Did Jesus teach anyone to “Live your best life wherever, doing whatever you want”? Actually, doing your own way – will never get you where you want to be.
Being saved means forever never again condemned
The very clearly delineated message of salvation from Jesus Himself, the Gatekeeper to Heaven, is: “deny himself…”, express “a willingness to endure whatever may come”, and “follow Me” – which means “believing in Me, conforming to My example in living”. It’s free. It’s simple. But it will cost you.