John The Baptist Beliefs

John the Baptist seeing Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he told them, “Do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham” (Matt. 3:9). John the Baptist rebuking the Pharisees and Sadducees for boasting about their heritage. No one goes to heaven because of their association with a nation, their heritage or their traditions. Jesus came to save individuals not a community. Individual trust in Christ is what takes a person to heaven. In His discourse on the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Scribes and Pharisees were the zealous religious people of Jesus time. Nobody at that time thought they can exceed the righteous acts of the scribes and Pharisees. Jesus was asking, scribes and Pharisees will not inherit the Kingdom with all their righteous acts then, how can you? Isaiah 64:6 states, “We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.” All the righteous deeds of men are filthy rags in front of God. Believing in the finished work of the cross is the only deed that can take anybody to heaven. …show more content…
. . .. So, they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools.” Paul is saying, God revealed Himself to everybody so that they will not have any excuse. Unbelief in God or repudiating heaven, will not change the fact that, God and heaven exists. God said in Jeremiah 29:13, “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” God will not reject anybody who seek Him with all their