Retroman (my qoute) TT made an interesting statement in another thread.
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It is more than being a good human. Excepting him as your personal savior is the only thing it says you must do. That is the key, and that is what one must do to get into those pearly gates.


Is there more to this or is that it?


forum member TT---To accept Jesus Christ as your savior, and being a good human being is what it takes to get into heaven. I mean what else could you possibly do? I do think thats it ,and its simple, and so many people want to make it so complicated.



check this one out True Native American---- The Bibles says, "... The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23).

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: It is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8,9).

There is not one thing you can do to earn a place in Heaven. It is free! You can do nothing to earn eternal life. It is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone that will get you to Heaven.

Sure You are Going to Heaven
As a teenager, I thought I was going to heaven. After all, I joined the church, believed in God, believed Jesus was the Son of God, believed Jesus died for my sins, and tried to live a good life. All the while, I was maybe 80% sure I would go to heaven when I died.
Then one day a preacher asked me if I knew for sure I was going to heaven. I didn’t know anyone could KNOW FOR SURE.

Then he showed me a verse I don’t ever remember seeing before. It was I John 5:13 “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that he have eternal life.” I didn’t know I had eternal life, so I listened intently. It went something like this:

There are four things you need to know to realize you are going to heaven:

1. You must realize you are a sinner. Romans 3:10 “There is none righteous, no not one.” Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the Glory of God.” That was an easy one. I knew I had lied, stolen and had bad thoughts – and had done worse things as I got older.

2. You must realize there is a penalty on your account because of your sins. Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death…” That was easy. I had been punished a number of times as a child when I got in trouble. It made sense that God would have a punishment. Bt I didn’t realize that God could not let me into heaven even if I had done relatively small sins (Psalm 5:4), and I especially didn’t want to admit that I was deserving of hell.

3. You must realize that Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, died on the cross to pay for your sins. Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” I had heard that ever since I was a kid. That was easy.

4. You must receive the gift of free salvation the Bible way. Romans 10:13 “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.” I remembered that I had called on Jesus two and a half years prior one night during a seminar on biblical principles.

How about you? Has there ever been a time you called on Jesus Christ for salvation? I’m not talking about just believing that he existed, walked on the earth, and died on the cross. The devil believes that. Yet the devil is not going to heaven (he was, on the contrary, booted out of heaven under the name Lucifer). I am not talking about praying to Jesus. Cornelius in Acts chapter 10 prayed to God always. He made me look sick by comparison because I don’t always pray to God. Yet he was on his way to hell because he had not received Jesus to get his sins wiped away. He had to pray again – this time his prayer was one of receiving Christ as his personal Saviour. This time he was going to heaven when he died.

If you believe what the Bible says about Jesus, and believe you are a sinner in need of a Saviour, then why not trust Christ now? It’s so simple, a six year old can do it. You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. Here’s how. Just pray this simple prayer and mean it:

“Dear Lord Jesus, I know I’ve sinned many times. I realize I am going to die one day and I don’t want to pay for my sins in hell forever. I believe you died on the cross to pay for MY sins. Right now Jesus, the best I know how, I’m asking you to forgive me of all my sins. Please come into my heart and save me. Thank you Jesus for saving me.”

Did you pray that prayer and mean it? If so, then Jesus has something for you. This verse was a great help to me after talking with the preacher, because it ties salvation with eternal life with Christ. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” John 5:24

Once you trust in Christ by receiving Him as your Saviour, he tells us that at that moment we have everlasting life. Also, we will not be condemned or judged for our sins, and have a life that goes on forever. How long is forever? No end, right? That’s how we can know 100% for sure that we are going to heaven. When you receive Christ as your Saviour, you have done all that God ever requires to get you into heaven.

I called on Christ to save me at age 23. I remember where it was, when it was, and even the promise from God's Word that I have everlasting life. Those three things give me an assurance that if I died in my sleep tonight, I would be with the Lord Jesus Christ forever more.

I am going to heaven because I did what the Bible says - no more - no less. How about you?