Many business houses and office buildings are closed to the public. Admission is granted only to persons who know the password and possess an identity card.
That makes me think of Heaven. Principally, GOD would like everyone to be saved for heaven: GOD our SAVIOR, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is ONE GOD and ONE Mediator between GOD and men, the man JESUS CHRIST, who gave HIMSELF a ransom for all ( 1 Timothy 2 : 3 - 6). That is GOD's side of the issue.
Now what is man's side? JESUS CHRIST is the Mediator. HE said of HIMSELF: I am The Way, The Truth and The Life. No-one comes to The FATHER except through ME (John 14:6), and I am the Door. If anyone enters by by me, he will be saved (John 10:9).In a certain sense JESUS CHRIST is the password to enter heaven? There is no other possibility to be saved and become a child of GOD except through JESUS CHRIST.
However, a mere knowledge of this NAME and this PERSON is insufficient. Many people know very well who JESUS CHRIST is. They also know that HIS sayings are recorded in the BIBLE. Nevertheless they are lost for eternity. Why? Their personal identification is lacking. The LORD JESUS CHRIST will say of them, I do not know you, (Matthew 25:12). Why? They have never personally believed in HIM as their SAVIOR. The fact that the LORD died for them and their sins, on the cross, has never affected them. Personal faith in JESUS alone and trusting in the work of redemption that HE accomplished saves one for heaven.
Being born in a Christian home, being a regular Church-goer and doing good deeds WILL NOT get you to Heaven. Being born-again and believing in JESUS as your SAVIOR and having the utmost faith in what HE did for you on the cross, taking your place is what will get you to Heaven.
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