What are the requirements for entry into heaven ?

Question

References from the bible only please - NO unsubstantiated church doctrine, NO assumed knowledge, NO hearsay, and *definitely* NO Milton.

I'm having to thumb down a lot of answers that aren't giving biblical references or are opinion.

Answer 1

Romans 10:9 says it all:

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Yeshua, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Answer 2

The “requirements” for entry into heaven would depend on the belief system of the individual. Many religions teach that getting into heaven requires having lived a “good life” (whatever that may be based on the teachings of that particular religion). Universalism teaches that everyone will go to heaven eventually so I don’t think they have a set “requirement”, it just depends on how long it will take. Many Christian religions teach that in order to be admitted into heaven you must accept Jesus as your savior and ask forgiveness for your sins prior to death. Some Christian religions also require the person to have been baptized while others do not. Other religions believe entrance to heaven is based on karma, but that it is not a permanent place…that eventually your karma points will be used up (so to speak) and you will then be reborn. Many religions believe in various levels of heaven and each level has its own requirements.

Answer 3

Romans 3:23
John 14:6
Acts 2:38
1 Cor 1:30
Eph 4:22-24
Heb 12:14
Isa 35:8
John 3:3-5

Answer 4

properly, darling, you may pass Carrol off that checklist now. I even have not at all encountered all and sundry who could meet the factors, and that i've got not got faith I ever will, on account that Christians save changing and disagreeing on what those standards are, and a few of those standards are on an identical time unique, so even the extremely solid human beings i be attentive to do not seem to have of project of becoming it in, reckoning on who you ask. (((Nikon)))

Answer 5

Well, you have to believe in Jesus Christ the father.
The holy bible will help you with this question, you have to have lots of faith and trust and respect and follow the ten commandments, and not just want to go to heaven because you want to live a magnificent after life but because you want to follow Jesus Christ/God. Stay faithful, go to church and listen, hard. Understand what the pastor/prest etc. is trying to say

Answer 6

Crazy rainbow hair man at sporting events says it's John 3:16.
Go Cowboys!

Answer 7

There is only one requirement but you have to die to find out.

Edit

Sure give me thumbs down but how can you get to heaven without dieing . There is no mortals in heaven besides all that God created us to live on earth . Do you think we have an idiot for a God if he wanted us to live in heaven he would have made us there . You all need to come to reality and figure out what your place is. The only way you are not going to be resurrected is if you kill yourself or die during Armageddon 144000 will make it to Gods kingdom only to judge but they have died and the ones still hear will die before going

Answer 8

One must be born again. John 3:3; 3:5

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.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.


So the next question should be, what must one do in order to be born again?

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Answer 9

You name being found in the Book of Life.

Answer 10

lets say i am an Iglesia ni Kristo.. I would say only the Iglesia would go to heaven co'z my religion says that you have to be an Iglesia ni Kristo to be saved. It doesnt matter if you're a devoted Christian or devoted Catholic or whatever, their souls will all burn in hell. Its also based on the Bible for your info. what do you say about this?

Answer 11

Only ONE: Face the Final Judgment. The rest is up to God.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world...Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels...And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (Matt 25:31-34, 41, 46)

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. (Rev 20:11-12)