Lie #3

Going to church and being a good person will get you to heaven

1. It’s based on the idea that we get to set our own (
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   ).
   

‘Good’ means a (

) of self-centeredness.

We are (

) good—that is, we were created in the (

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) of God. (Psalm 8:5).

‘Evil’ means their own needs and desires are of (

) importance.

We are (

) bad—and the reason is because we have (

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) against God and chosen to live only for ourselves.

1. It’s based on the idea that we get to grade our own (
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   ).
   

You’re (

) guilty or you’re not.

1. Salvation can’t be earned, so it’s offered as a (
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   ) (Romans 3:10, Ephesians 2:8-9)
   

This question of how we gain God’s forgiveness is perhaps the most widely misunderstood (

) in Christianity.

Going to Heaven is achieved by you (

) it or (

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) it through your own good conduct during your life.

In God’s eyes (

) who sins at all is a sinner.

I often say to people that Heaven is a place reserved exclusively for (

) people and that no ‘good’ people are allowed. (Isaiah 64, John 14:5-7)

If you have made Jesus your personal Lord and Savior then all that is left is to prove it or not. Go and do what (

) told us to do or go and do what (

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) tell ourselves what to do?