Free from Works

Have you heard that you need to do good works to get to heaven? How many - three, four? Only one? The Gospel (good news in the Bible) is a gospel not of works, but of faith. Faith in what Christ did on the cross to free us from the bondage of sin. What sin is the one that keeps you from going to heaven? Murder or a "white" lie. Both of them! The "sins" aren't the issue as much as the issue of sin - is the issue. The fact is is that everyone is born into sin. Psalm 51:5 says, "Behold I was shapen in iniquity. and in sin did my mother conceive me" (KJV). Read Romans 5:12. It says that through Adam's sin, death by sin entered the world and thus was passed on to all men. That would be you - and me - and your kid (cute as she is). Good works are not going to fix this. Much as our egos feel enlarged when we do good works - they won't get you to heaven. Sorry! But keep on with those good works. there are rewards in heaven to be had!!! But the sin issue can only be dealt with by accepting the great work Jesus did. He laid down His life for you. Yep -a good work that saved the world. Okay, I stand corrected, there was one good work - but Jesus got that one. It was the only one. You can have the benefit, though, from that good work. Ask Jesus into your heart today. He will (and has) forgiven your sin. That's gospel.