The Highway Forums General Discussion Devotional You all wish to go to heaven

"You all wish to go to heaven. I know it. I am fully persuaded of it. I am certain of it. There is not one of you, however, false may be your views of what you must believe and what you must do, however unscriptural the ground of your hope, however worldly-minded you may be, however careless when you get outside that church door – there is not one of you, I say, who does not wish to go to heaven when they die. But I do sadly fear that many of you, without a mighty change, will never get there!

You would like the crown – but you do not like the cross!
You would like the glory – but not the grace!
You would like the happiness – but not the holiness!
You would like the peace – but not the truth!
You would like the victory – but not the fight!
You would like the reward – but not the labor!
You would like the harvest – but not the plowing!
You would like the reaping – but not the sowing!
And so I fear that many of you will never get to heaven!"

~ JC Ryle

"Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he will escape it."
~ Jonathan Edwards

"None are punished by the justice of God, but those who hate to be reformed by the grace of God."
~ Matthew Henry

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Cor.6:9-10

Noah's faith triumphed over all corrupt reasonings. To rear so large a building, such a one as he never saw, and to provide food for the living creatures, would require from him a great deal of care, and labour, and expense. His neighbours would laugh at him. But all such objections, Noah, by faith, got over; his obedience was ready and resolute. Having begun to build, he did not leave off till he had finished: so did he, and so must we do. He feared the deluge, and therefore prepared the ark. And in the warning given to Noah, there is a more solemn warning given to us, to flee from the wrath to come, which will sweep the world of unbelievers into the pit of destruction. Christ, the true Noah, which same shall comfort us, hath by his sufferings already prepared the ark, and kindly invites us by faith to enter in. While the day of his patience continues, let us hear and obey his voice.

~ Matthew Henry