in Islam, we know that the prophet and messenger of God, Muhammad may God be pleased , will interceed < after the permission of God first> for taking out from hell those admitted to it as result of their sins.
lessons taken from this :
1- the intercession is granted only after the permission of God.
2- only the one whom God approves and is pleased with.
3- Also, only the ones on whose behalf intercession is sought.
4- this prove that the one who believe in God and do bad deeds, bad work and mix-up bad things with the worship of God will go to hell first for punishment, then by the mecy of God will go to paradise.
also the one who do good, will not enter paradise only if God want to < by his mercy> nobody is perfect . but because he was pleased by their good works in this life, God will grant them different levels in paradise depending on their good deeds , because they can't be at the same level < even in hell, a dictator can't be with a simple thief>
2007-01-12 21:17:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Christians claim, one paradise, one hell, no pardon for the believers who did wrong. no work can be accepted !!
is it not an act of worship
so doing wrong is what? then punishment is for what?
I want you to think about it, even if you don't answer.
please be serious and honest, I am not mocking. can we discuss this?
2007-01-12 21:21:03 · update #1
Surely, those who believe and the Jews and the Christians and the Sabians - whichever party from among these truly believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good deeds, shall have their reward with their Lord, and no fear shall come upon them, nor shall they grieve.
Allah burdens not any soul beyond its capacity. It shall have the reward it earns, and it shall get the punishment it incurs. Our Lord, do not punish us if we forget or fall into error, and our Lord, lay not on us a responsibility as Thou didst lay upon those before us. Our Lord, burden us not with what we have not the strength to bear; and efface our sins, and grant us forgiveness, and have mercy on us; Thou art our Master; so help us against the disbelieving people.
2007-01-12 21:29:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm a Christian and that i recognize the bible and that i recognize the concept of evolution. in simple terms because human beings did not evolve from monkeys or fish and elephants from amoebas would not recommend that the entire theory is incorrect. Early astronomers believed the solar revolved around the earth and were incorrect yet in addition they new about stars and planets and rotation generally that is genuine. Evolution via version has been shown, operating example the fish in caves that had no eyes even regardless of the reality that the same species outdoors the cave did. Oh, and on a facet be conscious the bible by no skill stated the solar revolved around the earth.
2016-11-23 15:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No amount of good work can make us "earn' our way into Heaven. It is only through God's grace that we are able to do so.
The wonderful thing about Christianity is that it offers salvation not through our own acts and deeds, not through certain procedures, etc. but through Jesus Christ, who died for our sins instead of us receiving the punishment. It could have been us up on that Cross but Jesus took the blame for our sake.
And in regards to the different levels of Heaven, I believe God wouldn't categorize us based on the kind of life we lived. The Bible says God wants us all to be with Him in Paradise; He wants us right next to Him. Because I believe in God's extreme love for me, I believe He would want me next to Him in Heaven, not stuck in some low-level Paradise.
2007-01-12 22:26:57 · answer #3 · answered by Aubrey T 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God would not reward either good or bad action.As human beings we have to understand that when there is a cause there must be an effect.When it is understood we have come to the right understanding.When we do come to this point"right understanding" you do get some sort of wisdom not to do it wrong.When you do come to this level you must have the right "intention".When you have both the "right understanding"and the "right intention"
which are the cause of wisdom you would lead a happy life that we all need.Or don't we need to lead a happy life ?
2007-01-12 22:26:48 · answer #4 · answered by Suraphol V 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christians problem is that they don't understand their scriptures, they are completely confused about Paul. Paul's faith was a spiritual one of transformation where the seeker is to be faithful to what they know, as fiath is application towards an ideal. This work was intended as inner work, inner God-centered and inner development which would invoke transformation. Paul himself said that you have to live spiritually, that you have to put to death whatever belongs to your earthly nature, that you have to make your mind balanced. However such things go right over the mass amounts of Christians heads.
Paul was against the leaven of the Pharisees which was to take the Ordinances of God project them outwardly in literalistic rituals and traditions of man. Outward God-centered, when the OT asked them to bring about changes within themselves, like animal sacrifices was speaking about bringing the purity to your lower nature, to live in consecration. That's way Paul called it the letter that kills, because people took these things, these figures which were allegorical and applied them literally and made rituals/traditions which took them further away from truth. Paul's faith was in being spiritual, the faith that Christians have now, well that is an interesting one, it is a tradition of man/of this world over what is actually said and taught in their scriptures.
2007-01-12 21:38:33 · answer #5 · answered by Automaton 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are always rewarded for everything you do (good or bad) right here in this world. People from India call it "karma".
This is God's rule of Vegas: what happens here stays here.
The only thing you take with you after you die is the spirit that God put inside you--er, that is if you let him.
Your reward for doing that one thing far outshines anything else we can speculate about. Why worry about it?
2007-01-12 22:40:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am a Christian -- we say Salvation is a free gift however, we never say that we will never be rewarded. The father sees what we do in secret (for the kingdome) and he will reward us openly. We believe that we will receive rewards in heaven. What most Christians are talking about is SALVATION is a Free Gift from God to us.
2007-01-12 21:23:11 · answer #7 · answered by johnblessed01 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Did the prophet Isaiah (PBUH) not say that our righteousness is like filthy rags in God's eyes? How can our righteousness possibly impress God?
2007-01-12 22:51:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Islam again, blech.
You are confusing good work as in the good work we do here on Earth and work as in what we can do to "earn" our way into Heaven.
Yes, God rewards good work. But no amount of work is "good enough" to get you into Heaven. No amount of charity or selflessness is enough to outweigh all the evil and wickedness in your heart.
Honestly, with so many Muslims bombing their way into their fleshy-desire filled heaven nowadays why do you folks even bother to try to convert Americans?
2007-01-12 21:21:01 · answer #9 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I don't understand Arabic. Speak English.
2007-01-12 21:23:29 · answer #10 · answered by Screwdriver 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋