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You don’t go to hell because you break the 10 commandments, you go to hell for not being Born Again.

Amen

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I'm afraid I have to interject a little thought or two here.

You don't get anything for doing anything. We are sinners, If we Love the Lord Jesus Christ then He loves us and the GRACE of God applies to us. There are many ways to prove that love, obeying His commandments is certainly one of the ways that we can show our love BUT saying we are born again, a pastor saying we are born again is meaningless. The Lord has said “by their fruits ye shall know them”. That is how The Lord will know us too.

When Adam and Eve were kicked out of the garden of Eden they lost not only their immortality but also the ability to be in the presence of God.

We die and are separated eternally from God, or said another way we go to Hell, regardless of what we do here because of Adam and Eve. Even if we were perfect in this life, which is impossible, only Christ has done that, but even if we were perfect we would not “earn” a heavenly reward. There is a price to pay for us to come back in the presence of God and that price was paid by The Son of God who offered himself a sinless sacrifice so that we could reenter the presence of God.

God does not grant every person entry into the Kingdom just because Christ was punished, He only gives that to people who accept Christ. God does not grant entry into heaven because someone says they Believe in Christ, or that they have been saved. Those who accept Christ have still not earned anything. Those people may have shown that they really accepted Him by having good works but the good works don't get you anything. Only the Grace of God allows us to enter back into the presence of God.

It is most unlikely that that Grace will be offered to people who haven't proved their love of The Lord, as James says, “Show me your works and I will show you your faith.”

Accepting The Lord Jesus Christ is a lot more than mere words. The Lord paid a really great price for the privilege of offering grace, it will not be given willy nilly. I expect that on the day of judgement there will be a lot of surprises and broken hearts, or perhaps weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth.