The Bible makes it clear that you cannot be good enough or do enough good things to make you worthy for Heaven.
Why?
The Bible says in effect that if we could do that then we would all be boasting about all the good things we had done when we arrived in Heaven - "it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Why then would anyone want to do good works as a Christian if it does not save you or work to facilitate your entrance into Heaven?
After receiving freely the gift of eternal life from our God through Jesus and being adopted into the family of God with all of the privileges of belonging to the royal family of the King of Kings we feel great gratitude.
As a result of that great gratitude of the unmerited favor we have been granted - good works begin to flow out of our lives. We have a new nature (1 Corinthians 5:17) that desires to please our Lord. It is not forced labor.
Instead it is a labor of great love and gratitude for the sacrifice of our Lord that resulted in our salvation.
Ephesians 2:8-10.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. -
(0063) 5 March 2007