EPISODE 1
Will I go to heaven when I die?

VOX POPS

I try not to think about it - The lights just go out, so when you’re dead you’re dead - I would like to think there is something - I hope to come back again, you know be reincarnated – I believe that I will go to heaven because Jesus died for me.

Theophilus:

I have to tell you something. I’m scared about what will happen when I die. Will I go to heaven? Have I been good enough? And when Peter says everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, does he mean that we just have to call out the name of Jesus to get to heaven?

Luke:

No, no, he is not saying that you just need to call out the name of Jesus and you will be saved. What Peter is saying is no matter what you have done in the past, if you call on the name of Jesus, say sorry and turn away from the things that you’re done wrong and put your life in His hands, then yes you will be saved.

Jesus Himself said:

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

God does not look on us as either good or bad, but rather as lost or found and He is desperate that no one should be lost.

Question 1

Was there anything in the film that particularly stood out for you - anything you did not understand - any point that you would like to raise?

Question 2

What are your thoughts about dying and does it hold any fears for you?

Question 3

What do you think heaven could be like?

Question 4

If the thought of going to heaven when you die is reassuring – how do get there? Theophilus asks if she has been good enough. Do you think you go to heaven by being good and if so how good?

Question 5

Luke says that God does not look on us as good or bad, but as lost or found. What do you think Luke means?

Question 6

Peter says that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved and Theophilus asks if you just have to call out the name of Jesus to get to heaven. Luke replies no and explains that what Peter is saying is that no matter what you have done in the past, if you call on the name of Jesus, say sorry and turn away from the things that you’re done wrong and put your life in His hands, then yes you will be saved.

What are your thoughts on this explanation?