WHICH WAY DO WE GO?

HEBREWS 12:14-29

Pastor Rick Jackson

I recall seeing a Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs led some hunting dogs away from a fox. One overweight dog kept saying, “Which way did he go? Which way did he go?” And of course Bugs always led him astray.
Now what happens today is people ask, “Which way do we go to get to Heaven?” or “Which way do we go to be successful?” and the Devil always leads them astray.

I. WHICH WAY DO WE GO TO GET TO HEAVEN?

1. The Only Way to Heaven is Holiness [v. 14]

Where Satan misleads people is how holiness can be attained

2. The Wrong Way is Away from Grace [v. 15-21]

-thinking works can produce holiness [v. 15]
-putting fleshly, temporary things over spiritual, eternal things [v. 16-17]
-thinking the Law is a means of salvation [v. 18-21]

3. The Right Way is through Christ and Christ Alone [v. 22-27]

II. WHICH WAY DO WE GO TO BE A FAILURE AS A CHRISTIAN?

If Satan fails to keep a person from being saved his next goal is to have them be a failure as a Christian- and he uses all his wiles to accomplish this goal. He even uses Christians. [remember Simon Peter and the Lord- “Get thee behind me Satan…”]

1. The Way to Failure is the Way of Disinterest [1 Thessalonians 5:19-20]

2. The Way to Failure is the Way of Distraction [2 Timothy 4:8-10]

3. The Way to Failure is the Way of Discouragement [2 Corinthians 2:6-7]


III. WHICH WAY DO WE GO TO BE A SUCCESS AS A CHRISTIAN?

1. The Way of the Cause [1 Samuel 17:29, Colossians 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:13]

2. The Way of the Cross [Luke 9:23]

3. The Way of the Christ [John 1:43, 10:27, 12:26, 21:19, 21:22]