You don't go to Heaven because you were a good person. Besides Jesus, there are no such thing as good people.
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
this always bothered me, especially it being a passage in Romans, written in a Bible compiled by the Romans. It basically says you can be a bad person, an explicitly bad person, but still go to heaven because you believe in God. how convenient for the conquesting, slave keeping, and sexually promiscuous romans.
That’s not what it says. The Bible says you could have done terrible things, but if you repent and seek forgiveness through Christ, you can still be saved.
You don't go to Heaven because you were a good person. Besides Jesus, there are no such thing as good people.
Romans 3:20-24
this always bothered me, especially it being a passage in Romans, written in a Bible compiled by the Romans. It basically says you can be a bad person, an explicitly bad person, but still go to heaven because you believe in God. how convenient for the conquesting, slave keeping, and sexually promiscuous romans.
That’s not what it says. The Bible says you could have done terrible things, but if you repent and seek forgiveness through Christ, you can still be saved.