Welcome back to Eternal Life, the special podcast series open to everyone, where you can belong without needing to believe. Join us in this safe space where we delve into the logical, historical, and scholarly facets encompassing Jesus's life and answer the Seven Questions every Intelligent Skeptic should ask about Jesus of Nazareth. In today’s episode we explore the first part of question number six: How do you get into Heaven? And why do you need a sacrifice?

For us to fully grasp how to get into Heaven, we must first gain a deeper understanding of God’s relationship with us, his people. While God loves us and wants to be with us, there is one key thing that separates us from Him, and that is our sin. Because God is perfect He cannot be in the presence of sin. But as a perfect God, He is also just and fair, which means that even though sin leads to separation, we can be reconciled with God through sacrifice. Today, we learn about our inherent sin as human beings, why we need a sacrifice for access to Heaven, and the miracle at the heart of all this!

• A high-level overview of God’s relationship with us, His people, and what this teaches us about getting into Heaven.
• How sin leads to separation and why there must be sacrifice to bring about reconciliation.
• A breakdown of the Ten Commandments and why none of us are without sin.
• Why being a good person is not enough to be in the presence of God, who is perfect.
• Our role in Jesus’s crucifixion and why His sacrifice is truly the only way to get into Heaven.

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