Heaven doesn’t have a point system
Many think of heaven as something we can earn. Can we earn heaven? No, the very grace or unmerited, undeserved favor of God lets us know that we can do nothing to deserve heaven. Although we are required to live holy as Jesus is holy we can not think that our righteousness is what gets us into heaven. It is the righteousness of God that gets us into heaven. If you remember the scriptures refers to our righteousness as filthy rags. Do gooders often think that they were actually chosen because of their right living and good demeanor. How arrogant and prideful of any man to think that they were chosen based on any of these things. We as children of God are still required to work out our own soul salvation with fear and tremble not with pride and boastfulness at heart. Let he that thinketh he stand take heed lest he fall. Let’s not consider ourselves to be the chosen because God swept the earth and discover our wonder and goodness. God can and does chose people whom most would consider to be the least. We need to search the scriptures to find out what pleases God and these are the things that we must do. We must not allow ourselves to look at heaven as some type of reward for our goodness. The word of God says that it is not of righteousness lest any man should boast. What is boast? To boast is to brag or toot your own horn. Boasting is prideful and God hates a proud look. Because all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God we must lay aside every weight and sinned that doeth so EASILY beset us. Lay aside your own will which usually result in sinned. The bible says that all unrighteousness is sinned. It also says that he that know to do right and do it not to him it is sin. Can you think of anything in your life that you knew was right yet you did it not? If you answered yes then you have sinned. This is what the word of God says and is not optional. We as people sometimes feel that God’s word is optional as if he’ll only hold us accountable to the things that we agree with. This is certainly not the case. God says my words are the same yesterday, today and forever. What was required as holiness yesterday is required to day and forever. God’s standards of holiness has not changed, ours have. If ours does not line up with God’s then we are in trouble. We should stop deciphering God’s word to make it mean something that it doesn’t. You put yourself in the position of being in err with God and judgment when you wrongly decipher his word. Read the following passage:
Romans chapter 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Don’t be confused. This does not give us the authority to live any way we wish to and say that the grace of God will cover it. This is a great misconception that is now being preached in many religious groups today. The word of God clearly ask, Shall we continue in sin that Grace may abound? Then it answers, No, how can we that are dead to sin continue any longer there in. So then we now know that we can’t earn heaven with good works but that we are required to live righteously in Christ and not in ourselves. Our righteousness won’t work. Titus 3:5 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; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly F11 through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
14 says: And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. We must go to the cross daily (die daily) to see what is required of us today. God’s word is a light unto our path and a lamp unto our feet. His word will guide us. Just remember that we must rightly (correctly) divide the word OF GOD and not lean to OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.
