There are two dominant themes in the New Testament.

The first theme in the New Testament is a presentation and elucidation of the gospel.

But there is a secondary theme, and it is the matter of who is a true Christian.

Having delineated the gospel in great clarity, it is then of great importance that one ascertain

whether or not in fact he or she is a true Christian.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson. Today we kick off a series on a topic that couldn't be more important. How to know if you're

really a Christian. Scripture says there's a narrow way that leads to heaven and there's a broad road

that goes the opposite direction. This study will help you know which path you're on. It's titled

The Road to Nowhere. John, it's hard to imagine someone traveling on a road to

nowhere, and yet in spiritual terms, that is exactly what some people are doing, and what's more,

they don't even know it. Well, that's absolutely true. It's a road to nowhere as far as they know,

but we know exactly where they're headed. There's only two destinations for every

living soul. One is heaven and the other is hell. One is the eternal presence of God and joy,

unspeakable and full of glory. The other is the absence of God and punishment for forever.

I'm afraid that in the world most people are on a road to a destination that they don't even

understand. They don't comprehend. Most people probably feel that if there is a heaven there, they're going there,

but they aren't. The people who think they're going to heaven might base that on their heritage.

They might base it on their sincerity, their goodness, their religiosity, their tradition, their philanthropy, their charity. And so they must be on the

road to heaven because don't those things get you there? And that is the road to nowhere.

Nowhere near where they think they're going.

That is in reality the road to hell.

The road to eternal punishment and the absence of God.

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