Why Earthly things cannot save you?
By Harrison
There have been so many issues that people depend on Earthly things
to save them so that they can go to Heaven. Some depend on church
membership, baptism, helping people, or giving money to help them go to
Heaven. Some say that God will weigh out the good and the bad,
If a person has all good than bad, then he would go to heaven. Even
some people believe that they would have to do indulgence in order to go to
Heaven They would have to pay money to the church in order for someone
in Limbo to go to heaven.
I hate to say this, but none of these things above can allow you to
go to Heaven. One day I was thinking about Salvation and why people
believe on Earthly things instead of faith. God revealed to me the
real reason why Earthly things cannot save people. There are three
reasons that are Biblical fact that Earthly things cannot save people.
1. All these things are created by God, therefore they are
impossible to save anyone. Colossians 1:16-17 For by him were all
things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they
be thrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and
for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Everything that you see on Earth has been created by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Can a created things like water save people? It can’t because it is
created by God. Can giving money save you? NO, it is created by
the materials that were made by the Lord. Even human being were
created by God, therefore doing good will not save you. Even following
the law cannot save you because it is based on creation Therefore it is
virtually impossible for any created things to save you.
2. The other reason is that the Earth is already cursed by
the Lord. Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I
commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground
for thy sake; in
sorrow shalt thou eat of it
all the days of thy life; Emphasis
mine. The Earth is already cursed by our Lord. That also include
the water and among thing that were manufactured by man because of the
materials that comes from Earth. It is another impossible for any
things from the Earth to save you.
3. We must have a substitute for our sin. Remember the
sacrifice that Israel had to do in order to forgive their sin. Even
though sacrificing animals cannot save people because it is a created things
and already cursed, but it is a picture of the one that will come to Earth
to save people. We must have something that is a substitute for our
sin, because it is impossible for any created or cursed thing to save us.
This is the reason why Jesus Christ who is the creator of all things has to
leave his throne to come to Earth in human flesh to die on the cross in
order to substitute for our sin. Jesus knew no sin and no sin was
found in him according to 2
Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to
be sin
for us, who
knew no sin; that
we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Another verse
prove that Jesus did no sin is 1
Peter 2:21-22 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered
for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who
did no sin, neither
was guile found in his mouth: Emphasis mine. Therefore Jesus
Christ is the perfect sacrifice for anyone to be saved, and it is by FAITH!!
Those are the three reason why nothing can save you except for
Jesus Christ. This is why John 14:6 says it all that Jesus is the way,
the truth, and the life that no one can be saved unless it is through Jesus
Christ. It has to be by faith according to Ephesians
2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and
that not of yourselves: it
is the
gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Emphasis
mine. The
main reason why God established the law is to show us that we are sinners
and in need of Jesus Christ for our salvation. Remember it is a gift
from God that you need to accept his gift of eternal life through Jesus
Christ in order to go to Heaven. AMEN!!!