Do You Have To Go To Church To Get To Heaven?

I believe God gives us our own way to find him. He made us all so different and I believe he would want you to find him the way you feel most at peace with. I don't go to church, but I pray and believe that Jesus died for my sins. I would hope God wouldn't want me to worship in a way that doesn't feel right to me.

sooner wrote:

Those of you responding with a "NO" what is some of your plans on how to get to heaven?

I don't think I'm good enough for heaven, but I still love my lord.

No, church is not necessary for salvation. Churches are not run by God, but by mere men. I think of church as more of a motivator. I also look at it as a place to meet Christian friends. Have faith in the lord, and seek to do his will. That's all you really need to do. :)

Why would anybody want to go to heaven? And what Scriptural support is there for humans going to heaven? Humans were created to be earthly. When Adam died, he didn't go to heaven.

Genesis 3:19
"By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

It's rather elementary

Acts 1

9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. 11 They also said,“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Yeshua, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

yon wrote:

Why would anybody want to go to heaven? And what Scriptural support is there for humans going to heaven? Humans were created to be earthly. When Adam died, he didn't go to heaven.
Genesis 3:19
"By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

According to Judaism, any comment on the afterlife is pure speculation. A good Jew can believe in dust, Heaven, Hell, reincarnation, whatever. As long as they don't claim it is the "Word of God" they are not blaspheming.

We don't pay much attention to rabbi, pharisee and kabbalish inspired fables. If YHWH had wanted humans in heaven they'd have been angels in the first place.

BTW - Moshe wasn't even a Jew. He was a Levite.

yon wrote:

Why would anybody want to go to heaven? And what Scriptural support is there for humans going to heaven? Humans were created to be earthly. When Adam died, he didn't go to heaven.
Genesis 3:19
"By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

And what Scriptural support is there for humans going to heaven?

Matt 22:30

30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven

When Adam died, he didn't go to heaven.
Genesis 3:19
"By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

Matt 8:11

11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

Matt 6:20

20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Matt 8:11

11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

Matt 5:3

3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matt 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Matt 5:12

12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you


1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:2
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,(whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

yon wrote:

We don't pay much attention to rabbi, pharisee and kabbalish inspired fables. If YHWH had wanted humans in heaven they'd have been angels in the first place.

Matt 25:34

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Luke 20:34-36

34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection

Just because you believe doesn't make you qualified. not just because you believe. They will also have to have been approved, as in "many are called, but few are chosen." Yeshua was able to revert to his former self(angelic) which was able to change forms at will. That will be his likeness, and those who are chosen to rule with him.

Just like the Oscar prizes. Many are nominated but few won the statues.

I do not believe that one must attend church in order to be a Christian or to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I basically stopped going to church because of the Christians that I know and came into contact with were weak people, liars, lacked REAL character, and are just deceiving other Christians trying to make them think they are the "Chosen ones." The focus of churches today are to get people (people=money) to attend for the $$ reason. On the outside of church, most Christians lead unscrupulous lives.