have changed his mind about what is sin or not nowadays without even telling us
2006-12-02 15:24:42 · 32 answers · asked by Mr Hex Vision 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was with you on your first sentence but the second makes me laugh alittle and bothers me.
God is the one and only judge of our final destination. Christians that know the Bible well are able to tell who will go to hell because the Bible is God's word and He clearly tells us who ill enter the kingdom of Heaven and who will perish in the fires of hell. It's not our own judgement that we say, it's the words of God that we say.
God is the Alpha and Omega. He has never and will never change His mind or His words. What He has told us through the prophets and the writers of the Holy Bible is His word, His promise, His covenant and He will never go back on them, never change them. If He did, then He won't be God. The Bible tells us the beginning of our creation and the end of our earthly exist, the final judgement. God isn't added or subtracting things from it. It bothers me that you would even think that. When God makes a promise, a covenant, He always follows through with it and never faulters.
2006-12-02 15:33:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said....
John 12:48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me. That very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.
The Word is the judge. It's kind of like an open book test. You have the answers, do what you want with it. Now I could tell you that from my understanding of the Word that you are not doing the things God wants you to do. But ultimately God will make the final decision.
In other words, as a christian I can and should love people enough to show them what God's word says and if they are not doing it try to persuade them to . But to determine if someone is going to heaven or hell? That is not my role.
2006-12-02 15:33:25 · answer #2 · answered by songndance1999 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well no. of course not. not only is The Creator of All the Universes not allowed to change The Mind without first consulting the Christians. God must be the kind of Mind that the Christians desire. it's the duty of the All Powerful to keep whatever promise the Christians believe The Supreme One has made. God is not allowed to be any other Way other than what the Christians believe God to be. The Supreme Whatever must live forever up to the expectations of Christians.
if God should manifest any other Way than what the Christians expect and demand then, of course, it's not God manifesting but a devil.
2006-12-02 15:36:03 · answer #3 · answered by nebtet 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is only one who is good enough to judge others and it's God. There is only one way to get to hell and it's to not accept Jesus as your personal saviour. As long as you believe that He died for you and He died to save you from your sins then you are going to heaven. Once you are saved you can't be unsaved. A lot of christians are discouraging and say that if you do this or that then you're going to hell. As long as you believe then you're safe. People's own nature causes them to judge others. Unfortunately christians are no exception. We aren't perfect but under no cicumstances should we say someone is or should go to hell. We all deserve hell, but Jesus loves us enough to keep us from that. I am sorry you have had such negative experiences, but you are correct in that God is the judge and I hope I was clear on all this, (i've been going for about 14 hours). Good luck and God bless!
2006-12-02 15:33:15 · answer #4 · answered by #1 Buckeye Fan!!!! 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Bible does not instruct or authorize anyone to condemn others, especially not to "hell" which is not even in the Bible.
Jesus said clearly that he came not to judge or condemn the world, but to save it. He did warn that people would be condemned, that even brothers in the church would evict one another, and families would become divided. But that was a warning of the severe conflicts that would arise; it was not to condone or encourage any such behavior.
The Bible discourages judging others, and encourages correcting mutual faults for the sake of reconciliation:
See scriptures such as Matthew 7:1-5
7:1 “Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.
...7:5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye."
The point is that we should remove the beam from our own eyes before we try to help our neighbors remove the splinter from their eyes; if anything, we should engage in mutual correction of faults which we cannot always see in ourselves while others can.
"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment" (John 7:24)
"Confess your faults to one another and pray for one another that ye may be healed" (James 5:16)
And that after a transgression we should try to reconcile with our neighbors. (Matthew 18:15-20)
What changed from the Old Testament to the New Testament, is that in the spirit of Christ, or love charity and truth, we can reconcile past transgressions by mutual forgiveness and correction. The standards are the same, but we have the ability to meet them by helping one another to correct mutual faults and to prevent transgressions in the future. That is the gift of God's grace through Christ - that ability for universal redemption we did not have before, but is made possible through the sacrifice of Jesus which renews humanity with divine love that heals all.
2006-12-02 16:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a Christian says your going to hell without faith in Jesus Christ, it's not judging or condemning. Rather, it is speaking the truth in love, for that is what God says will happen. It is God through Jesus Christ who judges and condemns. Christians are just the messangers.
2006-12-02 15:33:26 · answer #6 · answered by CapLee 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have been a Christian for about 50 years.I have never told anyone they are going to hell.The job of being a judge was not given to me.Who am I to say what God will do with everybody. I do think there are going to be a lot of surprises as to what we expect.
2006-12-02 15:39:03 · answer #7 · answered by 2004 Champs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians that does this do not know anybetter and is in error. No God has never changed his mind concerning his word ever. God will judge us and his word say judge not let you be judged.
2006-12-02 15:31:17 · answer #8 · answered by JoJoBa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are not judging you and sending to hell. Christians are not going to be saved because they/we accept Jesus' gift of eternal life. If you do not want to go to hell, just ask Jesus to save you. Do not let anyone boss you around. This gift comes with special instructions and we only get saved by the mercy of God.
2006-12-02 15:30:46 · answer #9 · answered by Ulrika 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's more of a warning than a judgement. ONLY God truly judges. Man can only make predictions about what we think that judgement will be. Just because some person tells you that you are going to Hell doesn't mean you are, that's up to God.
2006-12-02 15:29:35 · answer #10 · answered by kj 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋