By
Pastor Perry F. Rockwood
Did
you ever think about it? Which way are you going? Everyone is going
somewhere, so which way are you going? You either go to Heaven or Hell
at the end of life and when it comes right down to it no one wants to go
to Hell. So the most important question we face in life is how do we get
to Heaven?
1. SOME THINK YOU GET THERE BY
REFORMING
"I'm
going to turn over a new leaf in my life." "I'll try harder to
do good." Man in himself thinks salvation is earned. So man is
attempting to do good, reform and improve his life to please God.
The Bible answers:
"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses
are as filthy rags."
Isaiah 64:6
So you can't reform to get to Heaven.
2. SOME THINK YOU GET THERE BY
GOOD WORKS.
"If
I can do some good certainly God will not send me to Hell!" Many
people are trying so hard to work their way to Heaven by what they have
done and they think Heaven is reached by their church membership,
communion, baptism, or by some religious activity they can perform.
The Bible answers:
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us..."
Titus 3:5
"For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast."
Ephesians 2:8, 9
So Heaven is not reached by our performance or some
religious activity we produce.
3. SOME THINK THEY ARE ALL
RIGHT.
"I've
done nothing to deserve Hell. I'm basically a good person." These
folks have tried to live a good life and because of this they feel they
deserve Heaven.
The Bible answers:
"...there is none righteous, no, not one."
Romans 3:10
"For
all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."
Romans 3:23
So all deserve Hell because all have sinned.
HOW THEN DOES ONE GET TO HEAVEN?
If
reforming, good works, and a good life will not get you to Heaven, WHAT
WILL?
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
John 14:6
"For
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Romans 10:13
You
need wait no longer. "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now
is the day of salvation."
2 Corinthians 6:2
"You
need not wait until you are a better person, because Jesus said: "I
came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Mark 2:17
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