Good

THE MAJORITY OF Americans seem to believe that all a person has to do in order to go to heaven is be a "good person..."

Sure, rapists, drug pushers, and child molesters will be lost; Hitler and Osama bin Laden will go to hell for sure; but if you try to be a "good person," you'll surely be in heaven.

While it is commendable to be good, of course, our goodness alone is insufficient. Cornelius is an example. He was a "devout man...feared God with all his household...gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always" ( Acts 10:2; cf. v. 22). A very good man! Yet, he needed to hear words by which he and his household would be saved ( Acts 11:13, 14; cf. Matt. 19:17-23).

THOUGHT: We cannot get to heaven by our goodness alone. (Wade Webster)

KneEmail: "So He said to him, 'Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God...'" (Matt. 19:17)

Posted by Mike Benson at January 9, 2006 1:05 PM

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