How to Get to Heaven

There is a story about a new pastor in town.  The pastor walks up to a boy and asks directions to the post office.  Once the directions are given, the pastor invites the boy to church to find out how to get to heaven.  The boy replies "If you can't find the post office, what makes you think you can tell me how to get to heaven?"

Recently I was talking with a man that I have known for some time.  He just recently found out that Christians believe that people get to heaven, not by being good people, but by having faith in Jesus.  This really took him off guard.  This made me wonder how many other people I know are unaware of this.  So here it is.  Christianity teaches that one can receive eternal life only through accepting the price Jesus paid on the cross for our sins by faith.  Is this fair?  Would it not be better to just let the good people in to heaven and not worry about who you believe in?  First of all, it is not about how fair it is.  If you jump out of an airplane with a parachute, there is no point in being offended that the only way to save your life is to pull the chord someone told you to.  You just do what you have to do.  Secondly, I believe faith in Jesus is preferable than relying on how good we are.  The Bible teaches that none of us are good enough.  But even if it was possible to be good enough, would you really want your last thought to be wondering if you had tipped the scales enough?  You could never know for sure this side of the grave.  I would rather face death knowing that my afterlife depended on who I know rather than what I had done. 

So there it is, that is the way to heaven.  And by the way, I do know where the post office is.  It helps that it is right beside our church.