A popular saying is, "It doesn't matter what you believe, as long as your are sincere." While we all admire the person who is sincere, yet sincerity is not enough. One must be sincere in believing and doing the right thing. We have great respect for a man who is so sincerely in earnest in his convictions that he is willing to die for them. But sincerity is not sufficient.

Mr. Monroe sincerely believed that the railroad tracks were clear or he wouldn't have been caught on the tracks in his car, and hurled to eternity.

In the Borough of Manhattan, New York, a prescription called for a quantity of barium sulphate, but the druggist used sulphite instead. There is only the difference of one letter between the two names of the two drugs. One is used for curative purposes, the other is a deadly poison. The woman who took the medicine died. Evidently, the druggist was sincere, thinking he gave the right medicine. In cases where it involves either life of death, certainty is demanded.

Mrs. Jones sincerely believed it was a dose of medicine she was taking from the medicine cabinet. It turned out to be poison and she died. Sincerity will not save your soul if you believe the wrong thing. It is far more deadly to believe the wrong thing than to drink poison by mistake.

The statement, "It doesn't matter what you believe, just so you are sincere," assumes that any faith is alright and will get you to heaven if you follow it sincerely. But this isn't so!

The Apostle Paul was very zealous and sincere when he persecuted the Christians. But he needed a new heart-a new birth. No matter how long and how sincerely he would have pursued that way he would have been lost. (Acts 9).

The five foolish virgins were very sincere when they same to the marriage feast and said, "Lord, Lord open to us but he answered, I know you not" (Matthew 25:1-13).

The prophets of Baal were most sincere when they called upon their god to answer with fire on Mount Carmel. They were so sincere they cried aloud, and cut themselves with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon the, but they received no answer. (1 Kings 18).

The heathen are in great earnest as they worship their images of wood and stone; the Hindu fakirs that go on long pilgrimages or lie for years on beds of spikes are sincere indeed; the Mohammedans who stop work and drop on their knees wherever they may be and pray to Allah five times daily may be sincere, but all these are lost without the Savior Jesus Christ.

Jesus says, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter in to the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Many will sincerely think heaven's door will open for them because they prophesied in the name of the Lord, cast out devils in His name and did many wonderful works. But He will answer them "I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity" Matthew 7:21-23.

Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ with your whole heart? Have you accepted Him as your personal Savior? On that day it will matter! Anchor your faith in the Lord Jesus with all the sincerity of you heart, and He will give you peace with God and everlasting life.