How to get into heaven!
November 9, 2009 | Posted by peterg Many people when you asked them “do you think you will go to heaven?” will tell you…” yes.
Take the 2 minute Who goes to heaven QUIZ.
If you asked them why, they will tell you that they have been pretty good or they tell you that they are better than other people they know.
Other people will tell you that even though they are not perfect, God is a merciful God and therefore we will all go to heaven.
Many people believe that Jesus died for all of our sins and therefore we’re all going to heaven.
Others believe that you can work your sins off in purgatory.
Some say that there are many ways to salvation. Or they say that all religions lead to salvation.
What does the bible say about “How to get into heaven” or “Salvation“? Find out here.
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The good person Test – see how you score.
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All of the Absolute One, called “God”, for He is the opposite of “Dog” must be present at all time in order to be absolute. Therefore there is only the HERE & the NOW.
There is nowhere to “go”. Death means you are dead, have no voice. Imperfection cannot live forever within the PERFECT.
Satan (doubt) made it easy for you to die, with 3 lies:
(1) “Go” to heaven (state of mind)
(2) Re-Incarnation – ALL of the Absolute One exists, whether visible or invisible. Re-Incarnation, as is “evolution”, is therefore UNNECESSARY
(3) After-Life is an Oxymoron.
Stop believing the crock of BLIND men.
This scripture says it all about how we are saved.
All Have Sinned
9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
10 As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one;
11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.
12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.”
13 “Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
God’s Righteousness Through Faith
21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Boasting Excluded
27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.
29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,
30 since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
31 Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
Romans 3:9-31 (NKJV)
You seem like a very caring person who wants to know God and who is committed to serving him…and that is wonderful. Did you know that the God of the Bible is a loving God who wants to have a personal relationship with you? In Psalm 139, God tells us that He has more good thoughts about us that there are grains of sand on all the seas of the world. That’s a lot of good thoughts!
Jesus is more than a great prophet, He is Deity – God Himself – the One prophesied of for thousands of years, who set aside His total royalty and humbled Himself to come to earth as a man…just to fulfill the Father’s plan of sending someone who was strong enough to live a perfect life so He could pay for our sin. He loves you and He Knows everything about you. He knows how many hairs are on your head and He knows how many days and minutes you will have in you lifetime.
Here is what the word says…”For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38-39
He loves you and I so much that gave his only begotten son to die for you and me…”For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life”. John 3:16
The Messiah had been promised to for thousands of years because of the fall (the sin of Adam and Eve) that separated us from God. The law of Moses was given to us not to save us but to make us aware of our own sin. None of us are without sin… “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:23-24
Take the good person test and see if you qualify…I sure did not (I’m no better than you). I pray too every day and spend time with God to know him better…but all that is just not enough to get into heaven. The Torah says that if you break one of these laws you have broken them all. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9
Who was Isaiah 53:5-6 talking about when he said…“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” “Isaiah and Psalms foretells us about the Messiah. How he would suffer and die for our sins. Salvation is through Jesus alone… ‘What shall we do, that we may work the works of God? Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” John 6:29
The prophet Jeremiah said…”Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:12-13
Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
May God bless you and reveal himself to you and show you the way to a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ!
“To go to heaven is just by praying 5times daily and do no evil.”
Unfortunately, no one has ever done “no evil”. Think of how many time you have violated your conscience, how many times you have willingly gone against what you know to be right. Maybe you haven’t murdered anyone… but how many times have you been angry with someone? How many times have you looked with lust? How many times have you lied?
No man is good, not even one.
And Jesus Christ came down to the earth 2000 years ago and became a man. He lived a perfect life… unlike every other man who has ever lived… He loved the Lord His God will all His heart, soul, mind, and strength. Jesus proclaimed that He is the way, the truth, and the life and that no one comes to the Father except through Him. Jesus is the only way to heaven, He declared it Himself. Thus Jesus is one of three:
(1)Liar- Jesus proclaimed to be the Son of God and He knew He wasn’t
(2)Lunatic- Jesus was out of His mind and a crazy man. He was mentally ill and thus declared Himself to be the Son of God.
(3)Lord- Jesus really was the Son of God and spoke the truth at all times.
Jesus cannot just be a good prophet. For no good prophet lies.
Jesus is the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Him. Therefore Buddhists go to hell. Muslims go to hell. Atheists go to hell. All those outside of Jesus Christ go to hell.
But… why?
Because no man has lived a perfect life. Thus man is deserving of the wrath of God. Man deserves to be utterly crushed by God for all of eternity because one sin committed against an infinitely worthy God deserves an infinitely worthy punishment… but…. Jesus DID live a perfect life. He went to that cross and all of the wrath of God which should have fallen upon believers throughout all of eternity fell upon Christ.
That’s the good news of the gospel! That’s Christianity. That man is deserving of the wrath of God but Christ came and took that punishment. And anyone who repents of his sin (turn from your sin and forsake it) and believes the gospel will receive everlasting life! There is nothing you can do to earn your salvation. Salvation is a gift of God. not based upon the work of any man.
But Christ did not remain in the grave. He rose again three days later, confirming that He was indeed the Son of God. And He descended into heaven. He’s coming back one day to judge the entire world. The Bible states that Christ will come like a thief in the night.
God has fixed a day in which He will judge the whole world according to their deeds. And all those without Christ who have done any wrong thing will be cast into the lake of fire which burns forever and ever. Today is a day of mercy, a day of patience. Flee from the wrath to come! Run to Christ while it is still the day of mercy and you will be saved because and only because of Christ!
Hello Sheriff,
I am no expert on the Muslim faith, so I’m not here to bash your religion. However, to say that all that is needed to get to heaven is to “pray 5 times daily and do no evil” leaves something to be desired. The Bible declares that it is “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost” (Titus 3:5).
If we could just simply “do no evil”, why would we need a god in the first place? We could do it on our own. Every person on earth born from Adam have sins to be repented of “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) and therefore need a Savior. Now, one might argue that there are many saviors, but how many front doors are on the average house?
John 10:1-10 tells us that Jesus Christ is the doorway to heaven; the “front door”, so to speak. Anyone who tries to enter heaven any other way is a “thief and a robber” (not my words, but Jesus’). Satan doesn’t mind religion or religious people, it is PURE religion (James 1:26-27) that he fights against. To pray 5 times a day falls a bit short because the Bible says to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thes. 5:17). Besides, what if my prayer was to destroy my enemies? God is love and He tells to love them (Mt. 5:44).
There is much more I could say here but it would take much more space than allowed. Suffice it to say that we need to do more than just pray 5 times daily and (try) to do good.
hello
i am a Gambian and a muslim.
To go to heaven is just by praying 5times daily and do no evil.
The bible says that if we seek him, we will find him. Matthew 7:7,8. He is always waiting for us to turn to him…how amazing is that?
Looks like you are a true specialist. Did you study about the issue? hehe
Knowing Jesus alone is not good enough. He provided salvation for us, however, each one of us needs to make a decision to accept that gift or we miss out on that gift of salvation.
It’s like a coupon for a supermarket. They send out coupons to everyone, however, we need to bring that coupon into the store to benefit from that discount.