Count the cost - You will pay the price either way!

It will cost you to get into the Kingdom of Heaven. Following Jesus Christ means that you deny yourself, you deny yourself the pleasures of this world and you follow Jesus Christ at ALL COST. Dear friend, you must count the cost because you cannot be a friend of the world and a friend of God. You cannot love the things of the world and love God. You will have to forfeit the pleasures of this world, the pleasures of sin. You will have to forfeit being successful in this world, reaching the top in this world. You cannot reach the top in this world and be pleasing to God. You cannot be popular and acceptable to people and be pleasing to Jesus. Jesus said: You will be HATED by all men, you need to make your choice friend, if you want to follow Jesus Christ, you must DENY yourself , pick up your cross and follow Jesus Christ.
The wages of sin is death, if we continue in sin, we will die. But if we want to follow Jesus Christ we must deny ourselves all these pleasures of the world. There is a prize for overcomers, for those who endure with Jesus Christ, who truly love Him, who follow Him, who have denied themselves the pleasures of this world. Only those who overcome will win that prize. Do not think that you can have the pleasures of the world, the riches of this world, the pleasures of sin AND enter the Kingdom of Heaven. There is no such thing, you will have to choose. Either you love Jesus and you deny yourself or you will enjoy the pleasures of this world. You might get to the top, you might won the whole world become very popular but you will forfeit your SOUL. There is only one Way friend, you need to consider the cost, the cost of either obeying Jesus, being rejected by this world, having eternal life or having your fun now and spending eternity away from Jesus in the terrors of hell. The choice is ours, but we need to make the choice right now. We must either follow Jesus with all our heart or be prepared for the horrors for eternity away from the face of the Loving God.
May Jesus bless you.