I have a question. Do you believe a parachute works? I have another question: have you ever gone skydiving? Even though almost everyone believes a parachute works, only a few have ever left a plane and trusted a parachute. For a moment, let the parachute represent Jesus Christ, and the plane represent our religion and good works. In your daily walk, please be good, but good works will never pay for our sins or buy our way to heaven. To trust the parachute, you have to let go of the plane, and to trust Jesus Christ, you have to let go of your church and good works. These are good things, and you should do them, but only God’s Son can save your soul!
When people say, “Hey, I believe in God, and if I’m good, I will go to Heaven,” they’re not trusting Jesus Christ to save them, but being “good.” Let go of the plane! “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)
