How many points to get into heaven?

A man arrives at the pearly gates and is questioned by Saint Peter as to why he thinks he should get into heaven.

“Well I was in church most every Sunday. I always tithed. I tried not to cuss to much or say bad things behind someone else’s back.”

“What else?” Peter asked.

The man looked a bit taken aback, but he added, “I taught Sunday School for 26 years. I fed people in the soup kitchen at our church once a month. Umm… hang on, there’s more… I took care of my Mama in her last years when she needed so much care. That should count for something.”

Peter just looked at him.

“Wait, wait. I helped build a Habitat for Humanity a few times. I never cheated on my wife, that’s good, right?”

Peter was just looking.

“I was always honest in business with everyone I dealt with.” The man paused, and looked at the ground. “What do you want me to say? What does it take to get into heaven?”

“Well we have a point system,” Peter explained, “You need a hundred points or more to get in.”

“What am I up to now?” the man asked.

“Three and a half points so far,” Peter answered.

“Three and a half points?” the man replied, the exasperation showing through in his voice. “I don’t understand. When I was a teenager the preacher told me that all I had to do was to turn my life over to Jesus. Trust him. Turn from doing the things I knew were wrong and ask for his forgiveness. I thought I was as good as in heaven all this time. And now you tell me after all the things I did I can’t get in?”

Peter smiled and said, “Turning your life over to Jesus, turning from what you knew to be wrong, and asking for forgiveness is worth 100 points. Welcome home.”