Let’s first start with the bad news
As a result of sin, the entire human race is born separated from God and without any intervention from Him, we are not eligible for Heaven.
- Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
- Romans 3:10 says, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
- Romans 6:23a “For the wages of sin is death;”
- Revelation 21:8 “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:”
No amount of good works can save us from being separated from God eternally.
- Ephesians 2:8-9 say, “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.”
The one sin that can keep a person out of Heaven is to ignore of reject God’s son and the only substitute to Heaven is eternal torment in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:15, 2 Thes. 1:7-9).
- John 3:18 “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”