Good works or God's work?

How could one enter heaven? Is it by good works or by God's work?

Many believe that Salvation can be obtained by doing good things for others and for God. Some people even go to church and attend mass often as they believe their efforts are credited for heaven. There are also people who believe that by helping the poor and sharing their financial blessing to others would give credit to their salvation someday. But how sure are they that these things that they believe are true? Are these things give assurance for our salvation? Are we to do enough good works to be saved?

To answer this... Let us examine the scriptures:

First off, We cannot save ourselves because we are separated from God because of our sins. Infact God considered us His enemies apart from having reconciliation to Him through his Son Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:10-11
"For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation."

Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Romans 6:23 "For the wages(payment) of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Yes that is true. All have sinned and the payment of sin is death. Death here refers to spiritual and physical death. Physical death is a condition where our heart stops pumping and our lungs is tired of supplying us oxygen. The principle is this... All will die because of sin. Spiritual death in the other hand refers to our separation from God. God is holy and we are sinful. This is the condition where we are considered spiritually dead. We are separated from God.

Sounds horrible right? We are sinners, we are separated from God and we are considered His enemies. We are doomed to hell.

But...... God loved us so much. He does not want you to suffer and to be separated from Him.

That is why He did His Work. He sent His Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins.

This is God's work. To save us.
Luke 19:10 Jesus said, "For the Son of Man(Jesus Christ) has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Romans 6:23b "... but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord"

Because of Jesus we will be saved from the punishment of our sins only if we believe that He alone could save us and that we will accept Him in our lives as our Savior and Lord. He is the gift given to us by our heavenly Father. A Gift is something that we did not work to earn it.. it is given to us freely and the only thing we need to do is to accept it.

Ephesians 2:8-9 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works(your works), so that no one can boast.

By faith through prayer, accept Him now as your Savior and Lord. Ask Him to come into your life and pray that He will make you the person He wanted you to be. Give your whole trust in Him like a sky diver who gives all his confidence that his parachute would carry him safe.

Could you follow this prayer and take it as your own. Please pray this sincerely.

"Lord Jesus, I need you. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive you as my Savior and Lord. Thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of my life and make me the person you want me to be."


1 John 5:11-13
"And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life."

Colossians 1:21-22
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of[a] your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—



To answer the question above.... its pretty obvious. :)

God Bless you reader.

Thank you for taking time to read.