Several times, the gospels portray people arriving at the gates of heaven and crying out for God only to be told that he doesn’t know them. In this episode, Gary Wilkerson and Joshua West discuss these sobering passages of the Bible and how they should inform believers’ lives.
Kevin Hines was standing on the edge of the Golden Gate Bridge. The wind was cold, and the water below was rough, the proud buildings of San Francisco’s business district reared up into the bay fog. Kevin climbed over the rails and leapt into the misty air.
In the opening lines of the Beatitudes, Jesus says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
