Jesus states in Matthew 7:21-23: “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of Heaven”, yet there are some who teach salvation by “faith only”, i.e. as long as someone believes, he/she will be saved.

Does the Bible say you have to be saved to go to heaven?

You dont automatically go to heaven. The Bible says that you can be saved because there is something you needed to be rescued from. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. The Bible says that the wages, or penalty, of sin is death.

Do only Christians go to heaven?

There is no salvation apart from Jesus Christ. The catholic church teaches that non christians can go to heaven ( and have), however it is easier to go with in the Church.

Do you have to be saved to go to heaven?

Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”

What does the Bible say about who is not going to heaven?

In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall. enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth. enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who.