“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)
There should be no doubt in anybody's mind that satan is the deceiver. It is he who has lied to mankind for as long as time has existed. Is he who is called in the Bible, the “father of lies.” It is he who would do anything to see every one of us deceived and destroyed. But do not believe his lies. His one and only purpose is to try to send you to an eternal hell. Thank God that the word of God has not left us ignorant concerning the attacks of satan. And it is some of these very tactics of our enemy that I want to go over with you.
Do not trust in family connections for salvation. The devil would try to deceive you into believing that just because your mama’s or daddy's, husbands or wives are Christians, that you're saved too. But this is a lie. Your mama and daddy’s, or husband and wife's salvation will not be able to save you. Salvation comes only when you personally confess your sins and ask Jesus to come into your heart. There is no other way. No other formula. Unless you yourself admit your sins, one day you're going to end up in hell screaming, ”I thought I was saved. I thought I was saved.” But for you, it's too late.
Do not trust in church works to get you into heaven. There are many that have been blinded by satan into thinking that their church works are racking up some kind of bonus points that one day can be cashed in for a one-way ticket to heaven. They think that because they teach a Sunday school class, everything is alright. You have to have more than Sunday school religion. We had better have our act together because religion is going to send many men and women to hell. We need to wake up before it's too late. All the Church works and deeds of a lifetime will never save you. Only the blood of Jesus can get you into heaven.
Do not believe that just because you're saved, you can sit back now and take it easy. This is a lie straight from satan. Many in the churches of today have a tendency that once they have gotten saved, they tend to sit back and just try to coast into heaven. They have gotten lazy and slothful. They think that because they're saved now, they have been given a license to sit back. But now is not the time to sit back. Now is the time to move forward in battle. If we are not careful, the devil will lullaby us to sleep with his soft, subtle lies. And that is exactly what he's already done to many in the church.
Do not think that sin is all fun and games. The devil would have you believe that sin is exciting and fun; that it is the in thing to do. But sin only leads to heartache and pain, and eventually to hellfire and damnation. Many come to church and sit in the pews on Sunday morning, but when they walk out of the doors, they are just a wolf in sheep's clothing. They are what the church calls a Sunday morning only Christian. Once they walk out the doors of the church, they don't read their Bibles, they don't pray, they don’t seek the face of God. It is time that we shake ourselves and wake up to the cold, hard facts. If there is sin in our lives, we're not going to enter heaven. There are many in this nation who have pushed God to the limit with their game playing. They've tried to use Him and abuse Him one too many times. But it's time to make a decision. It's time to make a choice. There are no other options. Game time is over.