How Far Would You Get?
Many people have the erroneous belief that if they live a good life, they will go to heaven. But my question to them is “How do we know what is good in God’s eyes?” How do we know if you have done enough good things? Would God keep a scorecard of all of the things that we have done in our life and weigh it against what others have done? To me that is a much scarier way to believe than God’s way. I’m actually surprised that numerous people would actually believe that we can earn our way to heaven. Years ago I became acquainted with the illustration that trying to earn our way to heaven would be like trying to swim all the way to Hawaii from California. Some people would not even enter the water because they knew there was no way they would be able to make it, so they wouldn’t even try. Others would hop in the water with great gusto, but would tire after fighting the current. Some would probably drown along the way. And a few might make it a great distance, but no one would ...