How do you get into heaven?
You don't get into heaven by faith alone!
So, essential to the Christian life and
necessary for final salvation is the
killing of sin, Romans 8 13, and the
pursuit of holiness.
I want to know what it is to believe
because I'm required to believe in order
to be saved. The pathway that leads to
salvation is the performance of works
trusting in the promises of God. The
battle for obedience is absolutely
necessary for salvation because it is
the fight of faith. If you don't fight
lust, you don't go to heaven. If you
don't fight grudges, you don't go to
heaven. The fight against bitterness is
the fight against unbelief. How you
deal with lust has to do with where
you spend eternity. And that's a long, long time.