Jesus is the ONLY way people can hope to be saved from being separated (sin) from God (and Heaven).  Sin can only be forgiven through being baptized into Christ’s death, burial and resurrection. 

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(Baptism, Final Judgement and Entry Into Heaven)

John, Chapter 3, Verses  5, 16 - 17:

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.”

   

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.  For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him (*7).”

 

 ( *7: When Jesus died on the cross and resurrected from death, he fulfilled God’s plan for salvation of the world.  That is, he sacrificed his earthly life for the forgiveness of sin. Jesus, who lived a perfect life, was the only acceptable sacrifice for sin for all of mankind;

   

but this forgiveness is offered to those who (of their own free will) are baptized into Jesus’ death and resurrection. )

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John, Chapter 12, Verses 46:

“I have come as a light into the world, that everyone who believes in Me may not remain in darkness.

 

(The disciple Peter defends himself in front of the Jewish council of elders.)

Acts, Chapter 5, Verses 30 - 31:

“The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross.  He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.”