We all want to go to heaven — but what do you have to do to go there? I once read a survey of multi-millionaires, in which they were asked, “How much would you be willing to pay for a reserved ticket to heaven?” The average answer was $640,000. Folks that’s cheap, compared to the price of what it really took: as we saw last week, it cost the blood of the “only begotten”, perfect Son of God Himself, which was the only thing that could have paid for our sins. $640,000 is NOTHING compared to that!
But now that Jesus has paid that incomprehensible price for our salvation, HOW do we get what He did on the cross, applied to our lives so that we are saved? This is an important question. How do you get what Jesus died for you to have?
— some would say “Get baptized”
— some would say “Take the the Lord’s supper, or the mass”
— some would say “walk down an aisle and make a decision”
— some would say “pray the words of a certain prayer”
Some of these things are good, but NONE of them is really the right answer in itself. We find the answer to that question in the words of this great verse that we are looking at this morning: “that whoever BELIEVES IN HIM shall not perish but have everlasting life.” These words hold the key that unlocks salvation for us. Let’s look at them one by one: “Whoever … believes … in Him”. Continue reading
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