Jesus Said "NO man comes to the Father, but through me". It doesn't matter who you are or what you believe, Everyone is subject to the commands and instructions of the Bible. When we die, God will judge us by His Moral Laws. Have you told a lie, stolen, committed adultery, used God's name in vain? If you stand guilty before God on judgment day, God will send you to Hell. The good news is that God has provided a way for you to be forgiven, and accepted into Heaven. Jesus Christ died on a cross and rose again in order to pay the debt for your sins. You must Repent, which means to ask forgiven, and turn away from your sins, then put your complete Trust in Jesus Christ. Only then will you be forgiven and accepted into Heaven, not because your a good person, but because your a bad person who's been FORGIVEN..
2006-08-02
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So, what's your question?
2006-08-02 04:54:31
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answer #1
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answered by boukenger 4
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Like most who are members of the churches of Christendom, you have the wrong idea of what hell really is. Yes, there is a hell, but it is not a horrible place like Christendom teaches. Death is likened to sleeping in the Bible. Jesus's friend Lazarus had died and this is the account at Luke 11:11-14: "These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. The Bible tells us that the dead do not feel anything
Eccl.9:10: " For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing--"
So the dead are not suffering--only in a deep sleep until God through his Son resurrects them back to life and there will be a resurrection of both good & bad people. Acts 24:15: "And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Hell is the common grave of mankind--Jesus has the keys of death and hell. He will resurrect all who are in hell and then they will be judged--some to everlasting life and the rest will be put out of existance. God is love and would never torture imperfect humans- Even imperfect humans have laws against sadistic treatment of others. The Bible says that God is a God not only of love, but of justice as well. How just is it to torture someone forever?
Satan tries to paint God as sadistic and cruel. This he has accomplished through the false teachings of Christendom. In fact, many turn away from God completely because of the misleading "hellfire" doctrine.
You can be assured that when someone dies, they will not be burned or tortured at all. The Bible tells us that God is love and that he is.
2006-08-02 12:11:24
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answered by Micah 6
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There is evidence of [reincarnation] in Jewish thought, apart from Kabbalah, which dates to the time of Rome. According to the Antiquity of the Jews, Book 18, Chapter 1, Number 3, "[The Pharisees] believed that souls have immortal vigor in them [and that the virtuous] shall have power to revive and live again...." (Head, Cranston, Reincarnation, p.26).
The bracketed statements are not necessarily in the original statement, and may be implied understanding of the editors of the text. If you drop the bracketed statements the statement reads something more general: "A sect of Jews from Antiquity, believed that souls have immortal vigor in them, and shall have power to revive and live again...."
This is Jewish understanding from the same era as Jesus Christ (Y'shua). According to Philo Judoeus (20 B.C.E to 54 C.E.), "The air is full of souls; those nearest to earth descending to tied to mortal bodies return to other bodies, desiring to live in them." Flavius Joshep (37 - 100 C.E.), Jewish historian, addressing Jewish troops during the final days of Israeli existence under Rome, says, "Do you not remember that all pure Spirits when they depart out of this life obtain a most holy place in heaven, from whence, in the revelation of ages, they are again sent into pure bodies" (Head, Cranston, Reincarnation, p. 27).
The Zohar, the Book of Splendor, says, "The souls must reenter the absolute substance whence they have emerged. But to accomplish this end they must develop all perfections, the germ of which is planted in them; and if they have not fulfilled this condition during one life, they must commence another, a third, and so forth, until they acquire the condition which fits them for reunion with God" (Head, Cranston, Reincarnation, p. 29).
2006-08-02 11:54:42
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answered by Anonymous
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Screw repentance Its better to be a Prince in Hell than a servant in Heaven. Other benefits include not having to listen to crazy zealots all the time. Oh yeah, and what is you question, that just looks like religious spam
2006-08-02 11:55:33
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answered by Nox_Mortis 2
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now did JESUS actually say that or the people that wrote the bible (how many years after his death) say that he said that in an attempt to get people to follow their new religion?
shouldnt people be let in based on their devotion to god, and as most of the religions today are monotheist, wouldnt they all be going to heaven as they are following god? and if jesus is god, are they not accepting him by worshipping god?
2006-08-02 11:57:28
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answered by moonshine 4
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"For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."
-- Colossians 2:9
"Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?"
-- John 14:9
"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you Before Abraham was, I AM."
-- John 8:58
"There are three essentials of the church: acknowledgment of the divine of the Lord, acknowledgment of the holiness of the Word [Bible], and the life which is called charity" (Divine Providence n. 259[3]).
2006-08-02 11:55:59
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answered by Anonymous
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Keep on representing. I can see that you watch Way Of The Master.
2006-08-02 11:55:26
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answered by Kizzle 3
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it doesn't matter who you are or what you believe, Everyone is subject to the commands and instructions of the Quran.
2006-08-02 11:55:43
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answered by Anonymous
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What the?
2006-08-02 11:54:13
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answered by Tay 3
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whats so hard to understand about that?
2006-08-02 11:55:07
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answered by D 1
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