If I were to ask you, on a scale of 1 to 10 how certain are you of being saved and going to heaven, how would you score? Think of a number… Now, if you’re a believer and you scored yourself anything less than 10, that most likely means you don’t feel worthy enough to go to heaven! And that’s true because none of us are, or ever will be worthy enough, in our own right. But do you see that scoring anything less than 10 also means that you are not fully trusting in Jesus; it’s like saying that Jesus’ death wasn’t sufficient to pay for my sin! Scoring anything less than 10 means, in effect, that you are still relying on yourself in trying to become good enough to earn God’s approval, his acceptance. No one we will never get to heaven that way!

A Christian, by definition, has to score 10 because a Christian is someone who is trusting in Christ for their salvation. Jesus’ death on the cross paid for our sin for all time. We are saved. Period! This might sound arrogant or presumptuous, but it’s not… it’s faith; it’s taking God at His word; it’s trusting in the finished work of Christ! That’s why the very last words on Jesus’ lips moments before he died were: ‘It is finished’ (John 19:30). The price for our sin is paid in full! Those who repent and believe in Christ are saved, 10 out of 10, not because of anything they have done but because of what Jesus has done.

Remember this, religion is spelt D-O and Christianity is spelt D-O-N-E. It’s so liberating when you understand – Christianity is not about religion it’s about relationship, it’s about trusting in Christ!

R. Ian Seymour

If I were to ask you, on a scale of 1 to 10 how certain are you of being saved and going to heaven, how would you score? Think of a number… Now, if you’re a believer and you scored yourself anything less than 10, that most likely means you don’t feel worthy enough to go to heaven! And that’s true because none of us are, or ever will be worthy enough, in our own right. But do you see that scoring anything less than 10 also means that you are not fully trusting in Jesus; it’s like saying that Jesus’ death wasn’t sufficient to pay for my sin! Scoring anything less than 10 means, in effect, that you are still relying on yourself in trying to become good enough to earn God’s approval, his acceptance. No one we will never get to heaven that way!

A Christian, by definition, has to score 10 because a Christian is someone who is trusting in Christ for their salvation. Jesus’ death on the cross paid for our sin for all time. We are saved. Period! This might sound arrogant or presumptuous, but it’s not… it’s faith; it’s taking God at His word; it’s trusting in the finished work of Christ! That’s why the very last words on Jesus’ lips moments before he died were: ‘It is finished’ (John 19:30). The price for our sin is paid in full! Those who repent and believe in Christ are saved, 10 out of 10, not because of anything they have done but because of what Jesus has done.

Remember this, religion is spelt D-O and Christianity is spelt D-O-N-E. It’s so liberating when you understand – Christianity is not about religion it’s about relationship, it’s about trusting in Christ!

R. Ian Seymour