2006-08-26 13:03:37 · 20 answers · asked by pickle head 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Bob, if it were possible to "earn" your place in Heaven by being "good enough", do you really think anybody on earth would work hard enough to be good?
I'm not that optimistic about the nature of the human race. We do too much crap to each other. Yes, there are some nice people on the planet, but they are in the extreme minority. Even they need a helping hand on some days!
2006-08-26 13:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahahahahahah, sweetie nobody gets into heaven without any help! We get into heaven with God's grace.
My father used to tell a joke about a man who died and St. Peter was giving him the grand tour of heaven. St. Peter would say, there's the muslims, there's bhudists, there's the sihks, there's the mormons, there's lutherans, the angicans, the Roman catholics , the Jews all the world's religions til they came to a brick wall. The man asked who's behind that wall and St. Peter said all the born agains and fundamentalists, they think they're the only ones up here.
2006-08-26 13:15:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there is no segregation there.
There will be different functions and different levels of responsibility assigned to different people. There will still be levels of order and structure throughout God's universe. We will be God's messengers in ordering and running it.
Your idea of "those who Jesus saves" and "those who honestly earned their place without help" is very wrong. Yes, Jesus died on the cross to cleanse away all of mankind's sins. BUT in order for one to actually be saved, they must repent for their sins by asking God's forgiveness and giving their lives over to Jesus.
Some good books to read in the New Testament are:
Romans, 2 Corinthians, 1 Thessalonians, Hebrews, James and Revelations
2006-08-26 13:40:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is NO way you can get into heaven on without help. You have to be saved by faith and accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, then live a Christian life.
2006-08-26 14:08:44 · answer #4 · answered by stullerrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Christians, no... not only is it not segregated, but if you do not accept Christ as your lord and savior, it matters now what type of person you are, you still get into heaven.
So do all the good works you can, be honest, don't lie or steal, don't covet your neighbor's belongs or wife, have a good job, never cheat on your wife or your taxes... all of it matters not if you haven't accepted Christ as your savior.
Wickedly weird, isn't it.
2006-08-26 13:17:04 · answer #5 · answered by Rogue Scrapbooker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Heaven is not/won't be segregated.
Heaven is perfect. If you put imperfection into heaven then it wouldn't be heaven anymore. No one can undo the damage they have done to themselves. Like broken porcelain, you can glue & paint but, but it will never be perfect again. You can't earn/work your way into heaven. Only the Creator has the power to make you good as new, then you'll be perfect.
2006-08-26 13:19:15 · answer #6 · answered by J Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how do you get to Heaven without help?
Heaven is a perfect place, God is a perfect God, you can't get into heaven without being perfect
No matter how hard you try to get there on your own, how "good" you are, etc, you HAVE TO BE PERFECT, no sin whatsoever...
So how do you get into Heaven on your own? you can't
To answer your question, Heaven isn't segregated, ALL entered through the saving grace of Jesus
2006-08-26 13:09:35 · answer #7 · answered by just me 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nope. You can't earn your place in heaven without help. That's the whole point. No one can fit God's standards without help from Jesus. It's impossible.
2006-08-26 17:17:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one can get to Heaven except through Jesus The Christ... God makes the rules and that is The Rule... You can not get to Heaven by any act, ritual, good work, doctrin or dogma of man. No man, pastor, priest, pope, can get you into heaven... Only those who come to God in The Way He proscribes and receive His free gift of Salvation will enter Heaven....
Follow God's Rules or suffer the consequences of your own choise to not.
2006-08-26 13:17:49 · answer #9 · answered by IdahoMike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No is not. There is a chapter in the book of revelations that explains how people that honestly earned their place in heaven are going to be judge, and eventually will earn their place in heaven. They will be at the exact same place as saved Christians.
God has infinite mercy, who knows, it might be true. Problem is that the Bible is clear when it comes to "making your decision". Tough one
2006-08-26 13:08:29 · answer #10 · answered by Marco 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋