Jesus said "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will know my Father also." Does this imply that those who don't know Jesus will never know the Father or simply that because of Jesus's sacrifice any of us can know come to the Father regardless of our beliefs?
2006-07-10 21:30:20 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The only way to Heaven is to accept Christ as your savior and the one true God (actually a trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit...all facets of one God). However, that does not mean that all people who do not make a profession of faith in Christ will go to hell. My personal belief is that children too young to understand such a concept can go to Heaven. (This idea is called the age of accountability) Also, I believe that people in remote areas who never hear about Christianity in their lives can go to Heaven. However, I am not God, so I can't tell you for sure that's the way it works. You can trust in one thing though; however it works, God is just. Also, Christianity is not a cult, or even a religion. You don't have to go to church to be a Christian, but that is a good thing to do. All you need to do to go to Heaven is confess your sins to God and accept Christ as your savior, the son of God. Then, repent and change your ways...stop living a sinful life and ask forgiveness when you do sin. Read the Bible cover to cover as many times as you can and you will develop your own understanding.
2006-07-10 21:38:22 · answer #1 · answered by Amish B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus = the way, the truth and the life. If you know those three things you know Jesus. If you know the path through Jesus you know the Father. "Knowing" Jesus is knowing the way, knowing the truth and knowing the life. What is the way. It is as Jesus showed us from his life, distaste for untruth, tolerance for people who are different, and humbleness to God's plan. What is the Truth. All that is, beyond our flimsy knowledge of what is. Reality and all that is knowable but not known. What is the Life. The way that you live, humble, in service to others meek and questioning. Many religions teach these things without the person of Jesus in the equation, but I don't think that Jesus or God has left anyone out of salvation. I believe Jesus came to us to serve as an example that is why we focus so much on what he did so we could understand and then follow. Hope this helps.
2006-07-10 21:42:20 · answer #2 · answered by the_lordofwar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Father is the judge on who goes to hell or not... not Jesus, because he is not the father as some preacher preaches.
Jesus was not born before christianity... he made it happen, so why would God condemn the souls that believe in God before Jesus was born? Jesus's teachings goes against the popular teachings of his time, he went agaisnt it and thus was killed for doing so. If you listen well to what he is saying, then you will find it easier to believe in God and thus be saved .
2006-07-10 21:35:29 · answer #3 · answered by cristina r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is one, and he is alive and almighty omnipresent, omnipotent and none like him, we have been created to know him, understand him, and workout asper his wish untill we return back to him according to the process he desgined in our human life the way now we are seen in from the biginning to the end of disappearing from the earth. And, once you buried there u find what you have done and is what should have been done if it is not that is presecirbed by God who created you and Universe and which relgion you must follow and what is the right relegion and all those if you dont find yourself to think a moment to understand the real purpose of your life and real relatinship between you and your creator and creator of everyone since the biginning of universe. One God one relegion that is the one who created you and me and everyone. I am the way, and the truth, means of the time he was sent to guide the people, his way must be followed that is the truth, does not mean that all human being came to the earth million years from Adam to the last man is need or had opportunity to follow jesus and therefore they should be deserving to go to hell. God has practice of sending prophets time to time to each community and those community should follow their prophet. That is what is meant in here. Threrefore it is imminent to think of discovering someone who comes after jesus what format is available from the same god to adopt for safeguarding our destiny to paradise because God does not want to follow the books or prophet sent 10000 years back, or 5000 back., simply the reasons are he was well aware of the setup and knowledge that he has given to the people of that time., and they are bound to follow thier prophets. Those who follow them will be entered to paradise and rejectors will go to hell fire and the same rules applies even now regardless of whatever relegion people follow, they should choose the right one in the light of scriptures which is available in last updated versions came down from the skies from God.
2006-07-10 21:51:33 · answer #4 · answered by vmakunhi0217 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some question does nto have answer,
We dont Know, As a christian only though Jesus, BUT If you never heard Jesus or knwo his teaching, then that different
God will decide if you will go to H***
2006-07-10 21:38:09 · answer #5 · answered by mikeazn4now 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There will be oportunities but truly if any are judged according to there own works and deeds than all will perish Jesus died to atone for sin and this is the only way to God.Only God can judge a man but is indeed necesary that we are judged cleansed by the blood of Jesus.our righteousness are as filthy rags to God.
2006-07-10 21:37:53 · answer #6 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not because they did not know Jesus but because they broke God's laws. They may not have had enough knowledge of Jesus to save them but they did enough sin to condemn them. If you dont believe me just look at a graveyard. God said the wages of sin is death. Did you know 10 out of 10 people die?
2006-07-10 21:37:28 · answer #7 · answered by Billy B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you got it right in a twisted sort of way, first of all, Jesus IS GOD he is also God's only son he is the way to know God, there is no way to fully grasp God's love and mercy without Jesus. And its true that Jesus is the way to God but our beliefs are set out for all who TRULY believe
2006-07-10 21:46:35 · answer #8 · answered by Nikki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a good question. Since there are more nonchristians out there and more nonchristians growing everyday due to all the christian prosecutions, hell is going to get bigger wouldnt it. In no time most of the world's population would be in hell and when hell gets big enough, are all nonbelievers going to attack heaven lol. So funny. Hey u all of u going to heave beware, the hell's army is growing ever larger lol.
2006-07-10 21:45:00 · answer #9 · answered by kevin k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, all those who do not know Christ as their Savior will go to hell. That is why as Christians we are compelled to share the Good News of Christ's salvation with the world. All have sinned and therefore deserve death, and it is only through faith in Christ that our sins are paid by the death He died on the cross.
2006-07-10 22:24:53 · answer #10 · answered by Cameron 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋