I is for Impossible

THE FAITH SERIES (3 of 5)

I is for Impossible

Bobby Earls, First Baptist Icard, July 22, 2001

KEY QUESTION: In your personal opinion, what do you understand it takes for a person to go to heaven?

F is for FORGIVENESS

We cannot have eternal life and heaven without God’s forgiveness.

In Him, we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. Ephesians 1:7a NKJV

A is for AVAILABLE

God’s forgiveness is AVAILABLE. It is AVAILABLE FOR ALL.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 NKJV

God’s forgiveness is available for all, BUT NOT AUTOMATIC.

Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 7:21a NKJV

I is for IMPOSSIBLE

It is impossible for God to allow sin into heaven.

GOD IS…. LOVE John 3:16, But God is also

JUST James 2:13a

“for judgment is without mercy.”

MAN IS SINFUL

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23

Question: How can a sinful person enter heaven, where God allows no sin?