Yes, you're partially right. When we leave this world, only our good deeds (and bad deeds) will matter. How happy you make others (in the name of God), how many people you influence positively, how many people you help in many other ways... These things will more than definitely help you be saved and make God happy enough to have mercy on you so you can go to Heaven.
Oh, and when we come into this world, we bring natural gifts and talents along with us.... that our Creator bestowed upon us. It is your duty to use those talents in the best manner possible, sister. You'll be asked about them on Judgment Day, and that's nothing but the truth.
And how rich or how poor, how short or how tall, how many children we had... none of this will matter.
I pray you're ready to meet your Lord and have enough good deeds to help you enter Heaven, sister!
2007-01-07 15:26:13
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answer #1
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answered by ♡♥ sHaNu ♥♡ 4
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Riches are neutral. They are good or bad in and of themselves. It all depends upon how we use them.
Anything we possess in this life is only temporary. We come into this world with nothing and we leave it with nothing. The Apostle Paul wrote:
For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it (1 Timothy 6:7).
Note What Is Important
Jesus stressed what is really important and what is not.
Then He said to them, Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions (Luke 12:15).
The New Testament relates the story of an encounter between Jesus and a rich young ruler. Jesus realized that this man's possessions meant very much to him. He was not willing to give them up to follow Christ. This remains true of many people today.
The riches that we want to store up should be in heaven. Jesus said:
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also (Matthew 6:19-21).
The world system in which we live is not our ultimate home. That being the case we ought to store up our riches where it really counts—in heaven. Riches are not the problem in and of themselves. The problem is making riches our ultimate goal.
2007-01-05 20:16:39
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answer #2
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answered by Lorene 4
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Now that's not true most of us take a nice suit of clothes. Though it does seam like a waste. Why don't they just bury people naked. Are they afraid God will be offended?
2007-01-05 20:11:33
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answer #3
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answered by Betty Boop 2
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Since I believe in reincarnation, I believe that we take our experiences in this life with us. Our possessions, though, stay behind.
2007-01-05 20:10:10
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answer #4
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answered by Esma 6
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Yes it supports "For dust you are and to dust you will return." (Genesis 3:19)
2007-01-05 20:23:26
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answer #5
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answered by Tomoyo K 4
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