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 > > How Do You Get To Heaven?
 > > > > "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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