Being Acceptable continues

After yesterday's discussion, on God's gracious acceptance of our human imperfection, I thought I would share something I wrote in 2017 when I began this blogging adventure.

Here is the condemning question that always seems to hold some kind of mythical power for the asker:  “Are you saved?”  Or, “If you die tonight will you go to heaven?”  

In my interpretation of such questions are that they are meant to scare us.  Make us think that what we believe is not quite good enough.  Or that if we don’t interpret the Bible, just like the questioner does, we’ll end up in hell.

So lets talk about this great concern about being “saved”, or not being “saved.”  

The only authority, in this regard, is Jesus.  

And what Jesus says, more than once is: “those who believe will be saved”.  

He tells his disciples that all they — we — need is the faith as tiny as a mustard seed(Matt. 20). 

You can also check out John 3:15, or 11:26, or 17:3.

The only stipulation, the only one, Jesus put on the promise of eternal life — being saved — is faith/belief.

So your answer to the famous condemning question is: “yes!”  

“Yes I will be with God in heaven whenever I die.”

20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. 21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him." 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.(John 11:20-26)

Now what do you want to talk about?