By Kingsley Baehr
On July 28, 1868, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was proclaimed. It defined U. S. citizenship. A copy of it appears below in small print. As you begin to try to read the legal language in it, if you are like me,
you will quickly become discouraged and most likely give up before you reach the end.
Instructions about how to become a citizen of heaven are much easier, and much less restrictive. They are found in the Bible, the final Word from the King of Heaven.
“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” – Philippians 3:20
So we see that citizens of heaven have been saved by the Lord Jesus Christ.
“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners...” – 1 Timothy 1:15
“The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.” – Romans 6:23
“If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9
“The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.” – Romans 6:23
“If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9
To be a citizen of heaven, then, you must:
1) Confess to God that you are a sinner.
2) Believe in your heart that citizenship in heaven is a gift from God.
3) Accept the fact that Jesus died for you, was raised from the dead, and must be your Lord.
No restrictions! ~ Open to everyone! ~ A free gift!
A citizen of heaven for all eternity! ~ What could be better!?
1) Confess to God that you are a sinner.
2) Believe in your heart that citizenship in heaven is a gift from God.
3) Accept the fact that Jesus died for you, was raised from the dead, and must be your Lord.
No restrictions! ~ Open to everyone! ~ A free gift!
A citizen of heaven for all eternity! ~ What could be better!?
Are you a citizen of heaven?
Amendment XIV
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.