[Gay State Conservative]

As a Catholic I was taught that heaven is very much a matter of merit,with the commission of a grievous (mortal) sin,if left unrepented,guaranteed to get you a ticket straight to hell.

[WaldenPond]

This is false teaching.

[metmom]

As a Catholic I was taught that heaven is very much a matter of merit,with the commission of a grievous (mortal) sin,if left unrepented,guaranteed to get you a ticket straight to hell.

Except that no one can merit heaven.

ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Since God's standard is absolute perfection, one sin and you are done, just as Adam and Eve broke their fellowship with God with one sin.

One sin is enough to disqualify you from being in God's presence.

So we depend on God's grace, His UNMERITED favor, to credit us with the righteousness we can never attain on our own.