Purchase the Things of God

There are those who live in this world that have the notion that because they go to church and are good and do helpful or kind things, they are OK with God.  I believe there are many, many people with this outlook on life.

The Bible tells the story of a person like this, a man named Simon who began to follow along with the Christian people and walk among them in their daily lives.  He believed that his life was like theirs because of his association with them.  There came a time where Simon wanted a little more of what these Christians had, so he offers to give more of his wealth so that he could be much more like them. 

In the Bible – Acts 8:20-23 – we can see the answer the Christian believers gave Simon: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”

They described this kind of attitude as a poison because poison kills life in many forms. Don’t let your real chance at life and eternity with God be one that isn’t genuinely His to begin with.  Don’t let yourself be fooled into believing a person who is good and likes Christians will be let into heaven. 

The only way to heaven is to surrender all of yourself to Jesus Christ as your master and no other source.