Is Calling Jesus "Lord" Enough? Part 2 (TMF:1433)

Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Peace to Live By: Is Calling Jesus "Lord" Enough? Part 2 (TMF:1433) - Daniel Litton
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       So, while you may have a group of people who profess and acknowledge Jesus as Lord, some will go to Heaven and some will not. Therefore, it’s pretty important here that we understand those who are not going, so that we will not be part of that group and end up going to Hell when we die. Jesus lays out a stipulation for those of his who get to go to Heaven. And what is that stipulation? Well, he says the only person who gets to go to Heaven is “the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (ESV). So, what does this mean? At first glance, I also thought it meant it’s the person who does good works is the one who gets to go to Heaven. That’s what he seems to be saying on the surface. But we know from other places in the New Testament that no one gets into Heaven by works, but by the gift of God’s grace—the acceptance and belief in Christ’s sacrifice on the cross on our behalf—that’s what gets us into Heaven. God’s salvation is a gift. How then is it that the person who does God’s will is the one who gets to go to Heaven?