I believe that every human being is sufficiently depraved that when we get to Heaven, no one will be able to say, 'I merited this.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The very desire for guarantees that our values are eternal and secure in some objective heaven is perhaps only a craving for the certainties of childhood or the absolute values of our primitive past.
It is a common assumption that a person's good works will get them into Heaven.
If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.
We do not wish to enter Heaven until our work is done, for it would make us uneasy if there were one single soul left to be saved by our means.
We have proclaimed to the world our determination 'to die freemen, rather than to live slaves.' We have appealed to Heaven for the justice of our cause, and in Heaven we have placed our trust.
Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us!
Not even death can take us from the eternal blessings promised by a loving Heavenly Father.
Much faith will yield unto us here our heaven, but any faith, if true, will yield us heaven hereafter.
If there is a great white throne judgment in which all unbelievers are going to be judged and sentenced to an eternity in hell, shouldn't that motivate us right now to share Christ with as many people as possible?
There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.