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  1. superkitty1
    25 February 2013 @ 7:53 am

    This was one of my grandmother’s favorite songs that she sang to me when I was little so it has a special place in my heart. Most people will tell you that they at least hope to go to heaven when they die. They think if they somehow are magically “good enough” they will arrive there. They have no clue as to God’s plan of salvation or judgment and avoid any mention of it. They also believe it does not matter what your religion is – they all have good in them and each going by his own path will eventually arrive at the same destination. In their estimation, heaven has only to do with them and God has nothing to say about it (if they even believe in God at all).

    One of my favorite hymns is not really about heaven per se. It is about Jesus’ coming from heaven for the first and second tiome. It is called “One Day”.

    • rcottrill
      25 February 2013 @ 8:12 am

      Thanks for your note, and I agree with what you’re saying. Just as so many are prone to create a “God” of their own liking, so they imagine a heaven that appeals to them. But if we believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God (and I do) this kind of human invention will not fly. The Lord Jesus declared, “No one comes to the Father except through Me” (Jn. 14:6). And the apostles preached that His is the only name by which we can find salvation (Acts 4:12). All roads may have led to Rome, as the old saying goes, but not all roads lead to heaven.

      I too love Dr. Chapman’s hymn One Day. We sing it in our church, and may well do so this Easter time, because of how clearly it teaches the meaning of Christ’s coming and what followed. If you want to check out what I’ve posted on the hymn, you can do so here. God bless.