Don’t Let Shortcuts Cut You Short of Salvation

  [307 words] Sometimes when traveling, drivers will take “shortcuts” that actually result in much longer trips. Even when doing school work or being on the job, we sometimes think taking a shortcut will make our load easier, only to find out that, when all is said and done, we end up exerting more energy and/or time in completing the task than had we just done as we were instructed. Spiritually, there are no shortcuts in entering the “strait gate” and traveling the “narrow way” (Matthew 7:13-14). The religious world teaches shortcuts to salvation, but they actually keep us from salvation. A few of these are as follows. First, there is the “sincerity” shortcut. Some say that as long as a person is sincere, God will save him or her. However, sincerity by itself will not result in salvation. A person can be sincere and still be wrong. For example,…