How Do You Get To Heaven?

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."