I asked a question about sinning, now I have another one, please answer?

Question

We need to confess our sins to God so that fellowship (shared relationship) might be restored with Him. It is sin, the violation of God's Law, that breaks this fellowship with Him. When we turn back to Him and away from sin, this relationship is restored again thanks to His mercy.
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This was my previous question.
I understand from a lot of the religious questions and answers from Christians here that if you do not repent your sins before you die then you will go to hell. God has not forgiven you as you have not repented therefore you will be punished - ie hell.
I understand this to be correct as it came from a vicar at my father in law's church. If you committed a sin such as wrath (sure that it is possible for Christians as much as anyone to get very angry about something) and then you drive off in your car and in your angered state crash and you die instantly, do you go to hell?

Please explain how a Christian can lead a whole life repenting of their sins to get into heaven and then cannot at the end so therefore goes to hell. Is this right??

I find it interesting that more non believers are answering this question. Is it because religion is actually full of contradictions and can be twisted to suit one's own needs?? Therefore my question cannot actually be answered without contradicting the words in the bible?

Paul actually says in the bible that all sin not just mortal and grave must be repented so surely there are no exceptions because you have committed a 'minor' sin.

Answer 1

It only makes sense to me that if you truelly are repentant of your sins, then you would STOP PERFORMING THAT SIN instead of having to repent for it again and again every week. It is in human nature to do what Believers call "sin" - we will probably never stop doing that for as long as we exist - therefore, we will never "repent" completely. If one was a true Believer in every sense of the definition of their respective religion, then they would follow the dictates taught therein and, therefore, would never sin - but sinning is human nature, therefore they/we will not stop sinning, ever, so we cannot ever truelly repent. Yes, I'm going in circles, but so does anyone who is trying to make universal sense of such a subject as this, which should qualify in an explanation in and of itself.

Answer 2

Good question here!

First of all, if your goal here is to escape hell then you must accept Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Period. Christ died for your sins and has already paid for all of them past, present, and future. When you ask Christ into your heart you are also acknowledging that you are a sinner and you know that you can not enter heaven because of that sin. You need the blood of Christ to cover that sin. Once you have done that it is always done. Period.
Second it seems there is confusion between salvation and fellowship with God. Salvation is what I explained above. Fellowship however is another story. Once you are saved you begin a relationship with the Lord. That fellowship can be broken if you are living in sin and not repenting of it. God can no condone sin. So to regain your relationship and walk with God you must repent of your sins (meaning to turn away from that sin) and confess them to Him for His forgiveness. You continue through your walk to confess your sin even though it has already been covered because this is a way of 1) admitting to yourself you have done wrong. 2) Committing to correcting it. 3) Asking for His strength to correct it. 4) Acknowledging the power He has in your life. And 5) Clearing your mind of the guilt so that you can move on.

I hope this helps
God Speed

Answer 3

Well, everything done in flesh and blood is not acceptable to GOD. Even "By observing the law, no one will be justified." Galatians 2:16. "All of us have become like one unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags." Isaiah 64:6.

What is wrong with Christian practice is that it ignores the New Covenant. Jesus Christ shed His blood to establish this Covenant. There is nowhere the Word of GOD promises forgiveness as reward for repentance. The Bible tells us: "Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." Hebrews 9:22. The only thing that purifies us from our sins is the blood of Jesus Christ. 1 John 1:6-10. The promise of GOD to purify us from our sins, that is, forgive us, is in the New Covenant which Christians have abandoned. It is a waste of time talking about forgiveness without the blood of Jesus Christ. He says: "This is my blood of the New Covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." Matthew 26:28. There is no other route to forgiveness of sins.

Here is the order of the required steps:
1. Repent
2. Believe
3. Confirm the New Covenant
4. Baptize
You have to accept the promise of GOD to forgive you your sins before you baptize. Otherwise, your baptism will not produce the desire result. In fact, the New Covenant promises much more. It is unfortunate that almost all Christians, in spite of their noise, know nothing about the New Covenant. You will find it in Jeremiah 31:31-34: Hebrews 8:8-13.

What counts is to have the righteousness of GOD apart from the law. This comes from GOD and it is by faith. The Bible says that the Pharisees were faultless in the observation of the law. Jesus says we need more than what the Pharisees could achieve. Matthew 5:20. What surpasses that is the righteousness of GOD.

Jesus Christ says: "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of GOD unless he is born of water and the Spirit." John 3:5. Unfortunate but true, 'Give your life to Christ' is not the Word of GOD. Therefore, it achieves nothing.

Answer 4

Scriptures say we will be judged by our own words, every idle word, every deed done in this body, etc. Also, the Word tells us that if someone has done righteously for say 20 years of their lives and allows a root of bitterness into their hearts, only God knows if they would have repented of it had they lived a little longer but it doesn't give one much hope. The person who sins for 20 years and gets saved and dies the next day not having committed any sins gets the same reward as the Christian who has lived righteously for say 65 years up until their death. We are judged by our fruits but God looks on the heart where we can't see. Jesus also said it would be easier for harlots and publicans (many accepted Him) to enter the Kingdom of heaven than Pharisee type folks who didn't have righteousness inside AND out but only perverted religion. I was at the bedside of a Christian woman when she breathed her last and this profound experience of feeling the glorious presence of holy angels gave me confidence that Jesus promises to go with us all the way, even until the end of the world (or the end of our lives if that's first) and that He would never leave us nor forsake us is true. I would not want to miss feeling that awesome presence for anything but desire to enjoy that love and peace and joy for eternity. The same as you can feel an evil presence in this world you can feel the good presence of God. I will have to keep my garments spotless and have clean hands and a pure heart which only comes from keeping ones sins covered by the blood of Jesus. If your conscience is clear of offenses to God and man, you will be saved. God is righteous and merciful and his judgments are true and since we don't know people's hearts and near-death testimonies have said that their whole lives passed before their eyes in such a short time, it is hard to judge. I believe people have been given time to repent in what the physical realm calls unconsciousness or even dead that were brought back to life. These testimonies further assure us that heaven and hell are very real! Be ready at all times and you yourself won't have to worry about the above scenario! Hope this helps!

Answer 5

Have faith in God and not books written by man, the bible is a good book, but can you trust man kind to write it the way God wanted, no, he wrote it to control the people of the world, forget what you have been told, and live your life, treat others as you would want to be treated, and you will not go far wrong, only God will decide, only he can forgive sins, there is no man on earth who can do that, not even in his name, although some will say they do, but only the Father can do that, the Father being God, not some vicar, or priest.
Love & Peace

Answer 6

Hi, firstly the only sin or sins that merit eternal punishment are grave or mortal sins and these consist in the willful disobedience of the 10 commandments.
other sins outside of these are not termed grave sins and are not punishable with eternal loss, anger, name calling,gossiping,swearing etc, while this are sins against Christian charity these type are lesser offences and even if they are not repented you would not go to hell for these.
you have to remember also for a sin to be commited you must first have full knowledge of the sin about to be commited, next you must give your full consent to the deed, and thirdly you willingly carry out the offence, without these components a sin is not commited.

Answer 7

God is not unfair about things. If someone has sinned and has had a chance to repent but chose not to then they will be punished. God will always give somebody a fair chance. If they die before they get a chance I am sure God will take this into account.

Answer 8

Yes and no. Mostly no. Remember when Moses came down from the mountain and some of the Israelites were dancing around the golden calf and praising it? Moses became so angry that he threw the tablets of stone that God Himself had just written upon with His finger. That was Righteous anger, then there was the time that the Israelites were complaining about not having any water, and God told Moses to speak to the rock and that water would come out? Well, that time Moses was very angry with them and he hit the rock instead of speaking to it. It was his disobedience coupled with his anger that kept him out of the promised land. So it would depend upon what kind of anger as to weather or not you would go to hell upon death as you have described it.
PS: Repenting is to sin no more, to cease from disobedience to the Commandments of God, and being very sorry that you hurt Him with your disobedience.

Answer 9

We confess that we are sinners and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Savior,And all sins are forgiven,Past Present and Future.There is absolutely nothing we can do to add to what the Lord Jesus Christ has already provided for us.When we start on the treadmill of trying to do the right thing we are actually trying to be self righteous and Extremely displeasing to God.All we have to do is believe and receive or doubt and do without.Take Care and May God Bless You.

Answer 10

We are designed to be with God. The state of rejection of God in this life is called sin: in the next life it is called Hell.

We don't know what Hell is like, or who goes there. Flames, demons and creatures with horns are various attempts to describe the misery of separation from God, but shouldn't be taken too literally - it's probably worse.

Dwelling too much on the consequences of dying whilst angry will not help your relationship with God. This should be a loving relationship, not one of terror. We should trust in God's love, but not make presumptions about it. Though it's probably best not to drive when you are angry.