for some reason the last couple days i have been thinking about heaven. maybe b/c i just read "90 Minutes in Heaven" by Don Piper. of course, you figured already, that i DO believe in heaven. contrary to what some people probably think, i believe it is a rational perspective: i believe there must be a point to this life....

the very fact of life (human beings) begs questions about death. what comes next? is there a heaven? assuming you believe there is a heaven, how do you get there? what makes you good enough? who is the judge?

what i love about the gospel (the Bible) is that it answers just such questions, albeit, you might have to take a step of faith to believe the answers.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

so how do we show the world of our belief? (because otherwise, what is the point and... are we really believers?)

Romans 10:9 If you use your mouth to say (audible confession), "Jesus is Lord," and if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you will be saved.

so... there is nothing that makes us good enough. there is no amount of works we can do to get us to heaven.

Romans 3:10 There is no one who always does what is right, not even one.

and... God judges our hearts. did we really know Him in the first place? did we believe in what His son Jesus did for us on the cross?

2 Corinthians 5:10 because we must all stand before Christ to be judged. Each of us will receive what we should get--good or bad--for the things we did in the earthly body.

Romans 2:2 God judges those who do wrong things, and we know that His judging is right.