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No Easy Way in
E.A. Johnston
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E.A. Johnston

No Easy Way in

E.A. Johnston · 11:30

E.A. Johnston warns that the path to heaven is difficult and narrow, rejecting the modern false gospel of ease and urging sincere repentance and faith in Christ alone.
In this challenging sermon, E.A. Johnston confronts the widespread misconception that salvation is easy, exposing the dangers of false teaching and the satanic deception behind it. He calls believers to recognize the true difficulty of the narrow path to heaven as taught by Jesus Christ, emphasizing the necessity of genuine repentance and faith. Johnston vividly portrays Christ's suffering and sacrifice as the only true way to salvation, urging listeners to flee from false gospels and embrace the Lord Jesus wholeheartedly.

Full Transcript

It has been said, if you say something enough with a combined loud voice and keep repeating it, people will eventually begin to believe it. As seen in the recent legislation and legalization of sodomy as an acceptable alternate lifestyle, as sexual perversion in society has become recognized and promoted by our governments because of the loud voice that was heard heralding it. And behind it all is the satanic one whose desire is the destruction of the traditional family.

So too, as in the affairs of politics and governments, we have been told by modern evangelism that getting to heaven is easy. All you have to do is believe. Pastors and evangelists have been repeating that same perversion of the gospel for over 60 years with a combined loud voice until everyone has adopted it and believed it was so.

So too is Satan behind this perverted gospel in the damning of the souls of man. But it is not easy a thing to get into heaven. Rather, it is fraught with great obstacles and difficulties.

Man's rune nature, whereby he is dead in sin and trespasses, and man's great adversary, the devil, whose combined hatred toward all men and hatred towards Christ is a boiling, seething pot of trouble spilled upon any soul seeking salvation and deliverance from his kingdom of darkness. For the devil will keep his goods in peace so long as he can ultimately destroy the souls of man. Any minister who tells you it is a easy thing to get to heaven either is a good man with bad theology or he is a bad man with selfish motives of his own advancement as he is only interested in trafficking in the souls of man to enlarge his church and ministry.

Satan is so full of pride he swells up like a bullfrog by his pond. And any minister who tries to promote himself and advance himself in the eyes of man is a man full of satanic pride. If we take the sayings of Christ literally, then there is no easy way into heaven.

Jesus declared its great difficulty to his disciples over and over again. He informed them, enter ye in at the straight gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction. And not only did our Lord say the way was difficult by being exclusively narrow and straight, meaning any attempt by ministers to broaden that way is to do the devil's biddings and carry out his errands in misleading the souls of man.

And the Lord Christ not only stated the difficulty, he told the masses who would never find it for regarding perdition. And many there be which go in there at a hill fills by the hour with deceived religious hypocrites who never knew Christ intimately and of whom were but strangers to Christ ultimately. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

In other words, they die outside Christ's blood and beyond God's grace. They enter a region that represents the kingdom they belong to in life for they perish into outer darkness, never having been brought out of the devil's kingdom of darkness. They were deceived, deluded, and defrauded by modern evangelists to the damning of their eternal soul.

The next time you hear some ignorant pastor tell you that getting to heaven is an easy thing, run from that man like you would flee from a hungry pack of wolves. At the final judgment day you will not be able to defend yourself. At the final judgment day your excuses of bad ministers and faulty evangelism will not help you.

You will stand there at the bar of Almighty God in your own merits and in your own condition as you were held up against the strictness and severity of his holy law. And you will stand there guilty and condemned with no sympathy from the judge of all the earth who must carry out the sentencing of the law upon the heads of all guilty lawbreakers. Jesus already warned you, but you paid him no, never mind.

He warned, beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. I've been in the church, friends, for the last 60 years, and I've never seen a time in my life like the day in which we live now where there is such an overwhelming prevalence of false prophets and false teachers occupying the pulpits of the land, and the astounding thing about it is their prominence within their apostate denomination. There is no easy way into heaven, friend, for it was not easy for God the Father to sacrifice his only begotten son on a bloody cross, and it was not easy for Christ as he sweat the great drops of blood in his passions at Gethsemane, nor was it an easy thing for the Son of God to be arrested by mere mortals when he could have at any time had 10,000 legions of mighty angels for his rescue, nor was it an easy thing to be manhandled and abused by base Roman soldiers who put a purple robe upon him, and a reed in his hand, and a thorny crown upon his head, and then mocked the Prince of Glory, and spit their foul phlegm into his innocent face.

Was it an easy thing to be ridiculed by sinners and punched in the face by his tormentors? It was no easy thing to stand trial before a Roman governor when there was never a man in the history of the world who stood more innocent before his judge than he. It was no easy thing for Christ to be stripped and scourged by a cruel and bloody taskmaster until his back was flayed open to resemble ground hamburger meat. No, friends, I will not lie to you and tell you it is an easy thing to get to heaven when it was not easy for the Son of God to be fastened to a cross by nails being driven in his tender hands and feet.

It was no easy thing to hear the religious mob that day cry out against him saying, he saved others, let him save himself. And it was no easy thing for that blessed Savior to have the sins of the world laid upon him and thereby experiencing the turned face of the Father and crying out, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? No, friend, no matter what the majority opinion is in the church, it is no easy thing to find Christ in salvation. The only believed gospel is a hellish assault upon the souls of men.

There is no easy way into heaven but by a narrow way of heartfelt repentance toward God and faith in his dear son Jesus. And that faith means to believe on him by receiving Christ as Lord. When a man or woman is awakened to their lost condition and gets under the terror of the law and has a sense of curse for sin, then they will flee to the only refuge and remedy for sin in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus declares, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me. Flee to Christ, friend, and get an interest in him and surrender all you are to all he is, and he is Lord.

There is no easy way in, but there is only one way in, and that is by bleeding and dying Christ as your remedy for sin.

Sermon Outline

  1. I
    • The prevalence of false teaching about easy salvation
    • Satan's role in deceiving souls and promoting false gospels
    • The danger of ministers who mislead for personal gain
  2. II
    • Jesus' teaching on the narrow and difficult way to heaven
    • The reality of many deceived religious hypocrites
    • The final judgment and the severity of God's law
  3. III
    • The suffering and sacrifice of Christ as the true path
    • Rejecting the popular notion that salvation is easy
    • Christ's example of endurance through trials and crucifixion
  4. IV
    • The necessity of heartfelt repentance and faith in Jesus
    • Fleeing to Christ as the only refuge from sin
    • The exclusive claim of Jesus as the way, truth, and life

Key Quotes

“The next time you hear some ignorant pastor tell you that getting to heaven is an easy thing, run from that man like you would flee from a hungry pack of wolves.” — E.A. Johnston
“There is no easy way into heaven but by a narrow way of heartfelt repentance toward God and faith in his dear son Jesus.” — E.A. Johnston
“Jesus declares, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me.” — E.A. Johnston

Application Points

  • Reject any teaching that claims salvation is easy and seek the truth in Scripture.
  • Examine your heart for genuine repentance and faith in Jesus as Lord.
  • Be wary of ministers who prioritize personal gain over biblical truth.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is salvation really difficult according to this sermon?
Yes, the speaker emphasizes that salvation is a narrow and difficult path, contrary to modern teachings that claim it is easy.
What is the danger of false teaching mentioned?
False teaching misleads souls into believing salvation is easy, which ultimately leads to eternal condemnation.
How does the sermon describe Christ's sacrifice?
Christ's sacrifice was painful and difficult, involving suffering, rejection, and death on the cross for the salvation of sinners.
What should a person do to be saved according to the sermon?
One must repent sincerely, recognize their lost condition, and place faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
Why does the speaker warn against certain ministers?
Because some ministers promote a false gospel for personal advancement, leading people away from true salvation.

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