HOW DOES ONE GET INTO HEAVEN?

Some have said, when asked if they were going to Heaven, “I have done enough good deeds to balance my bad deeds and sins.” But the Bible is clear that no amount of good deeds will be enough to balance out our bad deeds and sins and get us into Heaven. As the last verse below states, if you commit one sin, it’s as though you’re guilty of all. So it’s only through faith in Christ that we can know that our sins are forgiven and we have Eternal Life in Heaven.

Galatians 2:16 (NKJV) “A man is not justified by the works of the [nor good deeds] but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law [nor good deeds]; for by the works of the law [or good deeds] no flesh shall be justified.”

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works [nor good deeds], lest anyone should boast.”

2 Timothy 1:8-9 (NKJV) “Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works [or good deeds] but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.”

Titus 3:4-7 (NKJV) “But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness [nor good deeds] which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”

James 2:10-11 (NKJV) “For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.”