for christians ?

Question

as a spiritualist i have been told in going to hell
but my question is that in your opinion .. is believing in jesus , respecting his teachings , and doing good work in this life the same as taking jesus into my heart .. being saved ?
i dont believe in hell personally , i just wondered what your views were on this , and what constitutes being saved ?

no really .... thank you , i have been meaning to read more of the teachings of john ( and i think youre cool also)

kim ... that is such a beautiful answer and although somewhat different to my own beliefs , it makes a lot of sense for me

Answer 1

Since only God can see into your heart, it is unfair of others to judge you. God tells us to NOT judge; that is His job. Our job as Christians is to love all His creation - which includes human beings. And we need to love them unconditionally - without taking anything from them - just giving freely.
You have a spiritual gift that God gave you. What you need to do is to utilize it to His purpose, not just for your own ambitions or pride. God has used many spiritualists - you can find them in the Bible. If they followed what God told them to do, they were blessed. If they elected to follow a false god or to capitialize on some knowledge and thereby harm or contradict God's directive, then they are punished.
Jesus said that He is the way, and no one can reach His Father (God) except through Him. Jesus has become the High Priest, the Sacrifice placed on the altar to take our place so that sin does no longer seperate us from God. The Garden of Eden was our first seperation from God and He has hungered since that time for that intimacy with us - to walk with us in the garden of life - since that time. God wants to walk side-by-side with you in your work. Hell was not meant for us humans, but when people choose to deny and rebuke God, then we have the free choice to be seperated from Him in hell. God doesn't want ANY of us there; it's just that due to our self pride and ignorance we choose to dismiss Him from our lives; we don't go to Him as a Father and pray to Him for guidance - placing Him as the Pilot -------not the co-pilot ------ of our daily lives. Being saved means accepting with all your heart, mind, soul and with all your strength to love the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Doing good works is mute. We can NEVER do enough to "earn" our place in Heaven. Jesus took care of that through the grace of His love & sacrifice.

Please be patient with those who are ignorant of what Jesus' true message to us is. Pick up the Bible and ask the Holy Spirit to guide your eyes to fall upon the versages to give you what your heart is seeking.

I will pray for you! Your heart is soft and ready for God's love!
Peace with you, my sister!

Answer 2

Saved means believing and trusting in the work Jesus did on the cross to save you from your sins. That you totally depend on Him. If you do-then you will most probably follow His teachings and do good works. However doing good works will gain you nothing in the kingdom of God-there is no merit in good works what so ever.
Now, hell is mentioned in the KJV 54 times-so it must be real. Heaven is mentioned about ten times more.
You can not accept Jesus and not believe what He said. Jesus uses a reference to hell 9 times in Matthew. If Jesus is real-so is hell.

Answer 3

My friend used to be a spiritualist but she found a real and personal relationship with Jesus, and after God touched her heart, she went one last time to her spiritualist church, and as she shut the door on her way out she knew she would never go back there. I didn't judge her or tell her she was going to Hell, that's in God's hands so don't be too hard on the well-meaning judmental Christians you meet, they just do it all wrong.
Knowing about Jesus and doing things in His name will not get you saved, the Bible says that on judgment day, some will claim they are surprised that they aren't 'in' because they cast out demons and healed the sick in His name, but He says, Away from me you evildoers, I never knew you'. It also says, 'not everyone who says,'Lord, Lord,' will be saved. I would have been offended had anyone suggested to me that I would not go to Heaven, then I met with Jesus one beautiful day and now I know that I really know Him. Ask Him to show you, He will not force His way into your life, you have to invite Him.

Answer 4

Being saved is not something you aquire by doing good deeds, or being nice to everyone..
Doing good works is great but will not get you into the kingdom of heaven...
Taking Jesus into your heart is giving your life over to him, to walk in his will, to follow him, trust in him, honor him with your life..... is part of being saved
To be saved you must first realize that you are a sinner.. in need of a savior.
That savior is Jesus.
Confess & repent (turn away from) your sins...
Place your faith, trust, heart & life in Jesus. BELIEVE.

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in anyother: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world: but that the world through him might be saved.
John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: & he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, & the life:no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The Bible is filled with Gods truth Start in the New Testement.. You don't have to go far to find the truth.
However the book of Proverbs in the Old Testement is awsome lessons on life, wisdom, etc.

Hell is also mentioned in the Bible.. It is real & it is going to be the final destination for Satan & his followers.

I hope this truly helped you. & I hope you do place your life in Jesus. It is the most important thing you will ever do!!!
I will be praying for your salvation.
God Bless You

Answer 5

Christ loves you, he bought you back with a high price, his very own blood.

There is an enemy of your soul, the conflict for the souls of men has been going on since Eden when Satan tempted Eve.

But God had a plan and his plan was Christ.

Jesus said "unless a man be Born Again he shall not inherit the kingdom of God" Born again just means that you believe in Christ and him crucified,repent of your sins and make him Lord of your life. When you do this the Holy Spirit will come and dwell within you, bringing you to life in Him.

Christ spoke more of Hell than he did of Heaven. If Hell was untrue he wouldnt have declared its existence and wouldnt of had to die on the cross. Christ had to make atonement for our sins to reunite us wuth the Father such was the love of God.

There is no one like Christ, he is Faithful and True and if you seek Him with all your heart you will find Him. He is the treasure, but there is a cost to following after him, he is more than worth it.

take care.

Answer 6

You must invite JESUS to live in your heart. That is more then just having a head knowledge of Him. You can respect someone and know they are alive but that is different than being married to them. You must be able to confess with your mouth who Jesus is to you. The bible says call upon the name of the LORD and thou shall be saved. You must have a relationship with Him somewhat like being married to Him in the fact that you consider Him in all things. When you have invited Him into your heart, ask him to forgive you of your sins, and truly believe that he died for your sins and mine, and believe that on the 3rd day he was resurrected. You will then out of obedience want to get baptized. Hope this helps.

Answer 7

I don't believe that once you accept Jesus into your heart that there is nothing that can keep you out of Hell, like some Baptists believe. That to me is a cop out...or permission to sin because you have already been saved, it doesn't matter what you do now, so what's the point?
I believe that you can let Jesus into your heart, but you have to be careful, because the devil can replace him without you even knowing. I ask Jesus back into my heart several times a week because I want to make sure he's there.
And, I do believe in Hell...it is referenced many times in the Bible, so yes, I do believe it exists.

Answer 8

It is not about what you believe about Jesus in your thinking only. It is about realizing that you are a sinner and that you yourself can not do anything to redeem yourself and then realizing that God came in the flesh in the form of Jesus Christ and died for everyones sin so that anyone who accepted this gift and allow Jesus to be Lord of their life will be saved.
It isn't about works. Works are an outer manifestation of a follower in Christ.
There is no other way to the Father but through Jesus.

Answer 9

Your right about one thing we are spiritual beings but as stated in Joh 14:6 Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. Hell is a real place and those that do not except Christ as their savior have condemned themselves. We are all offered the gift of eternal life through Christ Jesus and it is a free gift that we can except or turn down. You say you are spiritual and your right in saying so but the question is where will your spirit spend eternity? Don't take my word for it check it out for yourself, what can it hurt?

Answer 10

You understand then, that there are Invisible Angel's around us on the EARTH.
You are a Spirit Being (just like the Invisible Angel's), BUT right now you have a Human BODY to Live in.
You look Just like your Body, you fit like a glove in your Body.
Adam committed High Treason and messed-up himself (an Invisible Spirit Being).
GOD couldn't Flow through Adam anymore cause Adam messed-himself up by Changing God's to satan. Adam became LOST and Damned to a Devil's Hell, taking all of Humanity with him(Adam passed this Messed-up Spirit to Everybody Else).

To get SAVED (Born-Again) and have GOD Flow through you Again, and make it to Heaven----YOU have got to Ask JESUS to come into your Heart (Spirit) and SAVE (Recreate you, a Spirit Being) you.
JESUS is the ONLY ONE WHO can Recreate you.
But HE has to have your Permission to do so.
Religion CANNOT RECREATE YOU ( a Spirit Being). Spiritualism Cannot Recreate you.
Only GOD ALMIGHTY (JESUS) can.
After you get RECREATED (your Body and Soul do not get Recreated) YOU will want to Live for GOD from the Inside OUT.
That's when you Learn to Read your BIBLE, PRAY, FELLOWSHIP so on so on.

IF ANYBODY come's out of their Body for Good (what we call Death) and has not gotten RECREATED (Saved, Born-Again) GOD cannot let you into HIS PRESENCE (what we call HEAVEN).
You got to accept JESUS as your Saviour BEFOR you Leave the EARTH for Good---it is a Spiritual LAW---otherwise, you cannot get Recreated at all.
And you cannot enter into Heaven.
Hope this helps.

Answer 11

Unfortunately it is true you are going to hell. You must accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior and you and all in your house shall be saved. you should believe in hell because is very real, Jesus spoke more about hell than heaven.