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Hey, this is Richard Jefferson. Today I want to talk to you guys about heaven for a couple
of moments. The greatest decision I've ever made in my life is giving my life to Jesus
Christ. And there's a place that every person will go when they leave this earth. It's either
heaven, or it's hell. And heaven's going to be a place, like it says in John chapter 14,
He says, let not your heart be troubled, but believe in God, believe also in Me. I go to
prepare a place for you. A place where you can come if you come to the foot of the cross
today. And heaven is going to be a place where there's no more sorrow, there's no more tears,
there's no more, there's no more pain, there's no more struggle. I know we live in a crazy
world today, I know we live in a place of, of uncertainty. Maybe you're not so certain,
maybe you're not so certain in your mom, maybe you're not so certain in your dad, maybe you're
not so certain in anything around you, your job. I don't know, maybe you're not so certain
in school. I don't know where you are in life today, friend, but let me tell you this, that
there's a place where you can go when you leave this earth. That there will be no more
sorrow, there will be no more of anything that you guys are going through today. There's
going to be a place that's going to wipe all that place away. I know a lot of people have
their, you may have your concept or your perception on what heaven really is, but heaven is a
place where, where, where literally, right now, angels and, and different people that
have gone on before us, and that have died, maybe it's your grandmother, maybe it's your
dad, maybe it's your mom, maybe it's your brother, maybe it's your sister, that have
given their life to Jesus Christ years ago, are today, but that have passed on. They're
in a place called heaven where there's nothing going on right now but just praising and worshiping
God their Creator. The heaven of the universe, there's angels, that's all heaven is is just
one big praise and worship service. Heaven is described as a place that's going to be
with pearly gates. There's going to be streets of gold. I know a lot of you guys today, you
guys are, or maybe some of your families are struggling, or maybe you say "You know what,
I'm going to grow up one day and I want to own a mansion on a hill, I want to drive the
best car, I want to go to the finest schools, and I want to accomplish this and that." Or
maybe you're working so hard to get a diamond ring or, you know, a gold bracelet around
- but we're going to walk on the streets of gold, and the Bible said that we're going
to be clothed in white robes, and we're going to have gold slippers on our feet and we're
going to have a crown, we're going to be crowned one day to the faithful. So let me tell you
heaven is a place that you can't afford not to go. You can't afford not to go to heaven,
you guys need to go to heaven, you guys need to make up your minds and say "You know what,
I'm going to give my life to Jesus today." I know everything can seem so uncertain, and
you guys may say, "You know what, how do you know that heaven is a certain place? I live
in such a world of uncertainty, how do you know that heaven is a certain place?" Because
if heaven wasn't a certain place, everything that I'm telling you guys today is just a
lie. But you know what, even if everything that I am telling you guys is a lie, let me
tell you, there's life after death. You guys are gonna, you guys are gonna go to one place
when you guys die, it's either heaven or it's hell. It's like when you do something wrong
on this earth, you guys either go to heaven, I mean, you guys either go to jail, or guys
are out of jail. You guys have a choice, though, what are you guys, who are you guys going
to serve today? You guys have a choice to make that decision to either go to heaven
or go to hell. I mean, He gave us a description of heaven, what heaven's going to be like,
friend. And that's a description of just what I told you guys. So once you guys open up
your heart today, and if you guys were to leave the building or leave the place where
you guys were right now, and die, do you guys really know if you guys are going to go to
heaven or not? Or are you guys going to go to that other place? I know that you guys
say "You know what, I don't know, I don't know about this God thing." You guys can't
afford not to know about it. So open up your heart today and really, really see the picture,
really hear what I'm telling you guys today, because you know what, friend? When you die
you are going to stand before Jesus. He said it's appointed unto men, in Hebrews 9:27,
He said it's appointed unto men once to die, and after that the judgment. So you guys have
a place, you guys, you guys are going to stand before the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords
when you die. You guys are one heartbeat away from eternity. If your heart was to stop right
now, friend, you guys will stand before God. You say, "My body will fall here" but you
guys have a soul and spirit, how do you know you have a soul and spirit? When you go to
sleep at night, what wakes you up in the morning? It's called your soul, it's called your spirit.
That's how you, that's how there's, that's how, that's why I'm telling you, friend, that
you really need to give your heart to Jesus, so you guys can go to that place today called
heaven. And that's the best way I can explain it to you, friend. Thank you.