has saved him.