Just believing in God will not get you to Heaven?

Question

You have to follow the Ten Commandments, Pray to God, read the Bible,do not judge, and accept Jesus into your heart. That is what I do everyday, and I also go to Mass every Sunday

What do you believe will get you to Heaven?

Answer 1

Repentance of sin is also necessary and showing charity to your neighbor, but in the end eternal life is down to God`s mercy,because no one deserves it by their own right.

Answer 2

Yes, just believing in God the Father is enough to get you into heaven, but your level of joy, depends upon your good works.

Hell is a part of heaven, but it is the least of the heavens, there is but one place lower than hell and that is the fiery pit.

Do not follow Moses, His 10 commandmentsor his laws, or pray to his God. Do not read the bible for they are his (Moses) words, or the words of Peter or Paul.

Read and understand only the Words of the testimony of Jesus the Christ and His witness John, and if you do all that they command great will your reward be in the "Promised Land", the kingdom of heaven.

Answer 3

Only the belief that Christ died for my sins and that HE is my LORD and SAVIOR and the fact that I'm not ashamed to say this before men. Following the ten commandments , reading the Bible ,not judging are important but not required to enter Heaven.

Answer 4

Not everyone can keep the 10 commandments, if we could, we wouldn't need Jesus in the first place. We have to be "perfect" to enter the kingdom of Heaven. No one on earth can fit that bill. That is why God sent Jesus to die for us. He paid our debt in full so that we could be free. Going to church won't get you to heaven, following Jesus Christ will. Learn and grow in Him.

Answer 5

Can a true believer lose his salvation? What if a Christian does not take care of his relatives. Is he still saved?

There are some things we need to do to go to heaven.
(1 Tim 5:8) "if any do not take care of their relatives, especially the members of their own family, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever."

God bless
Robin

Answer 6

Simple faith in Christ will get you to heaven. I'd hate to be a sinner on my death-bed and reach out to Jesus with you in the room. You would probably talk me out of it. You are speaking about works and works will not get you to heaven. The Bible says if your works fail you at judgment, your faith is all you need.

Answer 7

Revelation 20:4--"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."
According to this Scripture---a person must be a witness of Jesus, endure intense persecution even up till death, refuse to worship the wild beast or it's image and have no mark of the beast upon them.

Revelation 2:10--"Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."

According to this Scripture, a person must not fear suffering, be willing to go to prison for their faith, be ready to undergo trials and tribulation ten days (ten meaning complete) and remain faithful until death.

This is only a few requirements for the select few that are chosen to co-rule with Jesus in the heavenly Kingdom (government) and these shall rule as kings, priests and judges over the earth.
LOBT

Answer 8

Just believing in God will not get you to Heaven,(deeds will be required conforming the belief)

This is as per Islamic ideology , not the Christian,

And by reading Bible more and more Christians are becoming Atheists,due to its 100s of contradictions,

please be honest to your faith.

Answer 9

The last one "accept Jesus into your heart" is the only one that matters. The others follow from that as you follow Christ and allow Him to live through you. It is grace through faith in Christ that saves us, but it is works that show the fruit of that faith in our lives.
The thief that accepted Jesus as he was hanging on the cross next to Him didn't have any time on earth left to produce works--the other things you named, but his story lives on in God's Word as an example of what it takes to be saved. If you think there are any other requirements besides faith in Christ (and by that I mean true repentance and acceptance of His saving power as the Son of God, not just believing that God and/or Jesus exists), then you are limiting the power of Jesus to save, which is kind of like doubting that power to begin with....does that make sense?
The entire Bible is full of examples of that faith vs. works concept and what God expects and requires, going all the way back to Cain & Abel. "By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice...." (Hebrews 11:4) Abel's animal sacrifice was in obedience to God, while Cain tried to obtain God's favor through his works (grain offering).
Of course, the flip side of misunderstanding this and trying to "earn" your way into heaven is abusing God's grace and using "once saved, always saved" as an excuse to live however you want to. Paul preaches against this in Romans 6. If we truly believe and accept Jesus, we "crucify" our worldly desires with Him on the cross, and we will want to live in a way that pleases God. Even though we still sin, we won't want to continue in sin and we will strive to live according to His teachings (which we learn more about through the Bible study, prayer, and worship that you mentioned).

There's really nothing we can do as humans to get to heaven--it's accepting what Christ has done for us.
Hope that answers your question!

Answer 10

The only things that Jesus told his diciples that was required for my salvation was to accept Christ, follow the commandements and repent of our sins.

I really don't believe it's that difficult!
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