So, here again, it's emphasized, do what's right and you're going to be better off.
God's going to give you length of days.
He's going to take care of you.
Do what's wrong and you're just bringing a curse upon yourself.
Your life is going to be a failure.
Your life is going to end in misery and shame.
And all throughout the Bible, you know, we're just turning to a few scriptures.
We could see this principle again and again, again in the Bible that could be summed up
in this way.
The path to God's blessing is through the door of obedience.
You want things to go well for you, you want God to bless you, you want to be successful,
you want to prosper, then you need to do what's right, you need to listen to God's commandments,
you need to meditate on them day and night, and you need to implement them in your life.
That is what the Bible teaches cover to cover very clearly.
Go to 1 Peter chapter 3, let's see it in the New Testament.
1 Peter chapter 3, toward the very end of the Bible, just a couple books before Revelation,
1 Peter chapter number 3.
And again, this has nothing to do with salvation.
You know, when it comes to salvation, the Bible's clear about what it takes to be saved.
You know, the question is asked one time in the Bible, what must I do to be saved?
And they said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved in thy house.
The Bible says that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life.
But let me say this, even once you're saved, and by the way, once you're saved, you're
a child of God.
The Bible says, but as many as received him, to them gave you power to become the sons
of God, even to them that believe on his name.
So if you believe on the name of Jesus Christ, the Bible says that you're a son of God.
He says, but ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
So when you're God's child, you're God's son, he says, I'll never leave thee nor forsake
thee.
He says, I give unto them eternal life, they shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand.
So once you believe on Jesus Christ, you're saved and you're saved forever.
But does that mean that you can't make a mess out of your life on this earth?
I mean look how many people in the Bible were saved, went to heaven when they died,
but wait a minute, the end of their life ended in ruin.
Look at Samson.
I mean Samson was a man of great faith, Samson was saved, Samson's in heaven, but did Samson
end his life in a glorious way or a shameful way?
He ended his life in a shameful way.
King Saul also ended his life in a shameful way.
Bible teaches in two places that he's in heaven.
And we can go down the list.
You know, King Solomon ended up his life in a shameful way.
Just because you're saved doesn't mean that you can't mess things up down here on this
earth.
And look, I don't know about you, but I don't want to be a failure in my life.
You know, I'm glad I'm going to heaven.
I'm glad I'm saved.
I'm glad that as far as the east is from the west, so far God has separated me from my
sins.
I thank God that I will never face the wrath of God and the punishment of hell, but I'll
say this, I don't want my life to be a failure.
I want my life to be a success.
I don't want to ruin my life.
I don't want my children's lives to be ruined.
I don't want my wife's life to be ruined.
I want to do what's right.
I want to prosper.
I want to succeed.
I want to do something great for God.
I want to do something great.
I don't want to get to the end of my life and be a failure and be a loser and have ruined
the opportunities that I've been given.