One is not born again by deciding to join a Christian group or by going to a Christian college. One is not born again just by saying they are!
One becomes born again by regretting that they are sinful and asking God to change them into a new creation. They cannot make themselves a new creation in their own fleshly efforts or by putting on a good show in front of others of a good person.
If you have not confessed your sinfulness to God and desire to be changed into a new creation by Him you have not been born again and you will not go to heaven until you do this.
Psalm 51:17
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
"A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise."
Many people who "say" they are Christians will not be in heaven. They have decided to get to heaven their own way through the works of their flesh but it will not get them there.
Only by trusting in Christ to change you will you be sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise as a guarantee of our salvation.
Ephesians 1:13-14
"13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is [d]given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory."
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