The Adam Redeemed Podcast · 2026-10-20 · 1 min
Can being a good person get you into heaven?
No. Heaven isn't earned by being good enough, because none of us meets God's standard. It's a free gift: if you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you're a 10. If you don't, you're a 1. There's no in between.
The 1 to 10 question
Ask someone: on a scale of 1 to 10, if you died right now, how sure are you that you'd go to heaven? Most people say a 6 or a 7. They don't want to sound proud, but they think they're a good person who helps people and does good things.
Why a 6 or a 7 misses the point
Any answer but a 1 or a 10 shows we don't understand who God is and what He did for us through Jesus. It isn't about how good a person we've been. None of us has lived up to God's standard, and He knew that.
God already had a plan
God knows the beginning from the end. When He made us, He knew we would fall, and He already had a plan to show us His great love. When we accept Jesus, we will be with Him in paradise.
Questions people ask
Do good people go to heaven?
Not because they're good. No one meets God's standard on their own. Heaven is a free gift through Jesus.
How can I know I'm going to heaven?
Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Then you're not a 6 or a 7; you're a 10, because of what He did, not what you did.
What if I've done more good than bad?
It isn't a scale of good against bad. One sin is enough to fall short, which is why we need Jesus.
Watch the full episode: Who is Jesus, really?
Full transcript
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0:00And a question that's been going around a lot lately in the the Christian [music] circle is when talking to an unbeliever, asking them on a scale of 1 to 10, [music] with 10 being I will go to heaven right now, to 1 being no way I'm going to get into [music] heaven. If you died today, if you died right now, where would you go? Should you go to heaven or not? And a lot of people will answer with a six or a seven. They want to think that they don't want to be too full of themselves where, you know, I'm perfect, so they're not going to give me a nine or a 10, but I still think I'm a good person. I still think I help people. [music] I still think I do good things, but I'm not perfect. So, six or seven, maybe, maybe a five. If you answer anything but a one or a 10, you [music] do not understand who God is and what he did for us through Jesus, through himself. If you accept Christ as
0:45your [music] Lord and Savior, you get the free gift of salvation, of heaven. So, you're a 10. If you didn't, you're a one. That's it. There's no in between. Everyone thinks it's what we do, it's what we we've accomplished, [music] it's how good of a person have I been this life. It's not that. We've all not been up to God's standards, and he knows that. He created [music] us and he knew this was going to happen. The Bible says that he knows the beginning from the end. So, that means when he created you and I, he knew what we were going to do. He knew we would fall, but he already >> [music] >> had this plan set apart for when this would happen. He knew what he would do for us to show us his love, his great love for us. So, [music] when we accept him, we will be with him in paradise.