KEYS FOR LIVING HEAVEN’S LIFE Part 2
Our second key for living heaven’s life is righteousness by faith. Faith is your only access to God! Some believe that going to church, reading the Bible, witnessing, or doing other good works will grant them a right relationship with God or give them eternal life in heaven. Righteousness by personal virtue as a means to be right with God is a regrettable mistake! God declares that no one is good enough to get to him! All of us have failed the test of righteousness by works! We have all, together, received a failing grade! Look at what the Holy Spirit of God spoke through apostle Paul in this Scripture.
Romans 3:10-12 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away; they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
Don’t ever allow yourself to be deceived; there is no preacher, pope, or any other spiritual leader who ever passed the test of living righteous enough to stand before God! This should give your heart a sigh of relief! If the most outstanding leaders on earth couldn’t and can’t do it, then there’s hope for you and me! The only way to be right with God or access heaven life is childlike faith!
Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast.
Access to heaven comes from believing in your heart and from confessing with your mouth. No righteous works are required, and no righteous works can avail!
Romans 10:9-10 9 That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
The way to enter into God’s abundant life is so simple that most people miss it by pursuing it through good works or personal godliness! If you want to live heaven’s life right here on earth, simple faith in God’s provision of righteousness through Jesus is the only way!
Righteous works are not what we do to be right with God but rather the byproduct of believing God!
When you, by faith, fully receive God’s provision of righteousness through the blood of Jesus and the cross, peace will flood your heart, and love will overcome your soul! Think about it; if God was willing to send His only Son to the cross to bear your punishment and make you right with him, how wonderful, valuable, and beautiful you must be to him!
Oh my dear friend, if only you will receive this amazing Truth! Our incredible God is so in love with you! Because of his great love, he has planned an abundant life for you! I pray today that you are inspired by the Truth and God’s Holy Spirit to step into that extraordinary place of…
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