A Sunday school teacher was talking to her class of kindergarten students about Heaven. She said: "If I sell my house and my car and give all the money to poor people, will I go to Heaven?" "No," chorused the children. "What if I quit my job and spend all my time helping orphans, then do I get to go to Heaven?" "No," answered the children in unison. "Okay, so just how do I get to go to Heaven?" One little boy shouted out: "You gotta be dead first."

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, …

How do you get into Heaven? When Tim was just a wee lad, he went regularly to Sunday School. One day, his teacher decided to test Tim to see if he understood the concept of getting to Heaven. She asked him, "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!" Tim 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, "…

I asked the children in my Sunday School class, “If I sold my house and my car, held a big garage sale, and gave all my money to the church, would I get into heaven?” “No!” the children all answered. Then I said, “If I cleaned the church every day, 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 to heaven?” A five-year-old boy shouted out, “You gotta be dead!”