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Religions that teach about heaven differ on how (and if) one gets into it. In most, entrance to Heaven is conditional on having lived a "good life" (within the terms of the spiritual system).

Although common misconceptions exist and there are different ways of expressing Christian doctrine, the official teaching of all forms of Christianity (eg. [[Catholic]] [[Protestant]] [[Anglican]] [[Lutheran]] [[Baptist]] [[Methodist]] [[Pentecostal]] ) rest on the Biblical concept of 'grace'. Simply stated, grace means that God does not hold our sin against us, but that it has been placed on Jesus Christ on the cross. Knowing God and entry to heaven rely on repenting - humbly acknowledging our sin before God and calling on Christ for forgiveness. Throughout the Christian specturm there is variety and debate on what, if anything, should accompany repentance, and what the life that follows such repentance should look like. This debate is central to differences between [[Catholicism]] and [[Protestantism]].

[[Dual-covenant theology]] is a variant of this belief that exempts Jews from having to adopt Jesus as savior as a condition for entry to Heaven.{{fact}}