Why do so many churches declare we are all broken and can only reach heaven if we accept Christ? Scare tactics? I have realized many things in the past week that have changed the way I see things. Jesus died for ALL of us, not just those who believe in him. Why do we insist that those who don't accept Him go to hell? If that were the case, why would Jesus have came at all? We ALL have the grace of God, some of us do not choose to acknowledge it (not bear fruit), the Spirit is in all of us wheather we accept it or not, what do you think, Jesus will love you anyway :)
2007-02-12 02:15:14 · 11 answers · asked by sammyw1024 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Grace of God is available to all to be saved. BUT this grace is actualized in the person to receives it.
Think of a begger, you are offering him food for free but he will still go hungry if he does not accept it from you and actually eat it.
So it is with the grace of God available to all but not actualized by all.
Hey, I am from India but I believe in reasonable teachings.
2007-02-12 02:24:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anuj P1952 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No. You are misled. The Holy Spirit only dwells in those who have TRULY accepted Christ. Not those who claim to have accepted Him and then go on to preach and teach falsely.
All do not go to Heaven. Those who do not accept Christ WILL go to Hell. Hell is a real place, meant for unforgiven sinners.
It is not a scare tactic to tell someone about Hell. It is shared because, as a Christian, you should realize how awful it would be to spend eternity in such a place and you want to share the Gospel so that others will not have to go there.
I urge you to study God's Word before you continue to make these false statements to people. Your statement says that whether you accept Jesus or not, you go to Heaven. It also says that we are all Spirit filled. That is not true. We all have a corruptible spirit, but we do not all have the Holy Spirit.
2007-02-12 02:23:03 · answer #2 · answered by Christian93 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No- ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Yes, God so loved the world, that He sent His only Son, SO THAT ALL BELIEVE IN HIM, will have everlasting life. "If we confess our sins, He is faithful to forgive". If we call upon the name of the Lord, we shall be saved. "Those who have Christ, have life- those who do not have Christ do not have life". These are just a few passages of Scripture that show that we do need to come to know Jesus by accepting Him as Savior and Lord. No the flesh rules our lives before the Spirit does. Open your Bible and I can guarantee 100% no where will it say- we can live anyway we chose, because God forgives. Not there!!
2007-02-12 02:52:14 · answer #3 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heaven is a choice.
Every day, we make choices, either to follow the flesh or the spirit- to do what we want or what God wants, to follow the 'laws on our heart' or whatever we feel like.
If we actively, consistantly, and knowingly choose the wrong path, we are choosing to be apart from God and His presence.
And I think THAT is the final choice- to be with God, or apart from Him, and we are making that decision right here and right now.
Jesus died in part to give us all an equal shot at heaven- it is still our choice to go there or not.
In my own mind, it is not even critical that we make the choices in Jesus' name or not, or that we 'believe' in Jesus so long as we are still making righteous decisions.
2007-02-12 03:07:15 · answer #4 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hold the complete opposite viewpoint. Yes, we are all saved by grace, "we" meaning God's elect, not all of humanity, although Jesus did have the power to do just that. Yours is an easy-believism that gives you false assurance of what the Bible most emphatically does not affirm.
2007-02-15 08:47:25 · answer #5 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right, Jesus died for all of us, and grace is available to all of us if we accept Jesus. Jesus said "the only way to the Father is through me." If we choose not to accept Jesus, we are separated from God. Hell is separation from God. God gave us free will, and some choose to be separated from God.
2007-02-12 02:19:23 · answer #6 · answered by mortgagelns 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
By your methodology those that hate God are destined for heaven as well.
While it is true that Christ died to accept the punishment for sin you have to understand that this is the positional case of salvation. It still remains that we are to appropriate this truth by the act of a willing surrender to the claims of Christ regarding our position due to the fall.
Also you should not confuse the spirit in man with the Holy Spirit of God.
God breathed into the form of man and man became a living soul. This Spirit that infused itself into man and created the soul residually was not the same thing as the Person of the Holy Spirit but the essence of life that comes from God which animates man. So see this as the Holy Spirit is to see God as fragmented into millions of parts as the pantheists do. This would also mean that God took away from Himself and God cannot be added to or taken away from. The principal of life in man is his own spirit, while it come from God is not the same as the indwelling Holy Spirit. Yours is a false theology known as Universalism and is a heresy to the Church.
God said that you must be born again or else you will not inherit the Kingdom of God. Your spirit is a part of you that is one of the tripartite nature of man. Spirit, soul and body Each part serves a specific purpose and are equipped with their own faculties.
With your body you have world consciousness through the faculties of the five sense.
With your soul you have self awareness and express yourself through the faculties of the intellect. the emotions, and the volition.
Your spirit gives you the sense of trandscendency and is the place of conscience, intuition, and spiritual communion which was meant for fellowship with God but due to rebellion and sin is dead to that ends. Your spirit is also where the heart is located which is the platform from whence intentions spring.
In order for you to partake of the grace of God you must be born again. When you make the conscious decision to follow Christ He quickens your spirit. He opens the portals of your heart to recieve anew, not another dose of spirit which we all have by birth, but the actual enthronement of Gods Holy Spirit upon the throneroom of your heart.
Gods purpose is that love exists in eternity and this must be a choice to love Him. Otherwise it is not love and eternal joy cannot be had.
Please rethink your theology....we hope to see you there.
2007-02-12 02:55:01 · answer #7 · answered by messenger 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Salvation is not through acceptance of Jesus. Read Revelation 20:12. It clearly states that people are judged according to their deeds: "And the dead were judged by their works." (NRSV).
2007-02-12 02:22:31 · answer #8 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jesus die for all of our sins, But we have to receive his attonment to be forgiven, & the unbelivers does not have the same spirit that a Christians does. Everyone has to be born again. If everyone is forgiven, then they will not have to repent, & the only way to be forgiven is to repent.
2007-02-12 02:25:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Christianity has used everything possible to frighten, cajole, and force you to adhere to its precepts since its beginnings. That is not going to change anytime soon. "Do as I say or DIE!!!"
2007-02-12 02:21:50 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋