MYTHS & MISCHIEF: Are You Good Enough to go to Heaven?
(TWO-MINUTE VIEWING) — Think being “good” is enough to get you into Heaven? You are far from alone if that is what you think. There are endless variations on this basic theme that we human beings use to rationalize the reality that all of us, in the words of Romans 3:23 “have sinned and fallen short of God’s standards.”
It is only by God’s grace, expressed in our acceptance of Jesus Christ as having paid the price for our sins on the Cross, that, according to Ephesians 2:8-10, we are considered “good enough” to be admitted into Heaven to share eternity with Him.
But there are many who mistakenly think their own good works will do the trick.