When you have to work to earn your chance just to possibly make it to heaven, there is very little hope. The Good news you do not have to work to earn it--it is a free gift of God. He paid the price and we are declared righteous by a High Priest, Jesus Christ who offers a better covenant. Mormons and Jehovah Witness do not understand this wonderful grace and mercy of God. We can never be righteous enough in our own strength and in our own works.