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“The Truth About How to Get to Heaven” – Part 1

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2 John 4-13

  • written by John
  • most believe this book was written after the Isle of Patmos

“The Truth About How to Get to Heaven” 

Most people believe salvation as a vertical line lost | saved, but salvation is a process.  Being born-again, just like being born is a process.

We must abide in the teachings of God.

The Teachings of Jesus

John 10:9 – Jesus says, “I am the door.”

  1.  In order to be born again, one must come to Jesus and come through the proper door.  Acts 4:12
  2. You’ve got to believe – Luke 8:11, Mark 8:34, Luke 13:3  Repentance is the first step in being born again.  The process starts with a repentant heart. There should be a lifestyle of repentance.

Repentance is not:

  • regret
  • remorse

Repentance comes when you recognize what you’ve done to God.

3 Dimensions of Repentance – In thought, in Word, and in deed.

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The Churches of Revelation – Ephesus The Loveless Church

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Revelation 2:1-8

Ephesus is a city at sea, a port city.  John was at sea when he wrote this book.  John died at Ephesus the greatest city in Asia.  It was known as “the light of Asia”.  It was called the “highway to Rome” and the “highway of Martyrs”.

Ephesus was a cruel, dark city.  One reason for that was because the temple of Diana was located there.  Ephesus was a free city. There were no soldiers located there to keep order.  Anyone who committed a crime and made it to the temple in Ephesus was given immunity.  Therefore it was inundated with criminals.  It was a place of lewd activities.  Sexual acts were part of their worship to the goddess Diana.

How much do we know about Ephesus?

Acts 18:18-24

Acts 19-20

The book of Ephesians was written a few short years after startup.

More information about Ephesus can be found in 1 & 2 Timothy.  It was written by Paul to the pastor of Ephesus, Timothy.

There is a message from Christ about Ephesus in Revelation 2:1-7.

The epistles of John.  After John was released from the prison Island of Patmos.  He retired to Ephesus, where he died.

3 Issues Christ Brings to the Church at Ephesus

  1. They resisted false teachers.
  2. They have held to the faith.
  3. But they “left their first love.”

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The AntiChrist

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The Spirit of the Antichrist is present now.  The AntiChrist is known in the Scripture by 38 different names.

AntiChrist means to oppose, to replace.  Every chapter in 1 Thess. talks about the coming of Jesus.  There is a moral freefall taking place in our world.  We know that Satan lies and he is a deceiver.

We as the church are restraining the power of the Antichrist.  The strategy of the AntiChrist:

  • an outpouring of spiritual deception to insight the world to rebel against God. – 1 Thess. 2:1-12

No one on the earth knows the timing of the coming of the Lord.  Rev. 3:10  We are in the hour of the preparation of the church of Jesus Christ.

Timeline Events of the Coming of Christ

  1.  A growing rejection of God’s word and a rebellion of God’s laws.
  2. The spreading of the gospel by the church through the power of the Holy Ghost.
  3. The rapture of the church is going to happen instantly.    In the last days, the Spirit of the AntiChrist will produce the rise of false prophets.  The Rapture is a selected rapture.  It is a private event.  Acts 16:31-32

You will know false preachers by:

  1.  They deliver sermons.  They are more concerned about sermon than a message from God.
  2. They are distanced from God.

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Dead Wrong

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Ezekial 33:1-11

There are two prominent figures in the book of Revelation, Christ and the AntiChrist, who opposes Christ.  Everything about Satan is false and a deception.

The rapture of the church will have taken place before the reveal of the AntiChrist.  The Spirit of the Anti-Christ is already at work. Jesus is coming and he’s coming soon.  As Christians, we must walk the narrow way.  Too many preachers are deceiving by trying to broaden the narrow way.

Salvation is not a destination. It is a journey. When you enter this way, you have not arrived, you have just started this way.

What is the requirement to be saved?

Satan is a deadly deceiver.  He deceives us by:

  1. He starts by suddenly changing the word of God. Genesis 3

You don’t alter the truth.  Take the word of God for what it says.

2.  Making us believe the warnings of God do not apply to us.  Matthew 7

It is not what you say only, but also what you do.  The Word of God says if you disregard his laws you will not have any part of the kingdom of God.

How to Be Saved:

Do not be deceived.  Repent, Confess, and Forsake.  You can know that you are saved by the attitude that you have toward sin.  If you don’t have the right attitude toward sin you are not a Christian.  You should have the same attitude about sin that Jesus does.  God hates sin.  If you are practicing sins without regard for them you will not make it into Heaven.

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