Teresita:

Ezekiel 18:20 The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Teresita:
In other words, do good now, and you are good.

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This is pretty much true for Jews. However, they don’t really believe in an afterlife. That’s why you’ll sometimes see the spouse of the deceased at a Jewish funeral –climb on the coffin of their dead spouse and cry in anguish. Its not just that their spouse is gone. Its also that that they don’t know where their deceased spouse went.

For Christians there is an afterlife. But ya gotta believe in Jesus.You believe in Jesus and he imputes his righteousness to you. Its a righteousness that comes from outside of you. No good works that you can do will earn that righteousness.