Many people today claim to be Christians but have differing beliefs and different points of view when it comes to who Jesus really is and the role He plays in their lives.
Questions: Is Jesus in your mind, the One Who Has total and complete authority over your life (Matt. 28:18)? Is everything you believe about Jesus coming from Jesus through the word of God (Heb. 1:102)? Is Jesus alone God’s spokesman, or are you lead by another? Is the Savior of the World in you, in your heart because of what He has told you or because of what man has told you (Matt. 17:5)? Can you quote just 5 things Jesus said must be done for Him to save you, or have you followed the one thing from men (John 6:45; John 8:24; Luke 13:3; Matt. 10:32; Mark 16:16)? Is Jesus really the One and Only Head of “your” church, or is there another, like a “pastor”, a “priest”, a “reverend”, or a “Pope” (Col. 1:18, 24)?
Know this, Jesus is the only Savior and if you believe your saved and you didn’t do what Jesus said, then you’re not saved. Jesus did say, “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” (John 14:21), and “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46).
Challenge: Find the words, “Saved by Grace and nothing else” in your Bible, and if you cannot, and you can’t, stop believing that, teaching that, and start teaching exactly what the Savior did say. If you can’t find the “sinner’s prayer”, and you can’t, then stop believing that and stop teaching that.
Stop believing and practicing anything and everything you cannot find, in proper context, in your bible and start putting Jesus where He belongs in your life!