Religious ppl: As humans are capable of both good and bad, how does God decide where to put us?

Question

Does he just look at the overall person and put them in either heaven or hell

Answer 1

Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.


Rom 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.


Rom 9:15 For He says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion."*

Rom 9:16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

Answer 2

If you read a bible you'll see that there is no such thing as a FIERY HELL and not everybody goes to HEAVEN. These are lies and doctrines made up to scare people into doing good. The hell the bible refers to is just the common grave. God made the earth for people to live on and in the future as the psalms say 'The righteous will possess the EARTH'. We are all imperfect and only through the ransom sacrifice of Jesus can we have forgiveness. What matters today is doing Gods will and praying for forgiveness of our sins. www.watchtower.org will help you answer more questions.

Answer 3

The Bible teaches us that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. God is holy and we cannot approach Him in our sinful state and even were we to strive with all our might to be good, we would still fall woefully short of His standards. The people of Israel made sacrifice after sacrifice to make atonement for their sins before God and even this was not enough to reconcile them to Him. That is why Jesus came to earth: to offer Himself as the perfect atonement for our sins. He was the one perfect sacrifice, being in human form, but without sin. After offering Himself as a sacrifice on the cross for us, He rose from the dead and now mediates for us before God. Only through faith in Him and in His redeeming sacrifice can we approach God. It's not a question of what we have done so much as what He has done which decides whether or not we go to Heaven. If we trust Him and believe in Him then we may be confident that we may be acceptable to God through Him.

Answer 4

No he doesn't because there is no hell. There is another dimension which is the 'spirit world' where we all go when we depart this earthly life. Those who have done bad things when in their earthly life are all put together in spirit and endure a 'living hell' together in spirit until they are sorry for what they have done. We all have to be our own judge and jury when we depart this earth and have to face up to what we have done. Hell is just a notion from the Bible, which was written by man to doctrinate, ie. have power over man by fear.

Answer 5

People are capable of good and evil... it is the choice God gave us. But he also gave us a soul and heart and he is the only one that can see into our souls...so no matter what are choices may be, at the end of our life he is in our soul or he isnt and if he is and you believe you are in... if not he knows and your out. Heaven isnt good works it is belief.

Answer 6

As humans born in sin, we are capable of no good, and are all deserving of eternal damnation for our offences against Holy, Almighty God.

Isaiah 64:6-7
"But we are all like an unclean thing,
And all our righteosnesses are
like filthy rags;
We all fade as a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind,
Have taken us away.
And there is no one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself up to take hold of you;
For You have hidden Your face
from us,
And have consumed us because of our iniquities."

But God, in His great kindness, and for His glory, has made a way out for those who trust in Jesus Christ. (Even that trust being given as a gift from God).

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 of works, lest anyone should boast."

Answer 7

In fact this world is to check who wants to be where. Any one who does good deeds in this world is going to heaven, and whoever follows the path of Devil goes to hell.

The Almighty God didn't just sent the people in this world without guidelines. He kept sending a number of messengers in this world to let Human know what is good and what is bad.

Now Being a Muslim, I would recommend you to study The Holy Quran. Also, to check the authenticity of The Holy Quran there is a Book written by Dr. Maurice Bucaille in 1976, a Scientist, Christian by birth, Converted to Islam. Being an outstanding Scientist, he was elected to treat the mummy of Merneptah (Pharaoh) which he did. During his visit to Saudi Arabia he was shown the verses of the Holy Quran in which Allah says that the dead body of the Pharaoh will be preserved as a ''Sign'' for posterity. An impartial scientist like Dr. Bucaille, who (being also a Christian) was converstant with the Biblical version of Pharaoh's story as being drowned in pursuit of Prophet Moses. He was pleasantly surprised to learn that unknown to the world till only of late, the Holy Quran made definite prediction about the preservation of the body of that same Pharaoh of Moses time. This led Dr. Bucaille to study the Holy Quran thoroughly after learning the Arabic language. The final conclusion of his comparative study of Quran and the Bible is that the statements about scientific phenomena in the Holy Quran are perfectly in conformity with the modern sciences.

The Bible, The Quran, And Science by Maurice Bucaille.
http://www.islam101.com/science/bucaille.html
http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MB_BQS/default.htm
http://www.islam-guide.com/bqs/
http://home.swipnet.se/islam/quran-bible.htm
http://www.submission.org/Q-science.html

To further study about Islam and concept of good and bad in Islam, along with different translations of The Holy Quran visit here:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/

Answer 8

If you invite Jesus into your life, confess your wrong doings, the slate is wipe clean and you will go to Heaven, if you dont confess jesus as your Lord and Master you will go to Hell on judgment day.

Answer 9

My friend,....please read your Bible,.....

"No one comes to the Father but by me" quote from Jesus

if you recieve Jesus into your life and accept his forgiveness then you are forgiven,...he paid for it,...it is as simple as that,......if you do not recieve his free gift then God said you will burn eternally in torment.....what is there not to understand there,......Jesus blood shed paid for our sins. That is a contract that we can live and die by. Please friend you have been warned come and join the family and live in harmony with your creator,.....it does not mean a perfect life but it does mean a perfect future and a loving life.

Answer 10

The only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ.