Highway to Heaven

Isaiah 35:8-10 NKJV

8 A highway (To God) shall be there, and a road,And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.

The unclean shall not pass over it,But it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool (Anyone can come) ,Shall not go astray. 

9 No lion shall be there,Nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it;It shall not be found there. But the redeemed (We get on the road through Jesus)shall walk there, 

10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,And come to Zion with singing,With everlasting joy on their heads.They shall obtain joy and gladness,And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

1. Jesus is our Street to Grace

Condemnation is not from the Lord.  It is from the enemy (Romans 8:1).  

Acts 10:14-15 NKJV

14 But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.” 15 And a voice spoke to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common (unclean).”  (God can make the unclean clean). 

Acts 10:28 NKJV

28 Then he said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Acts 15:8-9 NKJV

8 So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, 9 and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith (God cleans our heart by faith).

John 14:4-6 NKJV

4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.” 

5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” 

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way (Jesus is the way to God), the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

2. Jesus is our Street to Safety

Don't wander off the road of safety.     

Isaiah 35:9 NKJV

9 No lion shall be there,Nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it;

It shall not be found there.  But the redeemed shall walk there,

Psalms 91:13 NKJV

13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

Luke 10:19 NKJV

19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

II Timothy 4:17-18 NKJV

17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 

18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!

3. Jesus is our Street to Joy

Isaiah 35:10 NKJV

10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,And come to Zion with singing,With everlasting joy on their heads.

They shall obtain joy and gladness,And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 51:11 KJV

11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Luke 15:6 NKJV

6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

Jesus loves to see the lost saved!  He spends His time looking for them.  

Luke 15:9 NKJV

9 And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’  

You can go to heaven if you want to.  Call out to Jesus.  Lord, forgive my past.  I surrender to you my future.  I give you my life.  

You don't find favor with God by good works.  You find favor with God by getting on God's way to Him.  Jesus.   

Ask, What is the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message?

Robert Morris, Gateway Church