Avoid These Ways To Miss Heaven

 

Before I List The Ways To Miss Heaven

Remember That Jesus Is The Only Way To Heaven

     There are many ways to miss heaven but only one way through Jesus Christ to get to heaven. Jesus said at John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Acts 4:12 says Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name (Jesus) under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Just have faith in the finished work that Jesus did at the cross of Calvary (not your good works) and you will go to heaven. Ephesians 2:8 says For by grace are ye saved through faith (in Jesus alone); and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Not of works, lest any man should boast. Right now get saved; Repent, decide to stop sinning, confess everywhere that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died for you on the cross, was buried, and rose again.

     Right now make sure that you're saved and going to heaven with Jesus when you leave this world. 2 Peter 1:10 says Wherefore the rather brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure, for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall. The most important thing on this earth to be sure about is knowing that you'll go to heaven after you leave this world. More than knowing that you have your rent or house payment ready this month, be more sure that you're going to heaven when you leave this world. More than knowing that you went to the BMV to get your drivers license current, be more sure that you got your name in the book of life and that you're going to heaven when you leave this world.

Avoid These Ways To Miss Heaven

1) Trusting In Church Membership To Get To Heaven

     The first way to miss heaven is trusting only in your church membership to get you to heaven. Being a Catholic, Methodist, or Presbyterian won't get you to heaven. Attending church every Sunday of your life won't save you and get you to heaven. Judas attended church with Jesus and went to his own place in the bottomless pit as the Son of Perdition noted at Acts 1:25 and missed heaven. 

     Someone could belong to every church in America and die without God and go to hell. Someone could be baptized thousands of times in a lake where the tadpoles know their social security number by heart and then die without God and miss heaven. Remember we sing Amazing grace how sweet the sound; not Amazing baptism how sweet the splash. We sing At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light; not at the millpond, at the millpond where I first got dunked. We sing What can wash away my sins, nothing but the blood of Jesus; not what can wash away my sins, nothing but the water. The thief on the cross by Jesus didn't get baptized in water (he was dry cleaned) but instead by faith trusted only in Jesus and received salvation.

Sitting in a garage won't make you a car

Walking through a barn won't make you a mule

Sitting in a bakery won't make you a donut

(You might look like one but it won't make you a donut)

And going to church won't make you a christian

I'm not a christian because I go to church

I go to church because I am a christian

Attending church is important; 1 puts 1000 to flight and 2 puts 10000 to flight

But going to church without trusting Jesus won't save anyone

Remember only faith in Jesus gets anyone to heaven

Trust Jesus and go to heaven; Trust anything else and go to hell

Avoid These Ways To Miss Heaven

2) Doing The Best You Can With Good Works To Get To Heaven

     The second way to miss heaven is doing the best you can with good works to get to heaven without faith in Jesus. The best anyone could possibly do without Jesus falls short when it comes to going to heaven. Psalm 39:5 says Behold thou hast made my days as an handbreadth and mine age is as nothing before thee; verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity; Selah. 

     Doing the best you can without Jesus won't get you to heaven. Romans 3:23 says For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. When you ask most people if they're going to heaven, they'll reply I'm doing the best I can; I'm not killing anyone or doing a wicked ungodly vile sin; I hope I'm going to heaven. I'm trusting in my good works to get me to heaven. Tell these people that Galatians 2:21 says I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. If our good works saved us, Jesus would not have had to die on the cross for our sins to save us by grace. God doesn't want us to boast about our good works; instead God wants us to boast about Jesus and praise Jesus for allowing His blood to wash away our sins unto salvation. 1 Corinthians 1:31 says That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 

     Most people think that after we leave this world, God weighs on a scale our good works versus our bad works and whatever weighs the most determines if you go to heaven or hell. I'm glad this isn't the way to heaven because everyone's bad works always outweigh their good works. Paul said at Romans 7:18 For I know that in me (that is in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing. But rejoice if you're saved with Jesus because Jesus' righteousness will always tilt the scale where your good works with Jesus will outweigh your bad works (never to be remembered and washed away by the blood of Jesus) allowing you to enter into heaven.

Avoid These Ways To Miss Heaven

3) Trusting In An Organization Like The Masonic Club To Get To Heaven

     The third way to miss heaven is trusting in an organization like the Masonic Club without Jesus to get to heaven. Becoming a member of the Moose, Goose, Elks, Frogs, Turtles, or the Lodge without Jesus won't get you to heaven. People will go to a Lodge instead of church saying that their good works in the Lodge to give food and clothes to orphans and homeless people will get them to heaven. It's good that the Lodge and the shriners help people everywhere with money from charity. But doing good works in a Lodge won't save anyone and get them to heaven. 

Jesus didn't die for a Lodge

Jesus didn't pay a price for the Lodge

Jesus died for the church

     Remember the Moose Lodge might feed people and build hospitals, but the Moose Lodge and the Masons won't help anyone after they die. On the other hand, the church and anointed preachers are in the business of helping people after they leave this world that is so much better than any Lodge.

     My advice to anyone is to beware of the Masons and the Masonic Lodge. The top leaders of the Masons worship the devil. One of the worst devil worshippers named Aleister Crowley was a Freemason. Even though the Masonic Lodge does good deeds with shriners, they require their members to keep secrets and only do favors for rich influential members of their Lodge. Christians should not belong to any organization that requires you to keep secrets and respect only certain groups of people with discrimination. Christians should witness openly showing the love of Jesus to all people without discrimination in the light with no secrets about Jesus, salvation, and the Word of God. Jesus Himself said at John 18:20 in secret have I said nothing.

     John 3:19 warns us to avoid Masons and Lodges that do evil deeds in secret to influence wealthy businessmen and control society. John 3:19 describes Masonic Lodges saying And this is the condemnation, that Light (Jesus) is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil; For every man that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved; But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. After reading these warnings about Masonic Lodges, my advice to anyone that belongs to a Masonic Lodge is to quit. 

Avoid These Ways To Miss Heaven

4) Trying To Keep The 10 Commandments To Get To Heaven

     The fourth way to miss heaven is trying to keep the 10 commandments to get to heaven. James 2:10 says For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. According to the Word of God, if you have a hateful thought about anyone you are a murderer. 1John 3:15 says Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. If you have a lustful thought about a woman or a man, you are guilty of adultery. If you ever tell a lie, you are guilty of bearing false witness against thy neighbor. After reading this you should realize that under the law and the 10 commandments with man it's impossible to get saved. 

     But rejoice because when you get saved with Jesus, you are free from the curse of the law and the blood of Jesus removes the guilt of all your past sins making you white as snow with no remembrance of your past sins. Rejoice and say Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 

I'm not going to heaven because I kept the 10 commandments

I'm going to heaven because I'm trusting in the only person (Jesus)

who kept all the 10 commandments

Avoid The Many Wide Broad Ways To Miss Heaven

Choose The Strait Narrow Way (Jesus) To Get To Heaven

     Avoid the many wide broad ways to miss heaven; Choose the strait narrow Way (Jesus) to get to heaven. Matthew 7:13 says Enter ye in  at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 

     Notice the incredible picture above where a strait narrow gate climbing to faith only in the cross of Jesus will get us to heaven instead of the easy wide broad gate with the pleasure of sin for a season that leads to eternal destruction in the fires of hell. Remember choose faith in Jesus only trusting daily that the cross of Jesus can remove all your problems and faith in Jesus only can take you to heaven instead of the false broad ways of religion and good works for salvation. 

     I pray in Jesus name that this little bible study blesses multitudes all over this earth with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt., N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 604-7133. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.