Do You Have Enough G.A.S. To Get To Heaven?

By John Dallas McCarter

You may know Jesus, but more importantly, does Jesus know you?

Have you ever wondered if your relationship with Jesus is what it should be? Have you ever questioned your salvation and whether or not you can be sure you're going to Heaven when you die?

“Do You Have Enough G.A.S. To Get To Heaven?” will help you understand where you are in your relationship with God and Jesus and will help you deepen that relationship to insure your place in Heaven. God has expectations of how we should live our lives and this book give examples, taken directly from the Bible, of what God expects. These are not good works that we can do to earn our way into Heaven; they are more of a barometer of how we are living our lives in response to the faith and trust we have placed in God and Jesus. This can make all the difference in where we spend eternity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Dallas McCarter
• Release date: Dec 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301647286

John Dallas McCarter

"I had gone to a church service with some friends and when one of them went forward at the altar call, I did too. I repeated a sinner's prayer, hugged my friend and went home. For six months I never opened a Bible, never went to church and didn't even pray. I didn't do the things I should have been doing and did lots of things I shouldn't have done. But I thought I was "saved". I am so thankful my life didn't end during that time." Now, for more than twenty-five years, John Dallas McCarter has served Jesus Christ in small groups, both as a member and leader; in various local and national ministries; as a church deacon/trustee; and is currently studying to become a pastor. With “Do You Have Enough G.A.S. To Get To Heaven?” John is following God’s call to tell Christians throughout the world that salvation takes more than just repeating a few words at an altar; it takes a change of heart and it takes becoming a new creation.

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Do You Have Enough

G.A.S.

To Get To Heaven?

A Road Map

For Those Who Don’t Know They’re Lost

John Dallas McCarter

Copyright 2012 John Dallas McCarter

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

PART 1 OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH, AND OUR ATTITUDES TOWARDS,

GOD AND JESUS

Love God and Jesus

Put God and Jesus First

Prayer

Study Your Bible

Repentance and Forgiveness

Give Them Praise

Give Them Thanks

Faith

Obedience

Find a Church That’s Right for You, And Go!

Respect for God and His House

Volunteering and Service

Tithes and Offerings

PART 2 OUR PERSONAL LIVES AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS

Love, Relationships and the Golden Rule

Forgiveness

Witnessing

Ministry to Others

Live Honestly

Your Body is a Temple

Sexual Immorality, Adultery and Abortion

Divorce

CONCLUSION

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

DEDICATION

and

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This book is dedicated to God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. It was their idea, and without their inspiration and direction, this book would not have been written.

INTRODUCTION

Some of the most frightening words in the Bible are when Jesus says in Matthew 7:21-23, Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers.

Imagine living your life thinking you’re going to Heaven, but when you die, finding out you’ll be spending eternity in hell. I believe Jesus is telling us that if we want to enter into His kingdom, we can’t be Christians just on the surface, with some of our actions and words; we must make Him Lord of our lives down to the very core of our being, in all that we say and do.

Salvation is much more than just believing in Jesus with our minds; it has to go so much deeper. As Christians, we’ve all said the words Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior, and professed them to be true many times in our lives. But do we really mean it? We believe Jesus is our Savior but have we made Him our Lord? And if he is not the