Have you ever wondered where you will go when you die? For Christians, it’s understood that there are only two options: Eternal life with God in heaven or eternal punishment apart from Him in hell. For insight into what qualifies you for either fate, ask yourself a deeper question: Are you self-righteous, or are you poor in spirit? For only those who humbly understand their need for a savior will receive one. As only the sick get a doctor, only the broken get a healer, only the sinner gets a savior. The self-righteous receive only condemnation. The self-righteous believe themselves worthy of earning salvation by their own merits and supposed goodness—but no one is good enough to come to God by themselves. Not even one. To continue on in this belief, the self-righteous will stand to gain the world, but forfeit their very souls in the end. If you believe in yourself or the world, you will die in your sins, eternally separated from Christ. But if you believe in Jesus–the way, the truth, and the life–then you will find true salvation.
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