Three Things Must Occur

There are some things that if we neglect them it will not hurt.  There are some things that if we neglect them we will pay for it.  If we don't eat we will die.  If we don't drink water we will die.  We must protect ourselves as we drive or walk because we could be killed.  We must protect ourselves from storms and tornadoes or we could be destroyed.

There are three things that must be done to protect us in eternity.  John 3:14 say, "...even so much the Son of man be lifted up."  Jesus was nailed to a cross which was lifted up on a hill near Jerusalem.  He did this for all of humanity.  Without his suffering for our sins, his death and his resurrection all of humanity would perish in hell.  But Jesus must be lifted upon a cruel cross.  And because of that we can escape hell.

The second must is found in John 4:4 which says, "And he must needs go through Samaria."  Samaria was a city of people who were not Jews.  It was near a main highway.  Jesus led a woman to be saved at a well on the highway.  She took Jesus and his group into Samaria where Jesus preached to the city.  Many of the people were saved.  Jesus must be preached to all of the world (John 3:16).  He alone is the way of Salvation from sin and hell, to heaven.  Who do you know that you could witness to?

The third must is in John 3:7 when Jesus said to Nicodemus, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again."  The new birth is an actual change in our spirits when we repent of our sins and believe in Jesus to save us.  It is a new birth.  It literally must occur in us or we are forever lost.  But since we have believed in Jesus we miss hell and all of us are on our way to heaven.  Praise the Lord!