Weekly Devotion: Are You Going to Heaven?
Then someone came to him and said, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”
-Matthew 19:16
Quote: “I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven.”
Our President said that this week, aboard Air Force One. I can’t tell if he’s joking or not. (I never can)
This was shocking to me. (He always is) Not because I was offended, (I often am), but because I felt sorry for him. This isn’t mockery, it’s a little bit of heartbreak.
How incredibly sad is it for someone to believe in Heaven, but doubt very much that they’re headed there? Imagine believing in eternal life—and assuming you’re excluded.
It’s not just our President. I’m sure there are countless people out there who have done some seriously nasty things in their lives, decisions they can never come back from. They figure they’ve burned through every “get out of jail free” card they ever had.
Man, are they going to be surprised.