It seems believable due to the intensely strict guidelines of any religion, but shouldn't our creator free us from guilt eventually?
2006-12-01 08:54:12 · 32 answers · asked by tichothewolf 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I hope not. I couldn't think of my grandparents being anyplace else.
2006-12-01 08:57:13 · answer #1 · answered by Becca 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sin does not go to heaven. We all have sinned and come short of Gods Glory. So, unless your sins are atoned for, you aren't going to heaven. Even one sin will keep you out of heaven. The wages of sin is death.
Jesus shed His own blood for the remission of our sins. But we need to believe in Him and receive His atonement through confession & heart faith. The gift of God is eternal life, through faith.
Only those redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, are born of God, inherit ever lasting life, go to heaven.
Jesus paid the price to redeem us about 2000 years ago. Once we have confessed Jesus Christ Lord, & believed in our heart the resurrection, we put on Christ Righteousness. Free from guilt. There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
2006-12-01 09:06:46 · answer #2 · answered by t a m i l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering the fact that "No one comes to the Father except through me", yes, only certain people get into Heaven. He who beleives and is Baptized will be saved. So, according to the Bible, only those believers that believe in God the Father and Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who are Baptized will enter into the kingdom of Heaven.
2006-12-01 08:59:21 · answer #3 · answered by tn_lovett 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Those who will be raised to heavenly life will be king/priests along with Jesus Christ who will rule the earth for a thousand years before giving back all power to God Rev. 5:9, 10. If all good people are going to heaven, who will they rule over? The animals?
2006-12-01 08:56:56 · answer #4 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. The idea that only a certain number of people will be rewarded in the afterlife is counter-intuitive to the idea of Free Will.
Consider this:
According to your religious beliefs, the God of your choosing placed you on this earth and bestowed you with 'free will' - that is, the ability to act in a way that you see fit, free from God's direct influence on your life. 'Why' God did this is another question, and one whose scope would likely overshadow this question, so I'll ignore it for now.
Why would this God, who so loved you that he gave you this gift of free will, then turn around and take that gift away from you by imposing guidelines, only through which you were able to go to heaven? God would not do this. We have arrived at a contradiction and, as such, one of our assumptions must be false.
Assumption - Human beings have free will. This could be false; we could be living wholly at the whim of a divine being, powerless in our own right. If this is the case, if we are not acting within our own means and on our own judgments, then there is no criteria by which we could be judged as eligible to go to heaven. In short: if you don't do a job, you can not be evaluated on that job. In this case, all souls would share the same outcome in the afterlife; there would be no variation.
Assumption - Human beings are 'judged' on their behavior while on earth by a higher power. This could be false as well; we could go so far as to present the atheistic view that there is no God at all. However, because your question implies a belief in God, I'll refrain from that. So, if we take this assumption to be false, we must say that there is a God, and that God does not 'care' about what you do, inasmuch as God will not judge your actions. If we take this assumption to be false, we clearly arrive at the idea that, because we are not judged or differentiated by God, the outcome for all of us would be the same.
If we assume either of those assumptions are false (as we are required to do, by logic), then we arrive at the same conclusion: The outcome for all of us, independent of our actions, will be the same.
It is not only certain people that will go to heaven. It is all of us. Or, it is none of us. We're all in this one together.
2006-12-01 09:17:00 · answer #5 · answered by Tim 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why? On the other hand, shouldn't we tire of sinning eventually? You want Him to eventually decide to overlook all of your transgressions, because you are not willing to give them up for a few years in order to dwell with Him for an eternity.
2006-12-01 08:59:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I have been taught that Hell is a temporary place, intended to separate us from God and Heaven in order to give us time to reflect on our sins. Eventually, almost everyone will make it to Heaven, it just might take some people an extraordinarily long period of time to get there. But in the overall scheme of eternity, who knows what time really means?
2006-12-01 08:58:33 · answer #7 · answered by jinenglish68 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I think that when the end of time nears, jesus will beat satan, and free all his peoplefrom the depths of hell. It's a theory. The Bible seems to contradict itself when it comes to this. On one hand it says that these peole will face eternal punishment in hell, but on the other it says that hell will be abolished. I think we would have to look back to the greek to get the full concept, but how applicable would that be to our lives? It's a good question that people have been asking for years. Jesus says only he who knows Him will come to the father. I'm safe.
2006-12-01 09:00:31 · answer #8 · answered by Your hero until you meet Jesus 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
He has already. All you need to do is to accept it then you are free from guilt. His Son Jesus has died on the cross to take the punishment that you deserve, so by you accepting him you can be forgiven from your sin and go to heaven. On the third day, Jesus rose to life.
2006-12-01 09:02:01 · answer #9 · answered by A follower of Christ 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Do you believe that all roads will get u to New York ,No of course not ,but to reject such a magnificeint Free gift that God has given us thrue his Son Jesus would be very foolish
2006-12-01 09:01:03 · answer #10 · answered by Terry S 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Dear ticho,
Yes, only certain individuals will go to heaven. They are referred to in the Bible as, the "elect", the "saints", "God's sheep", the "wheat", the "remnant", the "Israel of God" (not the state of Israel), the "redeemed", etc. I think if you read Romans chpt 9, you can understand this better.
2006-12-01 09:02:16 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋