This Video Will Get You into Heaven [Updated 2025] | #016

Unlearned Wisdom by Johnny Chang

Johnny Chang

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 869 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 115 minutes

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In this episode, Johnny Chang explains salvation, sin, and repentance, while answering tough questions about faith, heaven, and God’s grace. 🎙️ Watch/Listen to Unlearned Wisdom on every platform: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/unlearnedwisdom 📺 Watch our self-produced prison documentary & over 4+ hours of behind-the-scenes content: https://coreoftheheart.com/supporters/videos/series/4344 Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:40 What is Salvation 05:53 What is True Sin 07:16 Is Christianity the Right Religion? 14:28 Not Everyone Trusts God 17:10 Audio Episode Announcements 18:38 How To Believe in Jesus’ Miracles 23:32 Should You Follow The Commandments 30:50 Will Being ‘Good’ Get You To Heaven 34:55 Is It Ever Too Late To Be Saved? 35:59 How Johnny Chang’s Grandma was Saved Before Death 38:56 Is Every Sin Forgivable? 48:50 Does Heaven Have Standards? 54:45 Understanding Religious Pride 55:55 What Is Core of the Heart? 56:57 The 2 Types of Repentance 01:03:35 Why You Should Read The Bible 01:05:54 How To Overcome Regret 01:09:15 Do You Have To Be Saved To Be Heard 01:15:06 Why Does God Allow Evil? 01:17:11 Are You Questioning Your Salvation? 01:19:59 Can You Lose Your Salvation? 01:25:25 Once Saved Always Saved 01:32:41 Prison Documentary “Faith On Death Row” 01:38:10 Best Bible For Beginners 01:43:13 People Who Have Never Heard of Jesus 01:53:00 Closing Prayer 🧢 Core of the Heart merchandise now available: https://coreoftheheart.com/en-gbp/collections/all 👾 Join my free Discord to submit your question for a future episode: ⁠https://discord.com/invite/nTuvmutSsU 🐉 Follow Johnny Chang everywhere: ⁠https://linktr.ee/johnnychang 🎧 Access Johnny's Mainstage discussions: https://linktr.ee/johnnychang 🫶 Donate to support our Core of the Heart ministries: ⁠https://coreoftheheart.com/pages/donate 💙 For those that want to gain a deeper understanding of the Bible & get closer with God, to unlock true peace and happiness: ⁠https://coreoftheheart.com/ 🕊️ Use code WISDOM for 50% off your first month.⁠ Core of the Heart is our digital community to support you in getting closer to the true Gospel. Membership includes: Weekly Bible Class with Minister Johnny, hundreds of hours of livestream content, sermons, Q&A's and resources to help you understand the Bible faster. Sign up instructions: ⁠⁠https://shorturl.at/ZuAFD Don't forget to subscribe to this new channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All righty guys, welcome back to another episode. This episode 16 of the Unlearned Wisdom podcast with yours truly.
0:06.4	Today we have a very, very special episode. This video will teach you everything you need to know to get into heaven.
0:12.7	As you guys know, I actually went viral a couple years ago and essentially, you know, I went from the gang life from like basically prison to prison ministry, right?
0:23.0	As I always say, misery to ministry.
0:25.7	And I want to highlight that through this episode that nobody, you know, no matter what you guys have done, nobody is too far from being saved, essentially.
0:36.9	You know, I went through everything.
0:38.4	I was locked up from 12 to 25, had an alcoholic father, you know, a mother who was Buddhist.
0:43.9	I went through different explorations of religion from Buddhism to, you know, Muslim to Islam, to Christianity, to everything.
0:54.0	So what I found out was, you know, through
0:57.8	Christianity, I was able to really have peace, hope, and happiness, and have this security that
1:02.7	no other religion was able to give me. And that's what I want to share with you guys today.
1:07.4	Right. I was a gang member at the age of 12, joined the gang, grew up in the Ramona Gardens
1:11.6	Project Housing, Section 8, went to, you know, Y.A. California Youth Authority at the age of 12,
1:19.0	and basically was incarcerated from 12 to 25. So I went from gang life, got released from prison,
1:25.8	and ended up falling back into drugs, selling drugs, making
1:30.8	money.
1:32.2	You name had a penthouse, had materials, all that.
1:36.5	And I still had this emptiness inside of my heart.
1:38.9	And then from that, I ended up going to church, finding God, becoming a prison minister, reconciling with my father,
1:46.2	who was the aggressor of my life, who I would say was my enemy at one point. I didn't care
1:52.1	about them. And yeah, so, you know, now I have this, this, this salvation, this security of
1:58.2	salvation and eternal security. And i try to teach people this and
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