Throughout time and the world, many feel that there’s more to life than meets the eye. They are right!
There is a God and a Heaven where He dwells. That place can also be a home for anyone who enters His way.
That “way” is questioned and doubted by many. What “way” is right many wonder?
Without reading or following the only preserved roadmap (the Bible) God has given and preserved for mankind, many man-made avenues are created that many hope will get them to that eternal home.
Religions have cropped up all over the world, but their way to God’s Heaven is often not His way. However, they usually have one thing in common. That way is that mankind tries to please God by doing good works or religious tasks. They believe that if their good works outweigh their bad deeds, the Lord will be obligated to let them enter His Heaven.
However, as sincere as those believers are, there is only one way to enter into God’s abode. It is His way!
There is no good deed or any amount of good works that will get anyone higher than the coffin lid. Nothing one can do (except being saved) can get them a heavenly passage, as Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross has paid for their sin-debt.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;” Titus 3:5
God’s only way to Heaven is by being born-again.
“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3
“Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.“John 3:7
Being “born again” is a spiritual birth. We cannot birth ourselves, especially by good works. One’s spiritual birth can only be done by God.
“Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” John 3:5
“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” I Peter 1:23
“Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:13
“Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.” James 1:18
If one is truly born again, there will be a new life! One certainly will not be perfect, as one still has the natural, sin-prone body given them at birth. There will, however, be changes in one’s behavior and thinking.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” II Corinthians 5:17
“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.” Galatians 6:15
Have you been born again?
“One can’t do what is already done. Jesus paid for your sins; you can’t!” — Brinkworth
