Let us
go back to the Bible. As God tells us in I Peter 4:11, "If
anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God." In
other words, we are to speak where the Bible speaks and be silent
where the Bible is silent. We must call Bible things by Bible
names and do Bible things in Bible ways. We will not be wrong
in doing this. To do this we must get rid of all the manuals,
creeds, disciplines, and confessions that men have written and
follow only what we can read in the Bible, because the Bible
is our only guidebook to heaven.
We must dust our Bibles off and start studying them for ourselves.
We must stop taking someone else’s word for what it says
and find out for ourselves what God is trying to tell us, if
we will only listen to God. This is very important, for God
says in Hosea 4:6, "My people are destroyed for a lack
of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I also will
reject you." It is a very serious matter to be rejected
of God because we did not care enough about what God is saying
to us in His Word to read and study it for ourselves. When
we don't know God's will, false doctrines will arise. Instead,
we have taken someone else's word over God's Word. This is
the reason we have so many different kinds of churches today.
It is not good enough to be religious, but we must be right
religiously. Everything we do must be according to God's word
in the Bible. We will not make it to heaven by following guidebooks
which men have written. Please don't think less of me for trying
to point you to what the scriptures say concerning our salvation.
As the apostle Paul says in Galatians 4:16, "Have I therefore
become your enemy because I tell you the truth?" I am
only wishing the best for you.
In closing, we ask the question again. Are You Really Sure
Of Your Eternal Salvation? If you have seen from the scriptures
that have been pointed out in this course or from your further
study of the Bible that you have not done all the will of God
and only the will of God, so that you can go to heaven, then
please make those changes now so that your salvation can be
assured. We are told in Amos 4:12, "Prepare to meet your
God." On the Day of Judgment we will be either prepared
or unprepared. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.
What are your plans for eternity? Are you going to be spending
eternity in Heaven or in Hell. The choice is yours. Remember
that only few will go to Heaven but the majority will go to
Hell. This great responsibility rests upon each of us.
If you are not prepared to go to heaven, then make things
right now. Don’t put it off. Satan wants you to put it
off. Satan works on all of us all of the time. He does not
want us to change for the better. He wants our company in Hell.
He will do anything and everything to get us there. Do not
allow anyone to explain away what you can read in the Bible
that God wants you to do. We must take God seriously, because
God is serious in what he is telling us in his word. Ecclesiastes
12:13 (KJV) sums up everything quite well when it says: "Let
us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep
His commandments for this is the whole duty of man."
I have tried to be open and honest with you. If you have any
questions concerning the things discussed in this course or
any other Bible questions please email the Pritchett
Church of Christ.
I would also like your input as to what you think of this course.
If you were to die today, do you know for sure, without a
doubt, that you would go to heaven? We do not know the day
nor the hour of our death. It can come unexpectedly and without
warning. It can come before we are ready. Are you ready for
that day to come. Remember most people will not go to heaven,
Matthew 7:13-14. Do you believe in God and Christ? I am sure
you do. Are you willing to repent of your sins and confess
that you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God? Will
you be baptized (immersed) for the remission of your sins so
you can be saved? Then the Lord will add you to His church,
the church of Christ, where we can worship Him faithfully until
death when we will receive the crown of life in heaven.