How does a person get to Heaven?
2006-06-17 22:09:53 · 31 answers · asked by KINGIDASAM 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes I'm a Christian. A person gets into Heaven by trusting in Jesus as their savior and lord. "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)
How to be right with God:
1) Understand that, as a citizen of the human race, you are sinful (because of Adam's "original sin"). We are fallen creatures and nobody can attain to God's standard by works. We're just not good enough for His holiness because we'll always be marred by that original sin.
2) Confess that sin to God. Acknowledge that you know you've done wrong things in your life and that you can never attain to God's perfect standard on your own merit.
3) Repent of your sins. This means to turn from doing wrong. It's like doing a 180 from your natural inclinations. When you know something is wrong, you don't do it. (But if you do, just keep confessing it to God. It's not easy to control the sin nature, but eventually you start to change from the inside out. You start to no longer *want* to do those things that displease God.)
4) Accept Jesus into your life and let him be your Lord. This means to learn how he lived and to pattern your life after his. He is the perfect role model.
The beauty of this process is that, even though we are still sinners (that is, we commit bad acts everyday), the Sin (Adam's original mark upon us) that once defined us before God is no longer seen because the blood that Jesus shed on the cross covered over that Sin and erased it from God's view. When you trust and accept Jesus, God sees the perfect sacrifice of His only son upon your life. And *that* is all that is required for entry to Heaven...Jesus' "bloodprint" on your life.
People get hung up on "the rules." To be sure, God wants us to live righteous lives (marked by love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, goodness, and self-control), but He's first and foremost interested in a relationship with you. He created all of us and just wants to be in relationship with His creation. All the other stuff will follow...and we have the rest of our lives to conform to the image of Christ. <<< this just means patterning our lives after Christ's example. We'll never get it all down overnight. But God is loving and patient. :)
2006-06-17 22:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by Jen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I'm not a Christian, and as the Jamaicans say: "Everybody want go to heaven, but nobody want die!" That's the price of admission my friend. We are from the place you call heaven and when our visit to this plane of existence is at an end, we return. This life you and everyone else is experiencing is a classroom and we are the students. Find the truth and you don't have to return (again and again). Note: Christians are followers of Jesus, a Jew. What do you think that makes them?
2006-07-01 15:53:33 · answer #2 · answered by scorpionsnakeeaglephoenix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I am a Christian. To get to Heaven, one must have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ! Spending a little time reading the Holy Bible will answer alot of your questions. (Start with the book of John) But this particular question: You must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, that he died for your sins, that he rose the 3rd day. That you are a sinner in need of a Savior & you must repent of your sins. Ask forgiveness. Those things are a great begining on the path to life everlasting in Heaven.
2006-06-18 05:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by maranatha132 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I am not a Christian. I believe that a person gets to heaven by living the best life that they can live.
2006-06-18 05:13:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I become a Christian the day i ask Jesus to save me. He promised me a home in Heaven. The Bible says you must be born again to enter the kingdom of Heaven (saved by the Grace of God). When God saves you, he makes you a new person. You turn from you sin, and follow Him. He puts that desire in your heart to serve Him. You pray, go to church, and read your Bible. You put your Faith and trust in the Lord.
2006-06-18 21:29:15 · answer #5 · answered by concerned 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the way you can get to heaven is by accepting Jesus Christ as your savior, ask him into your heart and to take away all of your sin. You must believe he is the messiah and that he died on the cross for the sins of the past, present, and future. To show love to God you must obey him. If you want to learn more read the Bible, start attending a church, talk to a Priest, they can help you further.
2006-06-18 05:18:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a christian and a person gets to heaven by folowing the word of God
2006-06-30 00:23:45 · answer #7 · answered by singing_star 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. By helping others get to Heaven.
2006-06-28 05:11:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As God and ONLY God is the creater of heaven (and everything) it is only God who you should ask about heaven and what you should do to get there. Pray with your heart and God will open your heart and set you on the right path of what He wants. If you are sincerely seeking answers God will give you an answer through circumstances to know the truth. Every person ever living will have a meeting with God. Just you and God. In everything you do in this life think about this meeting and if you will be ashamed to meet with God because of your actions in this life. God is All-knower and All-Seer of everything you do. God is Great!
2006-06-18 05:40:55 · answer #9 · answered by jenna-a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Repent. Pray and Confess Jesus as ur Lord and Savior. Seek Him daily and study the word of God daily. Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you. Live a Holy life but separating ur self from unpure things. Forsake not the fellowship with other saints meaning a place of worship.Be ready at all times for Jesus return. Live like it's ur last day on this earth.
2006-06-18 05:20:27 · answer #10 · answered by Pashur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋