"If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the poor, would I get into heaven?" I asked the children in my Sunday school class.
"No!" the children all answered.
"If I cleaned the church everyday, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would I get into heaven?"
Again, the answer was, "No!"
"Well, " I continued, "then how can I get into heaven?"
A five-year-old boy shouted out, "You gotta be dead!"
“如果我把房子和車賣了，在車庫舉行義賣, 並把所有的錢給窮人，我能進天堂嗎?”我問主日學校的孩子。
孩子們齊聲回答：“不能!”
“那如果我每天都打掃教堂，給院子的.草坪割草，並且把東西都收拾得乾淨整潔，我會上天堂嗎?”
回答還是：“不能!”“好吧， ”我繼續問, “那我要怎樣才能昇天堂呢?”
一個五歲的男孩兒叫道：“你得死了才行!”