I was testing the children in my Sunday school class to see if they
understood the concept of getting to heaven.


I asked them, "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?"


"NO!" the children 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!"


By now I was starting to smile. Hey, this was fun!


"Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the
children, and loved my husband, would that get me into Heaven?" I
asked them again.


Again, they all answered, "NO!"


I was just bursting with pride for them.


Well, I continued, "then how can I get into Heaven?"



A five-year-old boy shouted out,


"YOU GOTTA BE DEAD."
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