What Doctrine could keep us from Heaven?

[timf]

The gospel by which we are saved

1Co 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
1Co 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
1Co 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1Co 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

The means by which we are saved

Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

It would seem that the key element is faith. There are a few things that can hinder and subvert faith. A person may substitute an acknowledgement of Jesus (such as he was a great teacher, etc.) instead of a trusting faith. A person can think he has done something to earn salvation (works).

When you consider that many of us will have a lot of "wood, hay, and stubble" along with our faith, it makes fighting over secondary issues seem less important.

1Co 3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
1Co 3:13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
1Co 3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1Co 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

 

[Salty]

Unbelief in the Gospel message. Pure and simple. No need to complicate it.

So someone presents Matt 7:12 and states - I believe those words of Jesus - thus I will make it to Heaven????

 

[Reformed]

So someone presents Matt 7:12 and states - I believe those words of Jesus - thus I will make it to Heaven????

Honestly, I'm not sure how what I am stating is difficult to understand. Unbelief in the Gospel message is what keeps a person from eternal life. Even Mormons believe certain parts of the Bible. I'm sure they would have no issue with Matthew 7:12, the so-called Golden Rule:

“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

New American Standard Bible: 1995 update (Mt 7:12). (1995). The Lockman Foundation.

Not to get too verbose, the Apostle John gets to the heart of the matter:

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son. 10 The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son. 11 And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

New American Standard Bible: 1995 update (1 Jn 5:1–12). (1995). The Lockman Foundation.

He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life (1 Jn. 5:12). It is really that simple. Certain false doctrines provide evidence that a person does not have a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. For instance - denial of the deity of Christ is a disqualifier. I draw a distinction between denial and misunderstanding. A person may confess Christ but lack understanding of a specific doctrine, although they are not outright denying it. I know believers who struggle with the concept of the Trinity. They understand its importance, they just have a difficult time appropriating the concept. That is different from the person who outright rejects cardinal doctrines. What I'm getting at is that unbelief is the root of those rejections.