Galatians 2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
All those who believe in Jesus should not forget that salvation is never something earned, it is something that is received as a gift from God through Christ. John delivers the goods in a nutshell so that a child could understand. Goodness without Jesus is not going to get anyone past the pearly gates, for it matters not how many good deeds have been done. An atheist or unbeliever can give his poor neighbor a loaf of bread.
That’s a good thing and we would encourage folks to do so where needed. But the deed in and of itself does not make such a person eligible for eternal life without Christ. This is one of the sacred truths that needs to be dispensed in our day, where so many charities and humanitarian agencies are converged.
Now, there are persons who have done righteously, but who were not aware that it was God working in and through them. These are different to those who deliberately exclude God from the equation and try to enter heaven by their own merits. Not happening under any circumstances.
1st John 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!