The Testimony of one surprised to be in Hell. Part 4

https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/42-215

This is our fourth look at this very important parable. What sends people to hell? How they respond to Scripture, it’s that simple.

Heaven is for those who exercise repentant faith and believe the Word of God.

Heaven is for those who believe the gospel, who believe the good news that God saves penitent sinners who believe in Him.

The divine gift of saving grace that spares the guilty from eternal punishment and brings them to eternal joy always comes through faith in the Word of God, faith in the truth of Scripture, not mystical spirituality, not faith in faith, not some vague spiritual feeling.

Heaven is for those who believe what God has clearly revealed in Scripture, who believe what God has said, and who respond, who read it, who understand it, who believe it, and who assent to it or embrace it. It’s about what you do with the Scripture. That is why it is so important to preach the Scripture. Faith comes by hearing. We are begotten again by the word of truth.