You
can’t get to heaven by being a good person, or because your prayed a prayer, or
because you were baptized or because you attend church. While these are all good things, none
of them can save you. It is God, not people,
who provides the requirements for entering into heaven and we don’t get to tell
Him what should be included in those requirements.
When
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and
the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me”, He wasn’t being
prideful. He was being truthful. The
book of Hebrews explains that Jesus fulfilled every one of God’s requirements
for a Savior. No other religious leader comes
close to meeting God's requirements.
God
kept the way to heaven very exclusive. Eternal life is made possible
only through Jesus Christ. Entrance into heaven is very exclusive but at the
same time it is very inclusive. Anyone
anywhere can be saved. His word says,
If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9
To receive God’s free gift of
salvation, we must look to Jesus and Jesus alone. We must trust in Jesus’ death
on the cross as our payment for sin and in His resurrection.
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