I was studying for our bible study at church in the book of Acts about the Apostle Paul. He was quite an amazing man, regardless of any circumstance he was in, he remained faithful.

Even in the face of brutal opposition, he would never back down from what he believed, he wouldn’t change his mind in order to appease an angry crowd, he would stand strong and tell them exactly what they didn’t want to hear.

I wonder if any of us would have the courage to tell people that they have to accept Jesus Christ as Savoir in order to go to heaven when that crowd wants you dead?

Today we continually hear that there is many ways to heaven and that anyone can get there, no, thats not true.

There are many who “WILL NOT GET THERE” no matter how many ways they try.

God himself said that no man will come to him except through his son Jesus Christ,  and only those who have been transformed by the renewing of the blood of Christ which means:

No murderer will enter heaven unless he has been transformed (changed by accepting Jesus Christ through asking forgiveness of their sin)  and no longer is a murderer.

No homosexual will enter heaven unless he has been transformed and is no longer a homosexual.

No liar will enter heaven unless he has been transformed and is no longer a liar.

In essence:  NO SINNER will enter heaven unless they have been transformed by Jesus Christ.

And the bible says every person is born a sinner and has to accept Jesus and be forgiven in order to go to heaven.

The Apostle Paul preached that message to a world that rejected Christ, but he stood boldly in the face of opposition.

Today there is an assault on Christians who believe what God and his bible says that there is only one way to heaven, we’re told that we’re hate mongers, bigots, and racial, but the facts are if we believe what Jesus said, then the world is accusing God of the same things.

Why would they want to go to heaven and be with a God that is hateful, a bigot and racial?

And the sad truth is, they don’t want to be in heaven with God and thats why they reject him,  they much rather spend eternity in hell with their god.

Have courage to stand in the face of those who hate and accuse you. Be courageous when they tell you their way to heaven is the right way when you know that their condemned according to Gods word.

Be brave as the attacks against your faith escalate in the near future, as Steven said as they stoned him to death,

I see God standing to welcome me in.