Good Morning Friends,
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the
gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through
it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a
few find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14)
It is easy to go to hell. The road to hell is
the path of least resistance. You don’t have to do anything to go to hell. It
is the most natural thing in the world.
The road to heaven, on the other hand, requires
a deliberate and difficult choice. The road to heaven starts with repentance, a
change of direction that must be made intentionally. I believe it was C.S.
Lewis who says of repentance, “It is not to be viewed as a hurdle that God
requires a person to jump over in order to be acceptable to Him. Rather, it is
simply a description of the way back to God.” It is an about-face, a
turn-around, from walking selfishly as our own heart dictates, to loving God
and walking under His control.
A person can’t just stumble into heaven. Somewhere
along the line a decision point is required. It is so radical that Jesus could
accurately refer to it as a new birth. It is so complete that Paul called those
who come through that point a new creation.
The majority of Americans are convinced they
are Christians, bound for heaven -- aren’t all Americans. It is probably the
greatest deception the devil has ever conceived. If you have never come to that
point of crisis where you said “yes” to the urging of Jesus to follow Him, drop
me a note, I’d love to share more with you.
His, by Grace, Steve
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