What It Takes To Go To Heaven

I was testing the children
in my Sunday school class

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to see if they understood the concept
of getting to heaven.

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I asked them, 'If I sold my house and my car,

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had a big garage sale

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and gave all my money
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to the church,
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Would that get me into Heaven?'

'NO!' the children answered.

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'If I cleaned the church every day,

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mowed the yard,
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and kept everything neat and tidy,
would that get me into Heaven?'


Again, the answer was, 'NO!'

By now I was starting to smile.

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Hey, this was fun!

'Well, then, if I was kind to animals

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and gave candy

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to all the children,

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and loved my husband,

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would that get me into Heaven?'

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I asked them again.
Again, they all answered, 'NO!'

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I was just bursting with pride for them.
'Well,' I continued, 'then how can I get into Heaven?'

A five-year-old boy shouted out,
'YOU GOTTA BE DEAD.'