Question / Comment - Comments on 'The Heaven Test'


Hi, I sat 'the heaven test' but are you saying that Heaven can be gained by obeying the commandments?

Reply:

Hi,

thanks for the question. I am actually trying to show the opposite... That Heaven cannot be gained by good works or obeying the commandments.  Maybe it is not clear enough. Maybe you didn't read right to the bottom... I'm not sure. I did change the text on the button a little while back from 'Rate my chances of Heaven' to 'Rate my chances of Heaven by my own good works' to try emphasize this. I also added at the top 'Is being good, good enough to enter Heaven?'

The purpose of the test is to show the user that by their own good works they will not be able to enter heaven. To do this, I have used God's law... His commandments. The very purpose of the law was to show us our sin and drive us to Him for forgiveness. (Gal 3:21-25, Rom 5:20)

So that is the purpose of the test... To point people to the Savior!

Hope that helps clarify it for you.

 

 

Question / Comment - The Heaven Test is presumptuous and judgemental!


Dear Friend,

Please don't be so presumptuous and judgmental about those who try to answer honestly. As a born again Christian we receive the righteous of Christ imputed unto us by faith. That is what grace is all about. As such it is possible to answer all questions correctly by the will of God. Nevertheless, I do commend you that you do lead some to question eternity.

In Christ,
Reply:

Hi,
 
thanks for the email. Sorry that you took offense but if you know someone that could honestly answer "Never' to a question like
 
Do you ever put other things in your life before God, and fail to love Him with all of your heart, mind and soul?
 
then I would like to meet them... Actually to be honest, I'm not sure that I would because I don't think I could trust them. Even the Apostle Paul, a man fully committed to the will of God, still had to look at himself and cry 'what a wretched man that I am!' Near the end of his ministry he said he was the chief of sinners. It is my belief that the closer a person is to the Lord and the more a person grows in grace, the more they will see themselves for what they are.
 
It is not presumptuous to say that everyone has sinned. It is biblical and as far as I know Jesus is the only one that has lived a perfect sinless human life. Nor was I being judgmental. It is God's law that shows a sinner that they need the Lord and that is the very purpose of the test.
 
All the best.