Who is going to heaven? 

We like quick easy answers, even for our big questions.  In the list of big questions, this is the biggest.  I need to resist the urge to give you a short answer that does not properly represent God’s revelation.  The whole Bible is written to teach us how we can be saved from our sins and restored to our Creator.  Any brief answer will leave out significant information and fail to do justice to God’s revelation.

In this little space, I want to suggest two things that I believe are valuable for one seriously considering the question:  Who will be saved?  First, read the word of God.  Study the word of God.  Seek to know the mind and will of God.  Do not look for short-cuts and short answers that allow you to pay some dues and move on with your life.  Do not take anybody’s quick and easy answer so that you no longer need to worry about your relationship with God.  Do not seek a formula or ritual that will solve all your spiritual problems.  See God and understand His way by seriously studying His word.

Secondly, I will answer a question that is related to the one we are considering:  Who will NOT be saved?  I am confident as I take you to the words of Jesus for at least a partial answer to this question.  “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” (Matthew 7:21).  This passage warns us against being presumptuously confident about our salvation.  This passage emphasizes the need to know the will of the Father.

God wants YOU to be saved.  He CAN save you.  Pay attention to HIM.

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