heaven? (edited)

some people believe that as long as you confess with your mouth that Jesus is the Son of God and He is the Way, you'll go to heaven, you don't need to live a 'holy' life. others believe that just by claiming through your mouth isn't good enough, you gotta live your faith. church always teach us that as long as we believe we'll go to heaven.

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.

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, so that no one can boast.

however,

james 2:14 = What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

james 2:18-20 = But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?

james 2 :26 = As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.


contradicting eh..

le ping said (not in exact words): as long as you have a personal relationship with God you'll be saved and you'll enter heaven. faith means having a personal relationship with God ma..

well you believe what you choose to believe. =)