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How to get to Heaven

geomike
edited December 1969 in Coptic Orthodox Church
What are the requirements for us COC to go to heaven?

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  • peterfarringtonpeterfarrington
    There are no requirements - it is all a matter of God's grace. We cannot earn our way to heaven or act in a way that means that we can demand entry.

    Nevertheless, it is right and proper for us to offer our whole lives to God in obedient and faithful service, asking that he will have mercy on us. Yet having done all that God asks of us we can say no more than that we have done our duty. We can make no demands of God.

    But in a real sense, if we not already living in the presence of God now then we are not ready to stand in his presence in the hereafter. The question we should ask is not if we will enter heaven after we die, but if we are already living in the foretaste of heaven now.

    Father Peter
  • mabsootamabsoota
    there is also some discussion on this topic at
    http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=7302.0
    and this link has itself got a link in the last post to another discussion that is also related.

    it is the grace of God which is important.
  • Kimo 214Kimo 214
    what does grace of god mean?
  • peterfarringtonpeterfarrington
    The grace of God is His loving kindness towards us. It is His totally undeserved mercy towards us.

    Father Peter
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