The Gospel for the Religious
What will you say when you stand before the judgment seat of God? For all of my life, when I envisioned this scenario, I unwittingly stood before God as condemned as any human has ever been. I hate Satan. I'm terrified of Hell. I love church. I am great at ministry. I can teach any material you hand me to anyone who will listen. I've said all the prayers. I've put in all the time. I've cried all the shameful tears. I've been on the mission trips, rocked the babies, paid the tithes, held hands of the hurting, wept with the addicts, followed the leaders, read the Bible, bought the books, done the work. But, my trust was not in the Lord Jesus. In my mind, for all my life, if given the opportunity to tell God why I deserved to be in Heaven with Him, I would have started every sentence with "I..." I am a Christian. I trusted Jesus with my salvation. I gave my heart to Jesus. I asked Jesus to come into my heart. I went to church.