How to Get to Heaven (According to Jesus)

"And he [God] had caused the cursing to come upon them ... wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them." -2 Nephi 5:21 (Book of Mormon)


In the Bible, there are eight passages where Jesus specifically states requirements for entrance into Heaven. Below I will post each passage, as taken from the 2010 New International Version of the Bible.

1. On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” -Luke 10:25-28

Summary:
-love God
-love your neighbor

2. A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”
“All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said.
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” -Luke 18:18-22

Summary:
-do not commit adultery
-do not murder
-do not steal
-do not give false testimony
-honor your father and mother
-sell everything you own and  follow Jesus


3. “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
“Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples." -Luke 14:26-33


Summary:
-hate your father and mother
-hate your wife and children
-hate your brothers and sisters
-hate life itself
-give up everything


4. Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. -John 6:53-54


Summary:
-eat flesh
-drink blood


5. He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. ³ And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. -John 18:2-3


Summary:
-become like little children


6. Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” -John 3:3-8


Summary:
-be "born again"


7. “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven." -Matt 5:17-20


Summary:
-your righteousness must surpass that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law


8. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. -John 3:16


Summary:
-believe in Jesus


Final List:
-love God
-love your neighbor
-do not commit adultery
-do not murder
-do not steal
-do not give false testimony
-honor you father and mother
-sell everything you own and follow Jesus
-hate your father and mother
-hate your wife and children
-hate your brothers and sisters
-hate life itself
-give up everything
-eat flesh
-drink blood
-become like little children
-be "born again"
-your righteousness must surpass that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law
-believe in Jesus


What are some of the things we end up with? Love everyone and hate everyone, be born again and become like little children, and two references to giving up all your stuff. Oh, and of course, believe in Jesus. How many people do you know who will go to heaven?

ctrlaltdel-online.com