YEAH .. . I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN ... I WANT TO GO WHERE ALL MY BUDDIES ARE!

CHURCHES ONLY USE THAT GARBAGE FOR SCARE TACTICS.

NUTS! ..• WE CAME FROM MONKEYS. IN FACT, WE STARTED OUT OF THE OCEAN AS A BLOB OF GOO! SO ACTUALLY THE OCEAN IS OUR MOTHER.

YEAH ... HEAVEN AND HELL ARE HERE ON EARTH .. . AND I'M GOING

THROUGH HELL WITH MY OLD LADY! . . .

LOOK AT THIS LOUSY PEANUT BUTTER SAND­WICH! GJ.'l'ltt}! SHEKNOWS I HATE PEANUT BUTTER!

THEY KEEP YELLING THIS JESUS GARBAGE/ THOSE IDIOTS SAY, 'HEY MAN! .. .THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN ...

IS THROUGH MY CHURCH OR MY DENOMINATION ." ... WHI\T A CROCK!

BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT BUDDHISTS, MOSLEMS AND PEOPLE WHO NEVER

HEARD ABOUT THIS JESUS F.

THEY'VE GOT SO MANY TRANSLA­TIONS OF THE BIBLE, THAT NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.--

AND IT'S FILLED WITH

I'M NOT CONTRADICTIONS. GOING TO WASTE MY TIME OVER IT/

BABY .. . YOU PASS THROUGH THIS LIFE ONLY ONCE! .. . AND THAT'S

IT! .. GOT IT?

. . .WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, CHARLIE CONNERS.

CHARLIE .. . 1\RE YOU OKAY? . .. CALL AN AMBULANCE!

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OH MY GOD ... HE'S DEAD! WHAT DO WE TELL HIS WIFE?

OOOHP ARE THEY REALLY? LET'S SEE •••

IS THERE ANY WAY I COULD GO BACK AND WARN MY BUDDIES ABOUT THIS LOUSY PLACE?

AN 'T STAND IT . . . AM I GONNA BE ALONE ll THIS FOREVER?

MY OLD GRANDMOTHER SAl D THE LOST WILL BE CAST INTO THE L/\KE OF FIRE ••• WHEN DOES THAT HAPPEN?

AFTER JESUS RETURNS TO THE PLANET EARTH AND *REIGNS FOR 1000 YEARS ... THEN YOU AND THE OTHERS **WHO DIED IN THEIR SINS WILL BE JUDGED.

BY ACCEPTING HIM AS SAVIOR AND LORD AND BELIEVING l-IE DIED FOR YOU ...

LOOK. EIIERYONE SAID THAT THERE WERE PLENTY OF WAYS TO HEAVEN . . . LOOK AT ALL THE RELIGIONS .. .

THERE'S BUDDHA, CONFUCIUS AND MOHAMMED ... THEY'RE THE SAME AS JESUS!

THEIR BODIES ARE STILL IN THEIR GRAVES .. .THEY WERE ONLY MEN! JESUS' TOMB IS EMPTY! HE AROSE

FROM THE DEAD BECAUSE *HE IS .JEHOVAH,

THE **CREATOR

OF THE UNIVERSE.

. . .THERE IS

THE BIBLE SAYS, *"THERE IS NONE

RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE: ...

NONE THAT ... SEEKETH AFTER GOD." LIKE YOURSELF CHARLIE .. .THEY TRIED EVERY WAY BUT JESUS.

THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOUR JUDGEMENT . . . *GOD ALMIGHTY IS ON THE GREAT WHITE THRONE . . . CHARLIE, YOU KNOW HIM AS **JESUS CHRIST.

CHARLIE CONNERS ... I LOVED YOU SO MUCH THAT I LEFT THE GLORY OF HEAVEN AND WENTTO EARTH TO BE * BEATEN . .. FOR YOU .. JO BE SPIT UPON AND CURSED ... FOR YOU .. . AND EXECUTED FOR YOU. WHAT MORE COULD I HAVE DONE?

IT BREAKS MY HEART TO DO THIS, CHARLIE .•• WE TRIED EVER'< POSSIBLE WAY TO REACH YOU DURING YOUR LIFE. *I WANTED SO TO BE YOUR SAVIOR SO YOU COULD REIGN WITH ME IN GLORY ... BUT "''Yf!!! WOULDN'T ALLOW IT.

YOU THOUGHT MORE. OF YOUR BUDDIES AND WHAT THEV SAID ... THAN ME. WHERE ARE YOUR BUDDIES NOW? NO ONE CAN HELP 'YOU ... 'YOU DIED IN YOUR SINS.

CHARLIE'S LIFE IS tPLAYED BACK ... EVEN HIS HHOUGHTS ARE BROUGHT OUT. HE IS WITHOUT EXCUSE.

*2 Peter 3:9 • • Jer. 8:6

YOU IGNORED GOD'S LOVE *GIFT. 50 NOW I MUST BE YOUR .. JUDGE! ... tOEPART FROM ME YE CURSED INTO EVERLASTING FIRE PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.

... It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judge­ment.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotcen Son (GOD. THE SON). that whosoever (THAT'S YOU) believeth (TRUSTS IN OR CU NGS TO) in him (JESUS I should not perish (GO INTO THE LAKE OF FIREJ, but have ever­lasting life (IN HEAVE N). John 3.16

BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT SAY .. • THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO READ THIS STORY WILL END UP LIKE CHARLIE CONNERS.

FRIENDS ARE FICKLE ... BUT JESUS WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.

see Heb. 13:5

THIS MAY BE YOUR *LAST CHANCE TO RECEIVE HIM AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR.

*Prov. 27: 1, II Cor. 6:2

GOD LOVES YOU AND WANTS YOU TO EXPERIENCE PEACE AND ETERNITY IN HEAVEN~~:

WHAT YOU MUST DO: 1. Admit your need (I am a sinner). 2. Be willing to turn from sin (repent). 3. Believe that Jesus Christ died for you (on

the Cross) and rose from the dead. 4 . Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come

in and control your life. (Receive Him as Savior and Lord.)

WHAT TO PRAY: DEAR FATHER. I KNOW THAT I AM A SINNER AND NEED FORGIVENESS. I BELI EVE THAT CHRIST

~~p ~~~~~~T~ ~E~u1~~~~T ~~ ~~~{~~~ MY HEART AND LI FE AS MY PERSONAl SAVIOR.

· 1 AM WI LLING, BY GOD'SGRACE TO FOllOW AND OBEY CHRIST AS THE LORD O F MY LIFE.

DID YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST YES NO AS YOUR OWN PERSONAL DO SAVIOR? dote

IF YOUR ANSWER . WAS YES, THEN THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A WONDERFUL NEW LIFE WITH CHRIST. NOW:

1. Read your Bible every day to get to know Christ better.

2. Talk to God in prayer every d ay. 3. Tel!' others about Christ: 4. Be baptized, worship, fellowship, a nd

5.

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