Do you get to go to heaven because you were 'elected' by God or by faith?

Question

Serious answers please. Back your answers up with scripture, not conjecture.

Thumbs down? Didn't think this was a bad question...

OK - I am talking about the theology of election, one of the 5 points of Calvinism.

Answer 1

We are saved by grace alone. Recall that in Acts 16:31 the jailer asked Paul and Silas how to be saved. They responded, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved." The jailer believed and immediately became saved.
Close to 200 times in the New Testament salvation is said to be by faith alone - with no works in sight. Consider the following:
John 3:15 tells us that "everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."
John 5:24 says, "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my words and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."
In John 11:25 Jesus says, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies."
John 23:46 says, "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness."
John 20:31 says, "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."
If salvation were not by faith alone, then Jesus' message in the Gospel of John - manifest in the above quotations - would be deceptive, stating that there is one condition for salvation when there are allegedly two - faith and works.
I must emphasize that we are saved by faith for for works. Works are not the condition of our salvation, but a consequence of it We are saved not by works, but by the kind of faith that produces works.

Eph 2:8-10 God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this: It is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Answer 2

It is through your faith in God and through your believing and Accepting Jesus as your personal Savior that you go to heaven.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Answer 3

I get to go to heaven by the miracle of flight. It's great living in a time when people can fly! It's also wonderful that we can travel from Ohio to Paris in one day. Flying is great!

Answer 4

You don't need no scripture, you go to Heaven regardless of anything, cause it's where you came from, forget the dam books.

Answer 5

All have the right to go to heaven. When Jesus died he opened it up for all including the ones that wanted to kill him.

Answer 6

>Serious answers please. Back your answers up with scripture, not conjecture.

ROTFL! Going in my quotes collection. The fact is, no one goes to Heaven at all, because Heaven does not exist.

Answer 7

yes...faith comes from God

Answer 8

By faith in Jesus Christ. That he died for my sins and rose again in glory.

Answer 9

We are all children of God, therefore we are all "elected"

Answer 10

If you're referring to predestination than you're asking many people for their valuable opinions expecting to find truth.

Search for Christ in your heart and he'll tell you the truth.