Digging Deep No. 16 Topic: Those who qualify for Heaven Text: Psalms 15:5

INTRODUCTION: Psalms 15:1 asks a question: “Who shall enter heaven”? Psalms 15:2-5 supplies the answer to this crucial question. Many qualifications are listed and by now you should know whether or not you qualify for heaven. If you do, praise the Lord, if you do not, call on the only one who can make you qualify, the Lord Jesus Christ.

1. Who are those who cannot be moved according to Psalms 15:5, Romans 2:13, James 1:22-25, John 13:17, Luke 11:28, John 15:14. Those who will live forever and be immovable are those who know what is required of them as listed in Psalms 15 and do them. That is not hearers or learners only, but those who put into practice what they have learnt.

2. Can you give some reasons why saints are immovable? Psalms 40:2, Psalms 27:5, Psalms 31:20, Job 5:19-24, Psalms 33:18-19, Job 31:4, Ezekiel 9:4-6, Daniel 7:27, Hebrew 13:5-6, psalms 55:22, Psalms 37:5, I Peter 5:7, Psalms 37:24, Proverbs 24:16, Psalms 146:8, Ps 147:6.

The reasons why saints are immovable and eternal are very many. Some of them are these: their feet are planted firmly on the rock of Ages, they are hidden in time of trouble, their steps are controlled by God so that they will not walk into danger, they are sealed against destruction by God Himself, since they are going to be joint-rulers with the one whose kingdom is eternal. They have to be eternal themselves, God is their Helper so that even if they slip and fall God will raise them up again, they also have learnt the secret of trusting the Lord thereby casting their burdens on Him, including the burden of how to get heaven, and lastly, God loves them and those whom the Lord loves cannot perish.

CONCLUSION:Jesus Christ said that not all who call him Lord, Lord, would enter the kingdom of heaven only those who do what? Are you willing to do the will of God? Then you will never be moved. But are you willing to be doers also and not hearers only? Why not talk to Jesus about it now?