Why Heaven?

 

It seems everyone wants to get to Heaven. Even those who do not believe in God; given a choice they'd rather go to Heaven than have their backside roasted in Hell for eternity.

What is Heaven? 

Jesus taught us that it is a place. It is more than just a state of being. It is a physical place and we will be there in our resurrected bodies as well as our souls. Jesus described Heaven as a mansion with many rooms; and that He was going there to prepare a place for us.

A lot of people imagine Heaven as a big palace where they get to stay for eternity and enjoy all the amenities, comfortable living, indoor and outdoors swimming pools, a gymnasium, cinema lounge and whatever else they imagine it to be.

They imagine Heaven as a place to be in without considering why they should be there.

The reality is that Heaven is a place where we go to meet Someone. To meet God who created us, and who loves us and wishes us to be there.

So if someone does not believe in God, he will hardly go to Heaven regardless of how good he has been in life. 

If someone has been an obnoxious pain in the **** all his life; what makes him think that God would want to spend eternity with him?

You cannot wish your way into Heaven.

This is worth repeating: You cannot wish your way into Heaven.

There are people who believe they are good really, and perhaps they are, and that by living life as best they can this will be enough for them to go to Heaven. They wish they'll be there one day. This is false hope based on false teaching. 

To go to Heaven one must believe in God our Father; and love and obey Him; and follow Jesus to show us the way.  

"Not everyone who calls me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do what my Father in Heaven wants them to do." Matthew 7:21.

"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6

It seems simple enough. One should either believe it or claim that Jesus is a liar.