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Am I Going to Heaven?

Which of the following do you think is necessary to get to Heaven?

1. Keep the 10 Commandments
2. Be sorry and confess your sins
3. Sincerely do your best
4. Stop sinning
5. Do good deeds
6. Give money to a church
7. Water baptism or communion
8. I don't believe in Heaven or Hell
9. Trust in Christ and serve Him
10. Trust in Christ as my only hope

Answers to these questions from the Bible.

No. 1 - Trying to keep the 10 Commandments cannot save us, but they do show that we are all sinners. "For whoever keeps the entire law, and yet stumbles at one point, is guilty of breaking it all." James 2:10

No. 2 - Being sorry for sins or confessing sins to God or a priest does not take away sin. The payment or penalty for sin is death, eternal separation from God in Hell. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23

No. 3 & 4 - Doing your best or trying to stop sinning would be great, if it were possible. Since Heaven is perfect, we must also be perfect to go there. "But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or lie..." Revelation 21:27

No. 5 & 6 - No good deeds or money given to churches can take away sin. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9

No. 7 - Water baptism or communion cannot pay for sin. They are for those who are already saved. The Bible says, "not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us..." Titus 3:5

No. 8 - If you believe there is a Heaven or Hell, you must believe there is a God. We cannot make a person believe but here is what God says: "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God." Psalm 14:1

No. 9 - Incorrect! To trust in Christ is to be saved by grace (without charge). To include serving Him would mean you must also add works to something that is a free gift. That would contradict what the Bible says. "And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work." Romans 11:6

What is the correct answer?
No. 10 - Yes, this is the only way to get to Heaven. The only way is the easiest way. All you have to do is believe that when Christ died on the cross, He paid for all your sins past, present, and future and rose again to give to you, at the very moment you trust Him, the free gift of Eternal Life. "For God so loved "__________" (your name) that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16. Jesus also said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life." John 6:47

What should I do?
Doesn't it make sense to trust the only one who came back from the dead as your only hope of going to Heaven? Right now, tell the Lord that you believe that He paid for your sins and that you trust Him to take you to Heaven when you die. "These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God." 1 John 5:13

Christ died ... that's History.
Christ died for me ... that's Salvation!

Now that I believe:
God will never cast you out or lose you.
"...the one who comes to Me I will no means cast out." John 6:37
"This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should losing nothing..." John 6:39

If you obey your Heavenly Father, it will produce love, joy, peace, and happiness in life. Romans 6:16; Galatians 5:22-23

If you disobey your Heavenly Father, He will discipline us, but our discipline will never be Hell. God deals with us as a father deals with his children. Your salvation is permanent!
Proverbs 3:11-12; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:5-7

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