Grace | Afterlife | Mercy

“…it is by Grace that you have been saved” (Ephesians 2:8).

There is a wonderful parable in which a certain man dies and arrives at the Pearly

Gates where he is met by Saint Peter. “As ’Keeper of the Gates,’ it is my duty to inform you that you must score one thousand points before you can pass through these Gates of Paradise,” Peter says to him. “Tell me something about yourself.” To which the man replies, “Well, until I was twenty-one-years-old, I never missed Sunday School. And I always willingly helped my parents with the household chores.” “Very good,” says Saint Peter, “that’s worth one point. Now tell me more about yourself”…

“As an adult, I never missed Church on Sunday, unless I was sick in bed.” “Very good! That’s worth another point. Now you have two points.”
“On the job I always did an honest day’s work and I never told lies or cheated anyone.” “Very good! Now you have three points.”