Friends Don't Let Friends Go to Hell

I've been teaching through Romans lately and this week I'm in Romans 4 where Paul writes that it is not works, signs (ordinances or sacraments) or the law that saves but it is faith in Christ's redeeming work. James Montgomery Boice has an excellent, but extremely thorough, commentary on Romans that is 4 volumes. The first volume covers chapters 1-4 and is 59 chapters and 500 pages long. Therefore, I do not read every word of the commentary but I certainly flip through it and read parts. The following is an exceptional quote by Boice on the "exclusion" of non-Christians from Christ's saving work:

"I can say the door is open for you, regardless of who you are or whatever you may have done or not done. If you are Jew, the gospel is for you. If you are a Gentile, it is for you. It is for those who are good and those who are bad. It is for scholars as well as for the uneducated. It is for religious people and for those who have no religious background whatsoever. None of these things enter into the picture, because we are all reduced to the same level. Salvation is by the grace of God through faith.

If you are excluded, it is only because you have refused to walk through that open door. It is because you prefer your own sullied morality to God's grace. Do not let that be true of you. Instead of refusing grace, accept it and enter into the full joy of God's salvation. That salvation is for you, whoever you may be - if you will have it."

Friend, if you're reading this, please accept the grace of Christ. You are a sinner, I am a sinner and unless we accept Christ's substitution for our sins we will not be in Heaven. Why? Because sin cannot exist in Heaven where a perfect God resides. This is impossible. Therefore, we need Christ. Turn to Him. Hell is no place to be for eternity. It is a place of crying, eternal torment, and unimaginable pain. This is what this blog is for: I love everyone who reads this and I desperately want you to live with Christ in Heaven for eternity.