Who You Gonna Believe?

​So, here is the thing.  Jesus Christ made very clear and emphatic statements about what it takes to receive everlasting life.  What we commonly refer to as being saved.  Jesus Christ claimed to be God and the one who is able to give everlasting life to everyone who will believe Him for it.  He proved He has the power to give life when He rose from the dead.  His resurrection is proof of all that He claimed to be. 
 
Go back and read John 3:16, 4:10 and 6:47 in context again.  Now, look at John 5:24:  Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.  Again, notice the Lord said all of this in the present tense.  Here He adds that believing Him, Jesus Christ, is proof of a person’s belief in the Father.  It is a confirmation of the trinitarian nature of God.  But the main point for our purpose today is this.  The person who believes the Father sent Jesus Christ to die for us, who in turn believes in Jesus Christ for everlasting life will not face an additional judgement but already has the gift of eternal life.  That is what the Lord Jesus Christ plainly said.
 
And yet I know a number of Pastors and church leaders who insist you can lose your salvation teaching everlasting is not a sure thing.  They reject the security of salvation by faith and insist one must have good works to back up their claim to faith.  Why?  The answer is simple.  They have a low view of the Bible and a low view of God.  That is a polite way of saying they don’t believe the Bible is God’s word.  They fail to see the distinction Christ makes between being a believer and a disciple.  Their trust is in a philosophical derived system of theology rather than a careful study of God’s word. 
 
And we have to decide who are we going to trust.  The men and women who gave their lives to make sure the words of Jesus Christ were preserved have proven their integrity.  They died defending something they knew to be true.  They were eyewitnesses to the events of Christ’s life.  If they had made it all up do you really think they would have given their lives to protect something they knew was a lie?  That is a question each of us has to answer for ourselves.  After 55 years of study I am more convinced than ever.  The evidence is overwhelming in support of the reality of Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection.  He is to be believed.