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2007-01-04 19:48:48
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answer #1
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answered by Kiwi 5
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The Right to Enter Paradise
Death is inevitable. The thief on the cross knew when his would occur, but we can not predict our own. After his death, the crucified criminal went to live in paradise with Jesus. Some of us will also live eternally in God's presence. But others will experience everlasting torment, forever separated from Him.
If we receive Jesus as our Savior, our penalty for sin is paid. We are adopted into God's family, and Heaven is our eternal home. If we reject Jesus, we remain alienated from the Lord and under condemnation for our sin. We are destined to experience eternal judgment. God won't accept any of man's excuses because there is no acceptable defense for unbelief. (Acts 4:12)
Become part of God's family today. Acknowledge your sinfulness, and express your faith in these words:
"God, I have sinned against You. (Romans 3:23) I've followed my own way and refused to give You the right to rule in my life. (Romans 3:10-12) I recognize I am separated from You and cannot rescue myself. I do believe that Jesus Christ is Your Son. I accept the truth of the Scriptures? that His death on the cross paid my sin-debt in full. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) And I ask You to forgive me of my sins. (1 John 1:9) By faith, I receive You, Lord Jesus, as my personal Savior from this moment on."
If you just spoke those words to God, then, like the thief on the cross, you have received salvation? a gift of God's grace. The heavenly Father welcomes every person who comes to Him through His Son, regardless of background, age, or current situation. Through Jesus, the right to enter paradise is yours!
2007-01-04 22:24:22
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answer #2
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answered by Freedom 7
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What Really Is Hell?
WHATEVER image the word "hell" brings to your mind, hell is generally thought of as a place of punishment for sin. Concerning sin and its effect, the Bible says: "Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned." (Romans 5:12) The Scriptures also state: "The wages sin pays is death." (Romans 6:23) Since the punishment for sin is death, the fundamental question in determining the true nature of hell is: What happens to us when we die?
Does life of some kind, in some form, continue after death? What is hell, and what kind of people go there? Is there any hope for those in hell? The Bible gives truthful and satisfying answers to these questions.
Does something inside us, like a soul or a spirit, survive the death of the body? Consider how the first man, Adam, came to have life. The Bible states: "Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life." (Genesis 2:7) Though breathing sustained his life, putting "the breath of life" into his nostrils involved much more than simply blowing air into his lungs. It meant that God put into Adam's lifeless body the spark of life—"the force of life," which is active in all earthly creatures. (Genesis 6:17; 7:22) The Bible refers to this animating force as "spirit." (James 2:26) That spirit can be compared to the electric current that activates a machine or an appliance and enables it to perform its function. Just as the current never takes on the features of the equipment it activates, the life-force does not take on any of the characteristics of the creatures it animates. It has no personality and no thinking ability.
What happens to the spirit when a person dies? Psalm 146:4 says: "His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish." When a person dies, his impersonal spirit does not go on existing in another realm as a spirit creature. It "returns to the true God who gave it." (Ecclesiastes 12:7) This means that any hope of future life for that person now rests entirely with God.
What, then, is the condition of the dead? When pronouncing sentence upon Adam, Jehovah stated: "Dust you are and to dust you will return." (Genesis 3:19) Where was Adam before God formed him from the dust of the ground and gave him life? Why, he simply did not exist! When he died, Adam returned to that state of complete absence of life. The condition of the dead is made clear at Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10, where we read: "The dead know nothing . . . In the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom." Scripturally, death is a state of nonexistence. The dead have no awareness, no feelings, no thoughts.
The psalmist wrote that when a person dies, "his spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish."—Psalm 146:4.
Clearly, the dead do not exist. They cannot know anything. They cannot see you, hear you, or talk to you. They can neither help you nor harm you. You certainly need not fear the dead.
2007-01-04 20:52:43
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answer #3
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answered by Alex 5
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Yes i do. I refuse to believe that this is it. If there isn't an afterlife, then what is the origin of shame, laws, and good? Is this really it? I couldn't stand it if it was.
2007-01-04 20:37:15
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answer #4
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answered by deshi 3
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I believe in the proverbial "bird in the hand" vs the "2 in the bush"
to live according to next life is to trivialize and disrespect this one given already
live, and let live
Peace
2007-01-04 20:39:00
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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I believe in a before during and after life over and over and again and again. Each life you gain a certain levels of knowledge and this shows in your realistic life. Basically how much you have it together. You can tell when you speak with someone if they are a young or old soul.
2007-01-04 20:39:02
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answer #6
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answered by Timothy S 6
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Heck yes, it's awesome, first you get to go to this cool place called the mortuary then you get this awesome new bed and they close you up in it, then you get buried! and you get a bunch of flowers and stuff, then you get eaten by small crawly insects! YES!
2007-01-04 20:38:47
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answer #7
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answered by Shalabra 3
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I belive in reincarnation.
Morgaine
2007-01-04 20:37:32
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes. Absolutely. This life is pretty amazing in itself so why shouldn't there be something more?
We can't see radio waves but they exist.
2007-01-04 20:38:55
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answer #9
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answered by Pat 3
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Don't be silly.
False promise easily seen through by the educated.
2007-01-04 20:41:18
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answer #10
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answered by Anonymous
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For born again believers, yes. For everyone else, it's death.
2007-01-04 20:38:09
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answer #11
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answered by ? 5
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