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."