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The way to heaven is simple, yet narrow,

and most won’t be going there, according

to what Jesus said (Matthew 7:14). Even

a whole lot of good, nice, religious

people will miss eternal life—even

though they think that they are good

Christian people. See the parable of the

ten virgins with lamps, for example

(Matthew 25), or read when Jesus told

about the many people who did good and

wonderful works and called Jesus

“Lord,” yet ended up eternally lost

(Matthew 7:21-23).

There is only one way to heaven, and that

is through Jesus Christ (John 14:6). That

is pretty specific. That is a good thing for

those who are sincerely seeking the way

to God. That is bad news for those who

do not like the way of Jesus. That is bad

news for those who are depending upon

their good works or their church

attendance. That is bad news for those

who believe that being a member of a

specific church will get them to heaven.

Like Naaman (2 Kings 5), our pride

causes us to want to do great things in

order to please God and earn our own

salvation. If we had to donate a lot of

money, visit Jerusalem, attend church

every week, pray an hour a day, read the

Bible through every year, wear certain

clothing, visit the sick, donate a kidney,

give up certain habits, paint our

neighbor’s house, or anything else like

that, most of us might work hard in order

to be sure that we would meet the divine

requirements. However, all Naaman was

told was to go wash in the Jordan River

and he would be clean. He did not like

that. He would have done great things.

He would have donated much money. He

would have visited the best rivers in the

world. Instead, God wanted him to go

wash in a little muddy river in Israel.

Thanks to the urging of his servants,

Naaman swallowed his pride, washed

himself in the Jordan River, and was

cleansed of his leprosy.

What about you? All God requires of us

for salvation, for eternal life, is to wash

ourselves in the blood of the Lamb. He

tells us only to look to Jesus, to believe in

Him, and live.

And as Moses lifted up the

serpent in the wilderness, even so must

the Son of man be lifted up:

that

whosoever believeth in him should not

perish, but have eternal life

(John 3:14-

15). Does that offend you as it offended

Naaman? Would you not rather do great

things? Would you not be more pleased if

God required church membership and

attendance? Wouldn’t it help your pride

if God required you to wear certain

clothing and follow a list of manmade

rules? Wouldn’t you rather make it to

heaven because of how much good you

think you have done and of how religious

you think you are?

Yet all God requires of us to be born

again is to repent—to turn from our ways

and look to Jesus for salvation. Will you

not seek Him? We must give up our ways

and our thoughts. They are wicked to

God (Isaiah 55:6-7). He has told us how

things are, and He did not ask our opinion

on the matter. We are sinful people with

Continued, inside back cover

Let Go

By Paul Miller