Earthly stuff don't matter. Like being popular, expensive brand name clothes, makeup, or even grades. That's not saying you have to be dumb and live on the streets. I mean, wear decent clothes and earn good grades and HAVE friends. But that shouldn't be what's your life's about, or what you're worried about, or what you always think about. Which is hard. I find myself always thinking about wordly matters. But really, even though all these stuff might make you popular, famous, or well liked, it's not going to matter when you die. All these stuff will get thrown away, not be "in" anymore, stolen, lost, or rot. But God's love never rots or is lost or stolen. It is you that might walk away from God. In heaven, you are not going to carry your fifty dollar Pink leggings with you. In fact, if that's what you think about all day, and do, you're probably not even going to go to heaven. And if you're not Christian and truly believe God saved you and truly believe in Him, you WON'T go to heaven. You'll go to hell. Tough. But it's true. And your clothes and money won't matter then. No, you'll be in eternal pain, heat, fire, and darkness. You'll be so hot, but you won't die and there's no water. The fire never stops. And worm will be going through you and eating you. You won't be thinking or doing much except wanting a break, wanting it to be over, and ... screaming. Hell is not a lovely place. I'm not going to juice it all up and say, "Oh, there's some fire, and horned devils with pitchforks." You might be living a luxurious non-Christian life, but when you die, you won't. You might be Christian, but suffering because many people hate you for being Christian, but in the end, YOU get to go to heaven for eternity while THEY will go to hell. Heaven is a WONDERFUL place. There is gold, and gates there made of pearl.
You might be thinking, "Well how do you know? Are you dead? Have you been there before?" No, I'm not dead and I haven't been there before, but there is the Bible for proof, and if that isn't good enough for you, there are books about people traveling through hell and heaven and the middle place.
So do you want luxury now and pain forever later? Or do you want pain now and paradise forever?
Just because you're rich doesn't mean you'll go to hell. Just because you're poor doesn't mean you'll go to heaven.
You cannot save yourself. It's salvation, believing in God, living your life as a true Christian would, and the death of Jesus (which he rose three days later), that saves you.
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