How to get to heaven?

We know decent people, who do nothing wrong, but when they have to sacrifice something or give up something, they can’t do it. These people are lukewarm. They don’t feel the need to change anything. These people think they have no sins. We enter the kingdom of God by what we are inside. It is an attitude of the heart. Whether a person can open up and accept God, or whether they close themselves off and think they don’t need God because they are rich. Why is the journey of the rich into the kingdom of God more difficult than for others? The essence of love is desire. Man longs for the infinite. When he has something he wants to have even more. Here the problem arises that man turns away from God and this desire is not fulfilled in God. He throws himself headlong into created things. Augustine describes this in his Confessions. Here it does not help man to say. You already have enough possessions, other people live in misery. Unless man finds his way to God, he is incapable of change. Attachment to possessions means an inability to open oneself to God. Many people think that to get into God’s kingdom, it is enough to keep the commandments. Thus, I am not doing anything wrong. I am good. You heard the story of how someone came to the gate of heaven, showed his hands, and said. Lord look. My hands are clean. Yes, your hands are clean, but they are empty. It’s not enough not to have sin. Not one parable mentions, you murdered, you stole, so you go to hell and you didn’t murder so you go to heaven. One parable speaks of talents. Those who used their talents were rewarded. The one who buried the talent was punished even though he did nothing wrong. When it comes to possessions, it’s all about attitude. Many people feel a calling to the spiritual life, but cannot detach themselves from something or someone. However, it is important to realize that when we detach ourselves from something or someone, we have the opportunity to gain something new. We do not place too much stock in what we have. One day we will leave everything behind anyway. It is the thief who steals not the property, but the owner. For example, death. Jesus said, where your treasure is there is your heart. Let’s examine where our thoughts go when we pray. That’s where our heart is. That’s what’s important to us. What we don’t care about, we don’t think about.