Luke 18:7-9King James Version (KJV)
7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
In my last post I answered the question as to whether a person can go to Heaven simply by believing in Jesus? The answer is "YES"!
In the passage that I noted above Jesus told his disciples that at the end of the age this simple kind of faith or belief will be hard to find. Certainly we are seeing the fulfillment of this prediction.
Instead of multitudes of people who simply believe in Jesus we have multitudes who have re-worked the definition of faith to mean some combination of faith and works in order for them to enter Heaven.
Notice in verse 9 that Jesus condemned those who "trusted in themselves that they were righteous". The fact that 99 out of a 100 churches today preach some Lordship Salvation mixture of faith and works proves that most people find righteousness in themselves. In other words, they feel that their Christian works will somehow play a part in their justification. They will be sorely disappointed at the judgement.
Men, women, boys and girls are all declared totally righteous when in simple faith they believe in Jesus. The following video is a wonderful definition of saving faith by Dr. Bob Wilkin. Believe on Christ today!
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