Q and A | Hello!!

1. What made you decide to write this blog?

Well, I can definitely say as a group we all thought it would be fun to start our own blog! We also wanted to help other young girls grow in Christ. Even though we're far from being perfect and having all of the answers, we want to be a light to the world. 

2. Alot of people think that you have to do good things to get to heaven! What do you think about that?

The Bible clearly says that the good things we do, like going to church, reading the Bible, giving to the needy, helping the old lady across the street, or whatever else is in the "good works" category, will not get us to heaven. One of the first verses that comes to my mind is probably Ephesians 2:8-9 which says,

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” 

The apostle Paul, who is writing to the believers in Ephesus, says that we have been saved by grace through faith. Grace is getting something we don't deserve (which in this verse is eternal life) while putting our full reliance on Christ (which is faith).  No one in the world can do enough good things to gain their way into heaven. 

God love you and I so much that He sent his only Son to this earth (which is why we celebrate Christmas) where He was born in a stable to Mary and Joseph. He grew up and went to the cross, not for anything He did, but for what I (and the whole world) did, so that we could one day live in heaven with Him for eternity. 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

It's not something we need to earn, but instead it's a gift! You don't have to earn a gift, you either accept it, or deny it. 

Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

~Not I But Christ