From: Ceri 
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"If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale, and gave all my
money to the church, would that get me into heaven?" I asked the
children in my Sunday school class. "NO!" the children all answered.

"If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything
neat and tidy, would that get me into heaven?" Again the answer was,
"NO!"

"Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the children
and loved my wife, would that get me into heaven?" I asked them again.
Once more they all answered, "NO!"

"Well," I continued, thinking they were a good bit more theologically
sophisticated than I had given them credit for, "then how can I get into
heaven?"

A five-year-old boy shouted out, "You gotta be dead!"


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