Eternity - Too Long to Be Wrong! - by Keith Sharp

I saw a great quote on a church sign last week: “Eternity - Too Long to Be Wrong!” How true!  This life is so brief, like the early morning fog over the river (James 4:13-14). But after this life is over, you and I will either be in heaven or in h-e-l-l, and that forever and ever, either eternal joy or unceasing misery (Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:43-48; 1 Peter 1:3-5). The statement correctly implies there is both truth and error, that we must know and believe the truth to be saved (John 8:31-32; 14:6), and that believing falsehood will condemn us (Matthew 15:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12).  Wouldn’t it be terrible to rest your hope for heaven on believing a lie? For example, many believe the false doctrine of salvation by faith alone. What is the truth? “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). “You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only” (James 2:24). Likewise many cling to the lie of “Once Saved - Always Saved.” What is right?  “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall” (1 Corinthians 10:12). “You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace” (Galatians 5:4, English Standard Version). Friend, eternity is too long indeed! Don’t rest your hope for heaven on lies.