Seven of Everything

I heard an analogy the other day which essentially posed a question, why should I join your church? It went something like this, If I'm in a corvette and you are in a lamborghini and we are both on the same road to heaven why does it matter that I get in a lambourghini to drive the same road and get to the same destination? The point was, it doesn't matter what church you join to get to heaven. There are several weaknesses to this analogy and I will present some of them here and what could make it stronger. The first weakness is that a car with a single driver or single family of passengers is not a good representation of a church. A car must represent a single person or possibly a single family. The analogy could be modified to be an airplane, ship, train or bus. Also, types of cars cannot be well used in an analogy such as this because there is no example of a perfect car. The main weakness is that it does not take into account what happens when we drive up to our fina...

If you are familiar with the reference in the title you may know that the question actually states, "Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Luke 10:25 So why did I change the wording? It is because eternal life and salvation, or being saved, are synonymous terms. You cannot have one without the other and you cannot loose one without loosing the other. Another term also synonymous with these is to inherit or enter the kingdom of God or kingdom of heaven. Some people believe that to be saved the only thing that must be done is "confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and ... believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead" (Romans 10:9); that is enough, it is as good as done, the final judgement of salvation has been declared upon their soul, they are saved. Jesus was asked this question four times during his recorded earthly ministry; none of his answers give the impression that we can sit back and relax and still be saved. There are sever...