If you were to die today would go to heaven and be with the Lord forever? Do you know for certain, without a doubt? Jesus says, “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33). Our number one priority in this life must be to go to heaven. Nothing is as important as this. We simply cannot afford to miss Heaven.
The Lord tells us in Matthew 7:13-14 that only few people will go to Heaven, but the vast majority will be eternally lost in the burning fires of Hell. This is not a pleasant thought. But all of us will make the choice as to where we will spend eternity. The only way, to even grasp how long eternity will be, is to think that after we have been in Heaven or Hell a billion years, eternity will have just begun.
Our soul is the most precious thing we possess. “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul” (Matthew 16:26). Our soul is worth more than the entire world put together. If we lose our soul in Hell, we lose it all.
Jesus wants us to pay attention to what He is trying to tell us. He says in Matthew 13:41-43, “The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.” Our Lord is trying to warn us if we will only listen. He has already paid the awful price for our salvation and He doesn’t want to see it wasted.
For a child of God, sin in our life will keep us out of Heaven. Because of unrepented sins, our name will be taken out of God’s Book of Life. Revelation 22:19 says, “and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.” Has your name been taken out of God’s Book of Life? If it has then this is a very serious matter. Revelation 20:15, “And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” God wants to forgive us. As a Christian, how do we get our name put back into the Book of Life? “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Jesus has promised “Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life” (Revelation 2:10).
If you are not a Christian, how do you get your name into God’s Book of Life, so you can be saved and go to Heaven?  Our Lord says in Luke 13:3, “I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Jesus also says, “Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32).  Our Lord then tells us, “He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned” (Mark 16:16).  If a person misses Heaven, he will only have himself to blame.