2006-08-14 15:51:27 · 27 answers · asked by Becca 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
First you would have to be born without sin. (an impossibility) Then you would have to live the same life that Jesus Christ lived, perfect, without sin. That's all! Go for it!
2006-08-14 15:59:03 · answer #1 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot get into Heaven by being good. You can only get into Heaven by way of faith in God. We are all sinners and we are all cursed since Adam and Eve ate the fruit. You are asking a question that doesn't work because you are trying to ask a hypothetical question that only leads away from God. There is no such thing as good enough. The smartest person in the world with the greatest deeds wouldn't ge good enough. What deed in your imagination would be good enough? I don't think you can come up with one.
2006-08-14 23:03:15 · answer #2 · answered by cgi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot get into Heaven by being good, but that doesn't totally make sense now does it ? Only God is good and by his goodness we can get into heaven. The only thing we have to do is to say yes or to accept the plan that he has made for all of us. you see, we are all equal in the eyes of God, no one is better than anyone else and no one is good enough no matter what he or she has done in their life. No one can enter into the presence of Gods world or Kingdom or better known as Heaven by their own doing......
2006-08-15 00:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by Catt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lord tells us how to be "good enough," but that is not all. Obeying His commandments because we fear pain, suffering, so we can get a reward, so others will think us good and righteous and spiritually one of the "good guys" are NOT reasons or motives to be good that get us Home. Those motives are all self serving and are not devotional service by nature. It is not the highest consciousness or thinking to 'just" be good "so we can get this heavenly reward." Ideally we discipline ourselves so that we can humble and purify ourselves, please Him, love Him, know Him intimately and serve Him devotionally. Then we might be WORTHY of going Home.
All saints were sinners and all sinners can work on becoming saints! We chose to use our free will and play with matter without Him. When we are tired of playing with matter and when playing-living with Spirit is the most important thing to us and our lives, then He gradually lets us come back to Him when we have shown Him how sincere and committed and disciplined we truly are.
Your terms "good enough" also implies that there is some hope-desire that you can still be "bad," can still get away with some stuff. That is dangerous thinking and still implies a form of serious self centeredness where the false self oir false ego (me-myself-I) still wants to control and be the enjoyer.
2006-08-14 23:12:40 · answer #4 · answered by gopigirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot get to Heaven by being good. You can only get to Heaven by faith. We cannot pay for our sins that is why Jesus paid the price for us, when you accept Jesus as your saviour then you are washed clean of all your past sins. We should live by the ten commandments and do our best to be as much like Jesus as we can. That should be our goal to become as much like Him as we are able, to pray for strength to be like Him, and faith to never loose our way. You can never be good enough on your own, you have to have Jesus. No one comes to the Father (God) except through Him (Jesus). He is the way the truth and the light. Follow Him and you cannot go wrong.
2006-08-14 23:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by mitika130 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't get to Heaven by being good. That's one of the biggest lies that Satan ever fabricated. It's not about how good you are, it's all about if you accept the gift of grace and salvation that comes through Jesus Christ. The Bible does not say, "The good shall get into Heaven." Jesus said, "No one comes to the Father except through me." That's my answer.
2006-08-14 22:56:34 · answer #6 · answered by mycathisses 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest ant man should boast. Eph 2:8,9
This means all you have to do is believe in God and Jesus and trust them and pray for there forgiveness.
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and love of God, and fellowship of The Holy Spirit be you all. 2 Corinthains 13:14
2006-08-14 23:02:50 · answer #7 · answered by I love Jesus! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supposedly you can't there just by being good. Which is f****** ridiculous anyway. You're supposed to have to believe all their silly stuff actually happened and some alien runs the planet. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Anywho, don't worry about it, there is no way Heaven exists. It's all just a bunch of brainwashing bull cr*p.
2006-08-14 22:58:03 · answer #8 · answered by surfer2966 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heaven is a man-made concept created to encourage religious followers to "toe the line". Just be good.
2006-08-14 22:58:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is the age old question. I am glad that this was settled by another means than this. We go to heaven not on our merits but those of Jesus Christ.
2006-08-14 23:36:06 · answer #10 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't work that way...sorry.
You can never be good enough for heaven...Its a grace from God
2006-08-14 22:54:06 · answer #11 · answered by Augustine 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋