How can you be a Christian and not believe in eternal judgment?

Answer 1

You tell me how a Christian can't believe it.

Judgment and God's Word

Five different, diversified, and distinct judgments are presented in the Bible. Men who do not rightly divide the Word of Truth (2 Timothy 2:15) often confuse this fact by conglomerately linking the various texts concerning judgment into one mass hodgepodge. I will not be guilty of this practice. Instead, I will differentiate and briefly describe each of the five judgments, also noting where they may be found in Scripture.

(1.)The first judgment

Judgment number one is of the believer's sin.

Nearly two thousand years ago, Christ came down from heaven's glory to shed His precious blood for a world of ungodly sinners. He did not die for His own sin, for He knew no sin, but became sin for us ( 2 Corinthians 5:21). Through this substitionary death -- dying for you and me -- all who receive this Christ can have the past, present, and future stains of sin immediately forgiven, forgotten, obliterated, and liquidated, because the blood of Jesus Christ his [God's] Son cleanseth us from ALL sin (1 John 1:7, emphasis mine).

As soon as the washing of regeneration takes place (Titus 3:5), God cries, Their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more (Hebrews 8:12). The result of being so completely washed in the blood is that, there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1). This is true because Christ was already judged in the sinner's place. :)

Oh, what love, what compassion. Is it any wonder that Paul declares in Hebrews 2:3, How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?

(2.)The second judgment

The second judgment is of the believer's service.

This investigative probe into a believer's lifetime of ... "The Judgment Seat of Christ"

(3.)The third judgment

The third judgment is of Israel.

During the Tribulation Hour, an enemy comes against Israel from the North ( Ezekiel 38 and 39). Then the armies of the world also converge on the Middle East ( Zechariah 14:2), and this period of bloody devastation becomes the time of Jacob's trouble (Jeremiah 30:7).

(4.)The fourth judgment

The fourth judgment is of the nations.

Matthew 25 pictures the return of Christ to this earth. The text correlates to and is synonymous with Revelation 19:11-16, when Christ returns to earth as King of kings and Lord of lords. Before He establishes His millennial kingdom upon earth for 1,000 years ( Revelation 20:4), He purges the earth of its rebels (see Matthew 25:31-46).

The righteous are then allowed to enter God's earthly kingdom utopia for 1,000 years and eventually, heaven for eternity. This transition is observed in 1 Corinthians 15:24,25 which states, Then cometh the end [Millennium], when he shall have...put down all rule and authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

(5.)The fifth judgment

The fifth and final judgment is of the wicked.

Commonly called "The Great Judgment Day," this solemn universal trial is described in Revelation 20:11-15. John says, And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven f1ed away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Friend, the hour is coming when every unsaved, unregenerate sinner must meet a holy God for a detailed review of his life upon planet earth. When God's books are opened, every offender's tongue shall be silenced. There will be no hope then, but there is now! Why? Because Christ died for our sins ( 1 Corinthians 15:3). This means that the guiltiest of mortals can immediately be absolved by trusting in the merits of the shed blood of Jesus.
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Answer 2

You can't be a true Christian and not believe in eternal judgment.

Answer 3

No one can be a Christian and not believe in eternal judgement.
A Christian is someone who is saved - and saved from eternal judgement. God is a God of love, but also a God of justice.
Imagine living in a country where there was no justice?

Answer 4

I believe there is eternal judgment for non-believer. Jesus is already judged on our (Christian) behalf when He died on the cross. So there is no judgment for those who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior.

Answer 5

The eternal judgment will be dooms day.

Answer 6

I will have to stand before the first and second judgment alone, For i am washed in the precious Blood of the lamp of God (Jesus Christ)

Answer 7

depends upon the branch of Christianity as there are many different branches of religion under the banner called Christian. there are the Baptists, Methodists, Quakers, Catholics,, etc etc. etc. just to name a few. all of these various denominations are called or consider themselves Christian but each differs in their Ritual and Ceremonies in worshiping THE DEITY along with a few other differing doctrines. even in each branch of domination's there are some differences from church to church.

Answer 8

Christians can believe anything they want. Some of them believe in having a good time with the neighbor's wife. Some believe Bush is a good man. Some even believe that the Pope is Satan. They can believe ANYTHING -- it's in their genes.

Answer 9

You Can't