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This is the gospel in a nutshell. What are the parameters to get into heaven? Just perfection.
Perfection. Yes. So, is there anybody in heaven right now? Yes. And they were perfect. No. Okay. I'm just answering your question. Okay. So, the parameters to get into heaven are perfection. Correct. There are people in heaven. Yes, ma'am. But nobody's been perfect. Correct. How's that possible? Grace.
Okay. All right. Here's how it works. This is this is the gospel in a nutshell. We are not good. Nobody does good. Nobody's perfect. We all fall short of God's standard. Okay? We all justly deserve his temporal and eternal punishment. We live under the wrath of God because he's holy, righteous, and just. And when we see somebody who's a violent mass murderer and we think that they should get what what they got coming to them, that's exactly how God feels, but a whole lot more because he doesn't like lying or stealing or cheating or dishonoring parents taking his name in vain. God is going to settle the score and he's going to give everybody what they have earned for themselves. We've broken his laws. All we have earned is punishment. But God is rich in mercy and he desires to save sinners. But he can't just forgive it and pretend those things didn't exist because then he would be unjust and he's not. So his plan from eternity past was to send his son in human flesh to be a representative for you to take the punishment you deserve to take all of the righteous deeds that he did his entire life. Credit them to your account. If you will repent and put your trust in his son, he will forgive you because he makes you perfect in.