False Assurance
False Assurance
Runaway Planet Media
Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?” Then I will tell them plainly, "I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!” - Jesus (Matt. 7:21-23) Over 85% of Americans believe in God and think they are going to go to Heaven when they die. Is this confidence warranted? Given the moral condition of our culture and Jesus’s stern warnings about being ill-prepared for his coming, I don't think so. From a biblical perspective, it seems many people are walking around with a false assurance of salvation. Avoiding that is what this series is about. In it we walk through ten characteristics of people who are ill prepared to face eternity.
Chapter 2: They Refuse to Sacrifice
Does God require worship and sacrifice in order to make it to Heaven? Absolutely. Does that make him a capricious ego-maniac? Absolutely not. In this chapter Don looks at the meaning of worship and sacrifice, and shows how it relates to the very meaning of our existence: to love God and be loved by him. Unless we are willing to sacrifice, we will never enter into the relationship for which we were made, and ultimately will never enter into the place for which we were made, Heaven.
Apr 18, 2020
26 min
Chapter 1: They Misunderstand the Nature of Salvation
Many think of salvation as a one time legal transaction whereby your sins are forgiven and your name written in Heaven’s reservation book. As long as you have signed your name at some point in your life, judgment day will go just fine. As Don explains in this chapter, that is a false and dangerous idea which leads many to lead the wrong kind of lives, and ultimately keeps them out of heaven. To counter that notion, Don walks through several episodes in scripture that show God’s actual plan of redemption, revealing a pattern that shows how he creates new life and builds the family of God.
Apr 17, 2020
30 min
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