About the controversy in wether he exists or not? Or the religion that is correct? Why would he waste his time seeing how we'd react? I have been in the church from birth, but I'm starting to question the very nature of god. So loving? Then why couldn't he see it was Adam's sin and not ours and just send him to hell? What a cruel way to live. worship me or go to hell.
2006-07-28 07:56:06 · 8 answers · asked by WavyHeadedWun 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Generous? He gives us vague evidence to his existance. On top of the fact that I didn't ask to be created by him. Half of the population will burn in hell. Think about it. A horrendous eternity of terrible pain. Even if I were a non-profit orgaziation leader who helped everyone.
2006-07-28 08:15:30 · update #1
Can you just imagine if you had to live like Adam, keeping yourself sinless? That's a terrible way to go through life, God always watching over your shoulder making sure your doing "right" thing.
Now God had condemned us to the lake of fire because of One Man (Adam), through the saving work of Jesus Christ we were saved. Jesus paid the price for condemnation. That means we didn't have to do anything but believe. We were born sinners and God expects us to sin, he made us that way! But because we believe it, sin past, present, and future sins, has been paid for once and for all through Jesus Christ!
And yeah for all you Fundamental Christians "Fcuk yeah! it's a ticket to sin!" And everytime I rebound and get into fellowship with God, I glorify God and prove to Satan and fallen Angels something they never did, which is "come back to God!"
Salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Faith is the only system of perception that is totally devoid of any human merit. Only the object has merit, and in salvation the object of faith is Our Lord Jesus Christ. No one has ever been saved by asking Jesus to come into his heart or life. How much faith does it take to be saved? It takes just a little bit more than no faith at all.
The perfect salvation work of Christ on the cross, which is called expiation, excludes anything else being added to faith. No works of any kind are allowed. Ephesians 2:8-9, For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that [salvation] not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
What is grace in relationship to salvation? Grace is all that God is free to do for unsaved mankind on the basis of the saving work of Christ on the cross. Grace is extended to unbelievers, who are living under spiritual death in total depravity and total helplessness regarding salvation. Therefore, salvation is a matter of grace, and entirely the work of God. Salvation is the work of the Father in judging our sins, the work of the Son in being judged for our sins, and the work of the Holy Spirit in common and efficacious grace. This is why the way of salvation is faith in Jesus Christ -- faith alone with no works or emotions added to it.
Salvation is the result of a single non-meritorious act of faith on our part and relies totally upon the grace of God. We cannot do anything to earn or deserve it, nor can we do anything to lose it. Salvation is a grace gift from God through faith, Ephesians 2:8-9, For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; not as a result of works [any human effort to attain salvation, ref: Isaiah 64:6], so that no one may boast.
As believers, we fail miserably over and over again, often living worse than an unbeliever. But there is no sin we will ever commit that can undo the perfect salvation work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, which means that we cannot lose our salvation, and once we are saved, we are always saved. Salvation is contingent only upon one's belief in the work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus Christ indwells the believer's body for security, protection and a guarantee that the believer has eternal life. In fact, the moment that the believer dies, he is, absent from the body and at home with the Lord, 2 Corinthians 5:8. The first person the believer will see in Heaven when he leaves his earthly body through physical death is the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Word of God is very clear on the subject of eternal security; unfortunately, many believers are ignorant of this very important doctrine and waste much of their time and energy performing a variety of works in an attempt to earn and keep their salvation. God desires that we know and understand the truth of eternal security, which will provide us with the foundation to live the spiritual life and become a winner in the predesigned plan of God. There is only one way to receive salvation and nothing we can do to lose it once we receive it.
2006-07-28 08:13:07 · answer #1 · answered by Marky-Mark! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God didn't make it difficult. Man is the one who makes it difficult.
Adam's blood and Eve's blood as well as their DNA was in their offspring as it has been all through the ages. Which means that the sin nature carried down through the ages. God made sure that because of this that one man who was place in the woman (no transfer of blood) and the Holy Spirit (because he was fully God) would come to be the sacrifice for all mankind's sin.
He has made it very easy. Accept His gift or Don't accept it. I think it is pretty loving for God to give His Son so you could be saved despite the fact that He didn't have to. He gives everyone a choice. If he didn't that would be cruel. He could have said, "OK, man sinned and so they will all die or they don't get a choice they all die." But God gave every man a choice.
Now you have to make a choice. And the way you choose will determine what happens. What do you choose?
2006-07-28 15:08:03 · answer #2 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've got some good questions I think.
Regarding Adam. We aren't sent to hell for his sin. The question is have you ever sinned? If the answer is yes then you need a savior.
Contact me if you'd like to talk me about this.
2006-07-28 15:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by brodie g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pure Divine Love is the only entity qualified to say worship me or go to hell.
Must have not read the part where God is Love?
http://www.mechanicsburgnewchurch.org
2006-07-28 15:03:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God works in mysterious ways. This is just a test of your faith. Rise to the challenge. Take care!
2006-07-28 15:05:29 · answer #5 · answered by flod_prfekshun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's any consolation, you're not the first to ask those questions, and you won't be the last.
Listen to your heart, and listen WITH your heart, and you will find the path that makes sense to you, whether that path be Christianity or something else.
2006-07-28 14:59:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would god put you here to see what you do, and to let you be tempted. Does he like seeing what you do. More proof there is no god.
2006-07-28 15:00:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is nonsense.
2006-07-28 15:00:47 · answer #8 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋