GOOD WORKS ========== CAN ANYONE BE SAVED AND GO TO HEAVEN BY DOING GOOD WORKS? Ephesians 2 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. Titus 3 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; THEN HOW DO YOU GET TO HEAVEN? Acts 16 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. John 3 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. WHAT DID THE LORD JESUS DO ON THE CROSS? Isaiah 53 5 But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Romans 5 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. IS THE LORD JESUS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN? John 14 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Acts 4 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. WHAT ABOUT OTHER MEN WHO CLAIM THEY KNOW THE WAY TO GOD? Proverbs 14 12. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death. Matthew 7 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Colossians 2 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. HOW DO I RECEIVE THE LORD JESUS AS MY SAVIOUR? Revelation 3 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Romans 10 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. SINNERS PRAYER Lord Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner and I ask You to come into my life to forgive and save me. I now receive You as my Saviour (trusting in You ALONE to save me) and my Lord (making You my Master and comitting my life to You). John 1 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 1 John 5 12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. by A. Yusko and E. Prior The Seed Sowers P.O. Box 2513, Station F Scarborough, Ontario, M1W 3P2 BBS (416) 498-5259/5962