Scripture: Romans 10: 2-4
2 I know what enthusiasm they have for the honor of God, but it is misdirected zeal. 3 For they don’t understand that Christ has died to make them right with God. Instead they are trying to make themselves good enough to gain God’s favor by keeping the Jewish laws and customs, but that is not God’s way of salvation. 4 They don’t understand that Christ gives to those who trust in him everything they are trying to get by keeping his laws. He ends all of that.
Scripture Commentary: You, by yourself, will never be good enough to get into heaven.
I am a good person, I try to live right so I know I am going to heaven. You will be surprised how many people think this way. I was one of them. These thoughts are misdirected.
You will not get into the kingdom merely by being a good person. Some people think it’s a complicated process, but it’s not. Believe in your heart and say with your mouth that Jesus died for your sins and rose from the dead on the third day.
Jesus is the way to heaven.
Jesus ascended into heaven and sits on the right hand of God, the Father. You are saved when you ask for forgiveness of your sins. This is how you go to heaven.
Read chapter 10 of the Book of Romans. Paul tells us how to be saved. We aren’t to live by customs or traditions. We are to live by faith in Jesus Christ, not in ourselves.
Salvation is God’s gift to us.
There is no human effort, no matter how sincere, that can ever substitute for the righteousness God offers us by faith. We cannot earn salvation – we cannot be perfect.
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