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How good do you have to be to get into Heaven?

This is an excerpt from A.W. Tozer's, "Daily Pursuit" of a friend of his vising a fallen woman on her deathbed.

Story:
The woman said to him, "Dr. Reich, you're a good man, but you don't know me.  I'm a terrible woman, just terrible.  I'm not worthy for you to sit here by my bed."

He quietly said to her, "You're dying."

"I know I'm dying," she said, "but I lived a terrible life, a vile life."

"God will save you."

Looking at the Dr., she said, "Not me, no, no.  I'm not enough.  My goodness can't get me in."

Picking up on her attitude he said, "Sister, if your goodness can't get you in, your badness can't keep you."

"Is that so, Dr. Reich?"  And she began to cry.

"That's right.  If goodness can't get you in, badness can't keep you out."

Verse:
"For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace." - Romans 6:14

My Thoughts:
Salvation is difficult at times to fully grasp for someone who has been in church their whole life.  Can you imagine how difficult of a concept it must be for someone who hasn't experienced God's grace to comprehend?

Then you get into the whole works vs. faith debate from some people.  Search the Bible and let me know if you find how much it says you have to pray to get to heaven?  How much you have to give?  How much you have to serve?  The only thing that you have to do is believe and place your faith and trust in Jesus Christ.

"We are righteous because we have been saved by faith in Christ Jesus.  Our actions and behaviors reflect our salvation.  They don't contribute to it."

The greater the "badness" in your life, the more God's grace abounds.

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