 The Bible declares that all of us have sinned and, as a result, it tells us that the wages or the payment for our sin is death. This is what God's justice demands as a payment for our sins. This means that getting water baptized or being confirmed in our faith or giving money to the church will not get us to heaven because none of these things will satisfy God's justice. Romans 6.23 plainly declares, for the wages of sin is death.