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The way to heaven is simple, yet narrow,
and most won’t be going there, according
to what Jesus said (Matthew 7:14). Even
a whole lot of good, nice, religious
people will miss eternal life—even
though they think that they are good
Christian people. See the parable of the
ten virgins with lamps, for example
(Matthew 25), or read when Jesus told
about the many people who did good and
wonderful works and called Jesus
“Lord,” yet ended up eternally lost
(Matthew 7:21-23).
There is only one way to heaven, and that
is through Jesus Christ (John 14:6). That
is pretty specific. That is a good thing for
those who are sincerely seeking the way
to God. That is bad news for those who
do not like the way of Jesus. That is bad
news for those who are depending upon
their good works or their church
attendance. That is bad news for those
who believe that being a member of a
specific church will get them to heaven.
Like Naaman (2 Kings 5), our pride
causes us to want to do great things in
order to please God and earn our own
salvation. If we had to donate a lot of
money, visit Jerusalem, attend church
every week, pray an hour a day, read the
Bible through every year, wear certain
clothing, visit the sick, donate a kidney,
give up certain habits, paint our
neighbor’s house, or anything else like
that, most of us might work hard in order
to be sure that we would meet the divine
requirements. However, all Naaman was
told was to go wash in the Jordan River
and he would be clean. He did not like
that. He would have done great things.
He would have donated much money. He
would have visited the best rivers in the
world. Instead, God wanted him to go
wash in a little muddy river in Israel.
Thanks to the urging of his servants,
Naaman swallowed his pride, washed
himself in the Jordan River, and was
cleansed of his leprosy.
What about you? All God requires of us
for salvation, for eternal life, is to wash
ourselves in the blood of the Lamb. He
tells us only to look to Jesus, to believe in
Him, and live.
And as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of man be lifted up:
that
whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have eternal life
(John 3:14-
15). Does that offend you as it offended
Naaman? Would you not rather do great
things? Would you not be more pleased if
God required church membership and
attendance? Wouldn’t it help your pride
if God required you to wear certain
clothing and follow a list of manmade
rules? Wouldn’t you rather make it to
heaven because of how much good you
think you have done and of how religious
you think you are?
Yet all God requires of us to be born
again is to repent—to turn from our ways
and look to Jesus for salvation. Will you
not seek Him? We must give up our ways
and our thoughts. They are wicked to
God (Isaiah 55:6-7). He has told us how
things are, and He did not ask our opinion
on the matter. We are sinful people with
Continued, inside back cover
Let Go
By Paul Miller