I think we have to let God be the judge about who gets to Heaven. However, if you really love God then you don’t want to make him unhappy, and sin makes God unhappy.
“I think we have to let God be the judge about who gets to Heaven.”
Couldn’t agree more. and He laid it out pretty clearly in the Holy Bible, OT and NT.
“However, if you really love God then you don’t want to make him unhappy, and sin makes God unhappy.”
The problem comes in when you have a certain group of people that want to live a life that flies in the face of God and they still wish to call themselves His. Some of these people even try to get His law outlawed in places like Canada....but they will have to answer for that as well as their life choices when they grovel before Christ.
God alrady told us how to get to heaven ..... through the blood of Jesus Christ.
Jesus reminded us, “No one comes to the Father except through me.”
If a person truly repents and receives Christ as their Savior, they will go to heaven.
A person who receives Christ - should be absolutely convinced they are going to heaven - there is no doubt about it. The devil likes to make us think that if we commit some stupid sinful act - we negate what Jesus blood did for us. No! The response to commiting another sin should be to immediately repent, “... and turn from your wicked ways.”
We are not perfect. When we get born again - it’s only our spirit which is renewed and made free of sin - but we’re still stuck with our flesh. The flesh will try to continue to rule, but Paul taught us, “... renew your mind by the washing of the water of the word”. That means .. as you begin to study the word of God and find out how God thinks, you will begin to think that way too - allowing the “water of the word” to wash away your old thinking and your old habits.
God is truly awesome!!