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This is a short post, and not one I like writing, but I’m afraid it’s true. You may or may not agree with me. Here is a song about it. I want it to be “Yes” for everyone, and according to the Bible, God does too!!!

2 Peter 3: The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (full chapter)

I sometimes wonder if I am elect (bound for Heaven), but I don’t want to doubt, and I don’t want you to doubt (if your desire is to follow Jesus).

If your desire is not to follow Him, then I love you and pray for you, but I simply don’t know how you can receive the gift of eternity in Heaven without receiving the free gift of salvation that I am asserting comes only from faith that only Jesus died to bestow that gift.

Here is the song, and please remember, I am NOT judging you; I am just relaying part of what the scriptures say, which is that, at the end of the world, all people will either have chosen Heaven or Hell.

I don’t like that the singer/songwriter Crystal Lewis leaves some people out in the below song, but her purpose should be to tell people that if they reject Jesus, who created us, died for us, and is preparing Heaven for us (the Father is doing most of that), they will not see Heaven, so while I don’t like her exclusivity, there is a method to it, it is tough love, I’d say.

I’m not apologizing for God’s Word by any means, but I want to clarify her words for your benefit:

Those who do not know
They will hear “Depart, I knew you not”

You can know Him if you want:

John 6:37: All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

I guess this one is not so short after all…

… As I was preparing to post this one, my wife told me it was time to put away the clean laundry she’d done for me, and as I’m trying to be compliant, I immediately put my computer down to do that task…

And during that time, I realized I have a love/hate relationship with this song… I don’t hate that salvation is a yes or no, flat out decision, but I feel that if someone heard this song and didn’t know about Jesus’ love for them, they might throw in the towel, thinking that they might as well jump.

I don’t want anyone to feel that way and neither does Jesus. The day of salvation is today. Tomorrow may not come, but if you’ve rejected Christ, if you’ve done unimaginable wrong, know, that you can cry out to God RIGHT NOW, and He WILL hear you. Not because I say so, but because HE does:

Matthew 11:28-30: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Revelation 3:20: Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

Romans 10:9-10: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.

People Get Ready, Jesus is Comin’

Lord I’m ready now
I’m waiting for Your triumphant return
You’re coming so soon
This world has nothing for me
I find my peace and joy solely in You
Only in You
I want the world to see that
You’re alive and living well in me
Let me be a part of the harvest
For the days are few
He’s coming soon

People get ready, Jesus is comin’
Soon well be going home
People get ready Jesus is coming
To take from the world His own

There will be a day
When we will be divided right and left
For those who know Him
And those who do not know
Those who know Him well
Will meet Him in the air
Hallelujah
God is with us
Those who do not know
They will hear “Depart, I knew you not”
For my friends you see
There will be a day when well be counted
So know Him well, know Him well

People get ready, Jesus is comin’
Soon well be going home
People get ready, Jesus is coming
To take from the world His own
People get ready, Jesus is comin’
Soon well be going home
People get ready, Jesus is coming
To take from the world His own

Source: LyricFind

So, I think the writer is trying to be unequivocal, offering an A or B decision, and I think that is valid, but if you think you don’t know Him, and you want to know Him, He WANTS to know you too.

John 3:16: “For this is how God loved the world: He gave^[a] his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

AI Overview:

“People get ready… Jesus is coming” lyrics essentially mean that everyone should prepare themselves spiritually because Jesus is soon to return, signifying a call to live righteously and be ready for the day of judgment or salvation, often drawing inspiration from the biblical concept of the “second coming.”

This is my thesis; acceptance is optional…

(and Jesus is not necessarily a white man)