What is Enough for Entrance into Heaven? Part 1 (TMF:2014)

Thursday, January 26, 2023
Peace to Live By: What is Enough for Entrance into Heaven? Part 1 (TMF:2014) - Daniel Litton
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        Back in James, he says, “Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!” (ESV). Not too long ago I spent some time with Thomas Jefferson. He wasn’t one much interested in the supernatural. He believed that, at least pertains to the earth, everything needs to be able to be explained by science, and that anything that couldn’t be simply wasn’t true. Most of us are aware that he complied a version on the Gospels which excluded any supernatural occurrences and only sought to show the moral teachings of Jesus. He even excluded the resurrection and just made Jesus die, and his disciples bury him. Thomas Jefferson definitely believed in God. He definitely admired Jesus Christ and a lot of what he had to say. He noted that he was the most noble of all the philosophers because of his focus on others instead of just the self (1). The issue is that—while Jefferson believed all of this—while he believed in God and believed Jesus existed—that’s still not enough to gain entrance in to the kingdom of Heaven.

(1) See Thomas Jefferson's 'Syllabus of an Estimate of the Merit of the Doctrines of Jesus.’