Bible Questions Answered:
“I believe if a person is sincere, they will ascend to heaven.....”
Milad/ Bangalore, India
Bible Answer:
Many, be it not only of religious belief, but of life and its pursuits, have been sincere, but often, sincerely wrong.
Jeremiah 17:9 KJV
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Proverbs 12:15 KJV
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 14:12 KJV
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Matthew 7:13-23 KJV
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is The Gate, and narrow is The Way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.
False Prophets, ecclesiastical wolves, howling for all to hear, their much pomp and circumstance. Outward pageantry, complemented by inward spiritual decay. Face of a lamb, heart of the devil. Wolves in lambs skins, deceivers (Verse 15).
The young Son of God, Saviour calls them “workers of iniquity!” And they are so because they lead the unsuspecting, the careless, those who abrogate the quality of truth to others, forever astray.
Matthew 23:27 KJV (False teachers and their beliefs.)
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
I Samuel 15:23 KJV
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, He hath also rejected thee..."
John 5:40 KJV
And ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life.
Salvation:
Titus 3:5 KJV
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.
John 8:24 KJV
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins.
John 10:1,7 KJV
1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that entereth not by the Door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am The Door of the sheep.
Acts 4:12 KJV
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Sin:
Ezekiel 18:20 KJV
The soul that sinneth, it shall die..."
Romans 8:6 KJV
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
James 1:15 KJV
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
God's Gift:
Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
II Corinthians 9:15 KJV
Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable Gift.
Ephesians 2:8,9 KJV
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works (Religious or otherwise), lest any man should boast.
James 1:17 KJV
Every Good Gift and every Perfect Gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
John 8:32 KJV
And ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free.
Psalm 95:7,8 KJV
7 For He is our God; and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. To day if ye will hear His voice,
8 Harden not your heart..."
Salvation Prayer
