First, take this little quiz. Check below what you think is necessary to get to Heaven. Think about the questions and your answers, and then read the explanation below.

What I need to do to get to Heaven:

-- Try to keep the Ten Commandments.
-- Give to charity or the church.
-- Do my best to live a good life.
-- Try to obey the Golden Rule.
-- Be a church member and attend regularly.
-- Pray and read the Bible.
-- Do good works and good deeds.
-- Be baptized.
-- Take Holy Communion.
-- Believe in God.
-- Be Confirmed.
-- Have faith.
-- Help out other people.
-- Don't hurt anybody.

Now read the discussion below
and find out if YOU are going to Heaven.

Dear Visitor,

It is a fact of life that we must all die one day. From that point on we will be in either Heaven or Hell forever. If you were to die today, where would you spend eternity? Like most folks, you probably feel pretty confident that you would probably go to Heaven, but did you know the Bible says that most people will go to Hell? (Matt 7:13-14) and that most people who think that they are Heaven-bound Christians actually aren't? (Matt 7:21- 23).

"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (Matthew 7:13-14)

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." (Matthew 7:21-23)

This may be shocking! (read on...)

The sad truth is that people are trusting in some of the things on the above quiz to save them, some of the very things you may have just checked "Yes" to! But will any of these actually get you to Heaven? No; not according to what God says. You could join every church in the world, never miss a Sunday service, be baptized in every lake and river, take communion every day, believe in God, try and keep the Ten Commandments, pray, and do everything else on the list, and still not make it to Heaven!

What does God say in the Bible?

God the Son (Jesus Christ) told us when He was on the earth 2000 years ago that "Except a man be born again, he cannot see [Heaven] the kingdom of God." (John 3:3) My friend, if you cannot point to a time in your past when you were born again, then according to Jesus Christ, you arre not going to Heaven! Being born again is so important that, without it, you will go to the furnace of fire called Hell, forever! (Matt 13:41-42; Matt 18:8-9)

"The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 13:41-42)

"Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire." (Matthew 18:8-9)

So how is a person born again?

First of all, being born again is "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us" (Titus 3:5) You cannot earn your way to Heaven. "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) That is why Jesus Christ had to come to this planet 2000 years ago: to die on the cross and pay the price for your sins. As a sinner, you cannot make it to Heaven on your own merit or goodness. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." "There is none righteous, no, not one" (Romans 3:23,10)

The Bible says you must repent from your sins, (change your mind or attitude about your sins). Jesus Christ said, "except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." (Luke 13:3) The Bible says "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out" (Acts 3:19)

Please read on!

My friend, you have an appointment to stand before God one day and answer for every sinful thought, word or deed ever done during your lifetime. (Rev 20:11-15) God will not overlook any sin. (II Peter 3:9) God will judge the cusser, drinkers, the immoral, thieves, sodomites, the greedy, dishonest, adulterers, perverts, liars, cheaters, the proud, and every other type of sinner. (I Cor 6:9-10; Gal 5:19-21) All sinners "shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone" (Revelation 21:8)

"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. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." (Revelation 20:11-15)

"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." (II Peter 3:9)

"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." (I Corinthians 6:9-10)

"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." (Galatians 5:19-21)

There is only one way to escape this fate!

Jesus Christ is your only chance of making it to Heaven. He said "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6)

If you will repent of your sins and place all your faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21) God will save you. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Romans 10:13)

Being born again is not receiving a warm or "tingly" feeling; it is simply receiving Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour. You can know for sure that you're going to Heaven when you die, (I John 5:13) and have a salvation that you can never lose (John 10:27-28). God can change your life (II Cor 5:17) and fill that religious emptiness you have.

"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." (I John 5:13)

"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." (John 10:27-28)

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (II Corinthians 5:17)

Please don't neglect your precious soul. It's worth more than the whole world to God. "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" (Mark 8:36) Your whole lifetime is only a dressing room for eternity. God loves you. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

Just pray something like this:

God wants you to be saved. If you mean business with God, if you are willing to let God run your life, and you would like to be born again more than anything in the world; then you can simply pray the following prayer, and God will hear you:

If you have sincerely prayed the preceeding prayer, then you have made the most important decision you will ever make. Now that you have been saved you should read your Bible and pray everyday. You should find a church that really preaches the Bible, so that you can grow spiritually as a new Christian. May God bless you in your new life!