Many people think they will get to Heaven based upon what they do, i.e., their works. A work is anything you do to earn or merit your salvation or to make yourself worthy or deserving of everlasting life. Such people think that if they just do enough good things throughout their life they will “make it”.
The one condition for eternal salvation
According to the Bible, there is only one condition to receiving everlasting life. This one condition is mentioned numerous times and in different places throughout the Bible. Let’s have a look at just a few of these verses, focusing specifically on what Jesus himself said you must do to have everlasting life
What must I do to be saved?
This question is asked in Acts 16:30, and it is without a doubt the most important question asked in the bible. What MUST you do to be saved from Hell and to go to Heaven instead? Thankfully, God gives us the answer to this most important question in the very next verse