You CAN’T Enter the Kingdom of God…
You can’t enter the Kingdom of God if after “being born again” you don’t….
● Go through many hardships (Acts 14:22).
● Bear good fruit or get thrown into the fire (Jn. 15:6; Mt. 7:19; 3:10).
● Sow to please the Spirit to reap eternal life (Gal. 6:8).
● Stand firm through hatred to the end to be saved (Mt. 10:22).
● Do what is right to be righteous (1 Jn. 3:7,8).
● By the Spirit put to death the misdeeds of the body to live (Rom. 8:13b).
● Persist in doing good so that God will give you eternal life (Rom. 2:7).
● Live holy or the second death will have power over you (Heb. 12:14; Rev. 20:6).
● Forgive others who sin against you so that your sins can be forgiven (Mt. 6:14,15) and so you won’t be accountable once again for your previously forgiven sins (Mt. 18:21-35).
● Continue to believe on Jesus so that you will live and never die (Jn. 11:25,26).
● Continue in the teaching of Christ or be without God and eternal life (2 Jn. 9; 1 Jn. 2:24,25).
● Hold firmly to the word Paul preached so that your believing is not in vain (1 Cor. 15:2).
● Keep yourself from idols (1 Jn. 5:21), for all idolaters will be thrown into the lake of fire (Rev. 21:8).
● Hold firmly till the end the confidence you had at first to share in Christ (Heb. 3:14).
● Remain faithful to God to the very end so you won’t be hurt by the lake of fire (Rev. 2:10, 11 cf. 21:8).
● Continue to do the will of the Heavenly Father to live forever (Mt. 7:21; 1 Jn. 2:17).
● Love God for the kingdom of God has been prepared for all who do (1 Cor. 2:9; James 2:5).
● Hold on to your courage and the hope of which you boast to remain God’s house (Heb. 3:6).
● Hate your life in this world to keep it for eternal life (Jn. 12:25).
● Keep making an agonizing effort to enter God’s kingdom doors for many who try will not enter (Lk.13:23,24).
● Hold on to faith and a good conscience to prevent shipwrecking your faith (1 Tim. 1:19).
● Keep yourself pure (1 Tim. 5:22) for the pure in heart will see God (Mt. 5:8).
● Be an overcomer and faithful follower to escape the lake of fire (Rev. 21:7,8; 2:10,11; 17:14).
● Have your mind set on what the Spirit desires to live in accord with the Spirit (Rom. 8:5).
● Continue in God’s kindness and faith or get cut off like the Jews (Rom. 11:19-23).
● Be afraid (and not arrogant) of getting cut off like the Jews (Rom. 11:20).
● Discipline your body and make it your slave so you won’t become disqualified (1 Cor. 9:27).
● Keep a tight reign on your tongue or your religion is worthless (James 1:26).
