• Do You Have Enough Points To Get To Heaven?

  Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 12, 2023 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Romans 3:23

  Tags:  Evangelism, Grace, Forgiveness, Sin, Heaven, Salvation, Justification, Sinners  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I heard a story the other day about a guy who died and stood before the gates of heaven. An angel met him and said, “We have a new plan for getting into heaven. We’re now using a point system and you need 1,000 to enter.” The man told the angel that this would be no problem as he started rattling off his accomplishments:

I was a member of Pontiac Bible Church for 30 years, taught Sunday School and tithed my income. I went on mission trips, handed out Bibles, and invited a lot of people to church. The angel replied, “That’s nice. Let’s see. That’s worth one point. You only need 999 more. What else?” The man thought for a minute and said, “I was married to the same woman for 50 years, was involved in a food pantry, was an honest businessman and never cheated on my income tax. What about that?” To which the angel said, “Well, that’s worth another point. Now you only need 998 points.”

The man was frustrated and said with exasperation: “You know at this rate it’s going to take the grace of God to get me in this place!” The angel responded, “That’s worth 1,000 points.”