How Do We Get To Heaven & What Sends Us To Hell? (NIV)

How do we get to Heaven and what sends us to Hell? Let’s start at the beginning. First of all, when God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden, God gave them access to everything with one exception. In Genesis chapter 2, verses 16-17, it says:“And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’”This death the Lord was speaking about was not Adam falling over dead when he ate of the fruit, but it was separation from God. When Adam disobeyed and ate of the fruit that God had commanded him not to eat, Adam and Eve were put out of the garden (Genesis 3:23-24).God did, however, cover the sin of Adam and Eve by making them coats of skins (Genesis 3:21). This was the first animal sacrifice. Even though their sin was covered, Adam and Eve were still not allowed back into the garden because God could not let them eat fro