Many of us call ourselves Christians simply because we belong to a particular religion or denomination. Not that we do what they say, nor do we even understand what they are about. But we call ourselves Christians… We answer an altar-call or get baptized and think we’re safe. We go to church—but there is no change in our lives! You see, the warning to the Jew Paul is writing to and the Christian I am speaking to is not to presume upon your relationship with God!

Whenever any of us stops short of everything God wants, it means that person has a divided heart… Let me say here at the very start of our study that whenever we are not wholeheartedly following the Lord, we will not finish well. There is no way we can finish well apart from being with Jesus and it doesn’t matter how well you started! Your walk with Jesus must be protected and grow as the years go by…

There are a lot of people who think they will stand before God on the basis of their good works. Salvation, though, has nothing to do with works.  If you fail to respond to grace by believing, you have no choice but to be judged for what you did. Not for what anyone else did to you—what you did…