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Most folks, especially most Americans, believe there's an afterlife, believe there's some sort of heaven if you want to use that label, and most folks, especially most Americans, maybe because we're Americans, believe that they're going to end up there. And they assume, and maybe you're one of the they, and that's fine, it's probably the majority, you assume that you're going to get there, people assume they're going to get there because they're convinced of two things. They're convinced, number one, that good people go to heaven, and number two, that you're a good person. They're convinced, hey, I'm a good person. Good people go to heaven. I'm a good person. I'll end up in heaven. And as we've said throughout the series, this really makes a lot of sense. And there's reasons people hold to these assumptions.

Number one, it's fair.

I mean, if you live a good life and there's an afterlife, then you should be rewarded for your good

life because you're a good person.

It's fair.

And this whole idea is consistent with the notion of a good God.

If there's a good God and a good place after this life, then good God would want to

populate that good place with good people and you're a good person. In fact, that's the other reason people lean into this is because at the end of the day, you make the cut. Now, you're not sure what the cut is, but you're sure you make it because you're a good person and you're a good person especially compared to and, right? I mean, you know you're not as good as some people, and you're a good person especially compared to and right i mean you know you're not as good

as some people but you're better than other people but as we said both in both episodes before today

if you scratch beneath the surface or if you start asking too many questions this whole system

falls completely apart to begin with good is a moving target and i won't into detail, we talked a lot about this in week one. Good is a moving target historically, what was good a thousand years ago, we think is evil today, so who's right? Good is a moving target culturally, even in our world today, there are cultures you would go into, and you're like, you can't treat

children that way, that's horrible, you can't treat women that way, that's horrible, you can't treat the people who are different than, where that's horrible, but they think it's fine. They think that's how it's supposed to be. In some cases, they think they're doing the will of God, and you're like, well, I don't worship the same God you do,

but who's to say who's right?

Good, the point being good is a moving target. And Westerners and people in the United States in particular want to say, no, no, no, good isn't a moving target. The Bible tells us what is good. But as we've talked about, the Bible is not helpful in this respect. The Old Testament doesn't even mention heaven, and there's certainly no list of things that if you do these things,

you'll do these things, you'll go to heaven. That's not there. In the New Testament, the followers of Jesus made it clear that nobody's good, and nobody's good enough to earn their way to heaven. So if you're looking for an answer to this question, how good is good enough

to earn a spot in heaven, if you're looking for an answer to this question, which most people

think there must be a good answer, the Bible will not help you. In fact, the Bible will hurt

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