Getting in to heaven

[Cmc1]

To start I’m not clever that why I’m asking loads of questions, reading the bible at times I think just believing and been repentant is enough, to ger into heaven like the beatitudes and repentant and believe for example but in other parts like Matthew 5. 29 just for one example then I think no way its enough

 

[Vico]

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Repentance before death with forgiveness of the guilt of sin is the way for those that have fallen after baptism.

Matthew 7

18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

 

[fhansen]

For myself I think it’s beneficial to keep in mind the broad picture throughout our lives. The Church teaches, regarding your very question, this general yet profound statement which refers to our “particular judgement”, quoting St John of the Cross,
"At the evening of life we shall be judged our love."

If we weigh our life and actions against that concept, then we’ll understand that love is God’s goal for us (reflected in the Greatest Commandments, of course), and that love automatically opposes and excludes sin while pleasing God and directing our actions in alignment with His will. Love sort of defines justice or righteousness for man, and fulfills the Law by its own nature (Rom 13:10).

 

[Inquiry]

This is one of those things that is really hard to reconcile. Sometimes we have clear indication that heaven is offered freely with no regards to merit, other times we are told that we will be rejected if our works do not match our words. It’s not a contradiction, it is both.

The way I reconcile it in my head is this: The price of Heaven is that there is no price. You cannot earn it, God gives it freely. You cannot bargain for it piecemeal, He does not negotiate. There is no dress code, He will give you finer clothes than you could ever bring. He wants nothing more than all of you, He will give you no less than all of Him.

Works are not the price of Heaven, they are the products of it. Those saints in Heaven love God so much that they do his will out of love alone, with no expectation of reward. If we desire to be saints we should strive to do the same, not because it earns us anything but because that’s what being a saint is.

The important part is not being a saint, it is wanting to be a saint. Only saints enter Heaven, but God will guide you to sainthood if you ask Him. Works are part of how we ask Him in this life. They are not the price of admission they are our very request for it.

 

[PennyinCanada]

We have the choice to grab God’s hand in the morning before we get out of bed, and offer the day ahead, in union with Christ, for the salvation of souls. All our struggles, disappointments, frustrations, can be given to Christ for this intention. Then the ordinary becomes supernatural.

The little boy with the few loaves and fish handed them to Christ and He fed the 5 thousand. Really, that’s our story if we want it to be.

 

[drac16]

A person is saved by no less than faith in Christ, as it says in Ephesians 2. Are works important? yes, but they are the test by which we can know whether someone is saved or not. The works do not get us salvation, they are the fruits that one will naturally be produced when one is saved.

Place your faith on Christ’s perfect sacrifice on the cross. Nothing else can save you (i.e. not your own attempts at believing enough, not indulgences, not Popes, not obeying a church’s tradition, etc). I invite you to read Ephesians 2.

 

[Cmc1]

Yes but Ephesians 4 and 5 say how to live Christian life my life change for the better when I found god and the church i(m miissing it now lockin uk) and it looks really hard to return the favour by been a good Christian

 

[ProdglArchitect]

it looks really hard to return the favour by been a good Christian

Just keep this in mind. You can never return the favor in adequately. God is offering us unending life, unyielding happiness, unlimited joy, bliss, and fulfillment forever. Nothing could possibly compare with it, nor could anything compare with what He went through to give us that opportunity.

Good works are not about paying God back for what He’s done for us. They’re not about returning the favor. We do good because God is good. We do good things because they align our wills more perfectly with His, and the closer to His will we are, the greater our capacity to receive Him and respond to His love.

 

[Cmc1]

gratitude would be a better word and thank you all it does help me loads

 

[TheLittleLady]

As long as we love God with all of our heart, mind, strength and our neighbor as ourselves, when we fail we repent and try do do better, it is amazing after years looking back to see the change and growth.