YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED!

“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Matthew 7:13-14

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Do Not Desire To Be! Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Do Not Desire To Be! Matthew 16:24-26 “Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Do Not Desire To Be! Matthew 22:37-38 “Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… Just By Being Religious! Jews on day of Pentecost Ethiopian Eunuch Lydia Paul They were all religious but NOT saved!

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… Just By Living A Good Moral Life! Cornelius was a good moral man Acts 10:1-2 “There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… Just By Living A Good Moral Life! Cornelius was a good moral man but NOT saved! Acts 11:13-14 “And he told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house, who said to him, ‘Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon whose surname is Peter, who will tell you words by which you and all your household will be saved.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Will Not Forgive Others! Matthew 6:15 “If you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Will Not Forgive Others! Matthew 18:21-22 “Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Think Faith Is All You Need! Faith Is Necessary Hebrews 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Think Faith Is All You Need! Faith Is Necessary John 8:24 “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Think Faith Is All You Need! Faith “Only” Will Not Save “You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe, and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Think Faith Is All You Need! Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God. You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.” James 2:19-24

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Refuse To Repent! Luke 13:3,5 “I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Refuse To Confess Jesus! Matthew 10:32-33 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven .”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Refuse To Confess Jesus! Romans 10:10 “For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Refuse To Be Baptized! Mark 16:16 “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… If You Refuse To Be Baptized! Acts 2:38 “Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… Unless You Obey God’s Commands! Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

YOU WILL NOT BE SAVED… Unless You Obey God’s Commands! Hear Repent Baptized Believe Confess Live Faithfully

Will You Obey God and Be Saved?

By Bob Gard – Hollister, Missouri church of Christ www By Bob Gard – Hollister, Missouri church of Christ www.hollisterchurchofchrist.org Adapted from a lesson by Jerry Joseph Preaching at Charbo & Karen church in St. Charles, MO. January 20, 2008