All Good People Go to Hell

If the TV show, Family Feud had a question, "What do you have to do to get to heaven?", undoubtedly, the number one answer would be, 'you have to be a good person.' While giving that answer would mean that you were in agreement with most other people, you'd still be wrong.

Good people don't go to heaven. All of your 'good' friends, are headed for hell, unless you join the war and do something about it. Our misguided culture wants people to believe that if they are good, then they will go to heaven. Most people will tell you that good people go to heaven and bad people go to hell. That is what the devil wants us to believe. If we believe it is that simple, then we will rest on that principal and reject the truth.

Let's dissect that argument shall we. First, when we say 'good' people go to heaven, whose definition of 'good' are we using? People have different measures of good depending on their perspective. I'm sure some slave owners were thought of as 'good' people, by other slave owners. Maybe, someone should've asked the slaves. I'm sure some Nazi's were considered really 'good' guys, by other Nazi's. Maybe, someone should have asked a Jew. You understand my point. 'Good' is a very relative term, subject to very much interpretation, if you leave it up to us.

Then we should consider heaven. Who made it? Who does it belong to? Who decides who gets in? God, right? So if God decides who gets in, isn't he the one who sets the admission fee? You can believe it costs a dollar to get into Disney World all you want, but if that's all you have when you arrive at the gate, guess what?

So if God owns heaven, and he decides who gets in, what does he have to say about it? Don't think in human terms, because God is not human. First of all- God's definition of good is perfection, because he is perfect. Read the scriptures below:

Romans 3:10, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.”
Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”

Do all 'good' people go to heaven? Yes, if they are 'good' by God's standard. Who is good by God's standard? No one! Not I, not you, no one! Luckily, God made a way. Read the scriptures below.

John 11:25, “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”
John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
John 6:40, “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Since we are not good (God's standard) and can never make it to heaven on our own esteem, God made a way for us to get there anyway. Even though we don't deserve it, we cannot buy it, nor repay it, Jesus paid our admission fee.

But I am getting ahead of myself. By our human standards which are abysmally low, 'good' people should go to heaven. God says, no one is good. We have to look at ourselves through God's eyes and see ourselves as the wretched people we are. We have to humble ourselves and first understand our need to be redeemed before a God who demands perfection. When we can really see ourselves as the horrible, filthy, sinners we are, then we can accept the gift of salvation, through Jesus Christ.

If you ask someone if they are a 'good' person, and they say yes, chances are that person needs to meet Jesus. Christians know we are not good, not according to the standard that matters.

Brothers and sisters, if you are in the faith, then this is not news to you. But I promise, someone on your job, someone in your family needs to recognize their need for salvation. Some 'good' person out there will go to hell unless you share the good news with them.