ALL INCLUDED

I was thinking today and have also stated in a prior post, about how difficult it is to see redemption of the entire human race when we cannot get away from looking at the actions and deeds of the people around us or even our own as well. We very easily judge people by what they do or don’t do for that matter. I guess the reason for that is because when we see someone doing something we don’t think they should be doing, we immediately pass judgment on that person and at the same time of course we fail to even remotely believe that a person “doing that” can be redeemed.

We immediately see that person or persons very unworthy to ever receive anything from God, let alone make it into the Kingdom of Heaven. We could likely ask any faithful church attendee and the vast majority would say the same thing…..a person that does this or that, whatever that may be, is not worthy of making it into Heaven. That is the general consensus of people who class themselves as a believer in Jesus Christ.

Lets look a bit further at this question of whether people that do bad things are worthy to enter into Heaven or not. Let’s take someone that is going to the extreme in what they are doing such as a murderer for example. Is the person that murders worthy of going to Heaven? I would have to say that of course they are not worthy.

What about the one that does things that are “not so bad” but still not something that is acceptable in the eyes of the evangelical church world? Does that mean they have a better chance of entering in because whatever it is they are doing is not quite as bad as the murderer? At what point does a person cease to be “not so bad” so they can become worthy?

What about the ones that by all outward appearance seems to do good all the time? Does that make them worthy to be acceptable to God and make it to Heaven? Where is the point that we become so good so as to be worthy? What makes a person worthy? I know I have raised a lot of questions in the last few paragraphs.

I will end this post by simply telling you who is worthy and who isn’t. There are none of us that are worthy to make it to Heaven. All the good works, prayers, Bible reading, church attendance and whatever else you can think of, will not make you worthy. None of us are worthy. When we look at people and judge them by their deeds or lack of them, to see if they may be worthy or not, we have become judges because we are looking at what people do to see whether they are worthy or not.

You that pass judgment on others because of what they do are you saying you are worthy because you don’t do what these other’s do. Are you actually saying you are worthy of entering Heaven? Is this not a self righteous attitude when you say you are worthy because you are better than others and don’t do what they do?

There is only one that was worthy. His name is Jesus and no one else that has ever lived or will ever live can even come close to being worthy of entering the Kingdom of Heaven. That is why everything had to be done by Him and everything is exactly what He has done. Redemption has nothing to do with whether we are worthy or not, simply because none of us are nor can be worthy. We have been accepted in the Beloved because He and He alone is worthy.

Read Revelation 5:2 to 5:12 and it will tell you Who was worthy to open the seals, and no this is NOT future but it is talking about the cross. If you read verse 9 it will also tell you how many people He redeemed by His blood because He was worthy to do so. He redeemed every kindred, and tongue, and people and nation. None are left out because of what Jesus did and none will enter in because they are worthy in any way. It is that simple. It is also finished.