Sin is any action that breaks the relationship with God or other people. Sometimes a sin is an action that we have not done.

Christians believe that after we die we will be judged on our actions. Because we sin we all deserve to be punished.

If we have been good then we are able to go to heaven.

No one knows what heaven will be like but we will be in the presence of God in eternal happiness.

Roman Catholics believe that if we are able to go to heaven we will still need to be purified or cleansed and this takes place in purgatory.

If we have lived our lives turned away from God then we will go to hell.

Hell is the opposite of heaven – the absence of all good things.

The Bible describes hell as a place of eternal punishment.

Some Christians believe that we are judged as soon as we die. Other Christians believe in a ‘Day of Judgement’ when the world ends.