christianity questions?????

Question

why does god not forgive blastpheme when he expects us to forgive our debters and evildoers that curse at us??

if we was born a sinner and as soon as we ask him to forgive us of our sins he will forgive and forget them!!?? well then why do christians still go to judgement day if he forgotten them like he said!??

i heard a preacher say god already picked out his followers before we were born! so that is not fair to the others because they can't go to heaven, they have to go to h*ll because god didnt pick them!!???

i am so confused please answer my questions!! thank you!!

Answer 1

1) Jesus didn't say that those who blaspheme won't be forgive, but rather those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit won't be forgiven. To blaspheme in this sense is to associate the action of the Holy Spirit with the action of the devil. This section from Mark Chapter 3 shows what was going on: The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "By the prince of demons he drives out demons." Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, "How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand; that is the end of him. But no one can enter a strong man's house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house. Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin." For they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."

So to blaspheme against the Holy Spirit is really to reject the action of God which includes receiving forgiveness (since forgiveness comes through the Holy Spirit).

2) Because once forgiven of their past sins, Christians are to be held accountable for what they do after meeting Jesus and receiving the free gift of forgiveness. If, like the servant who was forgiven the large debt, they go and strangle another servant who owes them a smaller amount (Matthew 18:24-34), they will be held accountable. Let's just say that one cannot receive such a great gift from God without it changing one's life. Some Christians believe that all that matters is receiving Jesus, and then they don't notice that God asks for us to actually change how we act toward others. Judgement day will be a day for us to either rejoice because we've been faithful to Him who is forever faithful or to weep because we were impatient and began to beat our brothers and sisters.

3) That preacher was preaching predestination. Not all Christian groups agree on this. Some believe that God chooses who will be saved and who will be damned. This is called double predestination and was a teaching of John Calvin, a French protestant teologian during the 1500's. Oth groups believe that God chooses all for salvation (predestination to salvation) but that the reason for people going to hell would be that they did not correspond to God's grace... that is that they turned their backs on God by sinning.

Answer 2

Since some of this is rather deep, you'd be better off to go to a minister and study this with them so you have a better understanding. That way you can get familiar with how to study the Bible and ask questions as you go along.

I don't believe the Bible teaches that people are already hand picked or the Bible wouldn't tell us we can all choose to follow God or follow the devil.

And we aren't born sinners because the Bible teaches us that we need to Hear the Word, Believe that Jesus is the Son of God, Repent of our Sins, Confess our Sins, be Immersed in Baptism (under the water) and that we must Live a Faithful Life (Rev 2:10). A baby doesn't know right from wrong so how can they repent or confess anything?

We will all be judged on Judgment Day for the way we lived our lives and whether we obeyed God's word and lived a faithful life.

Hoping you can find the answers you are looking for but don't take any man/woman's word for it. Study the Bible and learn what you can because you are responsible for your own soul. If you listen to others and they are wrong, your soul could be lost.

God bless you

Answer 3

The only sin(s?) that the bible claims that are unforgivable are "blasphemy concerning the Spirit" (John 12:31) and "speak[ing] against the Holy Spirit" (verse 32). Unfortunately, the bible doesn't detail what exactly constitutes committing this sin(s?), with about the only clue being that it is part of a response to the Pharisee's charge that "This One [Jesus] does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, ruler of the demons" (verse 24), to which Jesus gives his famous "a house divided cannot stand" response. Since only the Holy Spirit could cast out demons, the Pharisees, by attributing what should have obviously been the work of the Holy Spirit to "Beelzebub", committed blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. If it were something that could have been committed beyond Jesus' time, however, I would think there would have been a more detailed explanation of how to recognize and avoid it.

While the forgiven do indeed face a day of judgment, it is one they can face with confidence, not fear (1 John 4:17).

The view espoused by the preacher is known as "predestination", one of the main tenets of Calvinism. It's one of those issues that I believe conveys only part of the truth, rather than the full truth. Even C. H. Spurgeon, one of the staunchest defenders of predestination, admits that God predestines those who He foreknew would want to be saved (see the link below), thus avoiding any capriciousness on God's part.

Answer 4

"why does god not forgive blastpheme when he expects us to forgive our debters and evildoers that curse at us??"

Because blasphemy is most often a sin that one does not seek forgivness for. Actually all sins will be forgiven if one repents.

"if we was born a sinner and as soon as we ask him to forgive us of our sins he will forgive and forget them!!?? well then why do christians still go to judgement day if he forgotten them like he said!??"

Because we must confess our sins at judgment.

Salvation is a process and not a one time event. When we come to belief and repent of our sins all sins past and present are indeed forgotten but we continue to sin as we run the race to salvation and endure in our faith. We must continue to repent to restore our relationship received at initial salvation. Salvation is not the state of our soul when we come to belief but the state of our soul at death or receive final salvation.

"i heard a preacher say god already picked out his followers before we were born! so that is not fair to the others because they can't go to heaven, they have to go to h*ll because god didnt pick them!!???"

This is the heresy of double predestination taught by Calvin. This minister was making a theological error, the fact is that all have free choice and an equal opportunity at salvation just as the Bible says.

God bless!

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

Answer 5

First question, because he is God. The only thing that he does not forgive is when someone speaks out and says that God is not real, that is blastpheme.
Second, the way I understand, which doesn't mean I am right, but what I think is happening, is God forgave us of our sins when He sent is Son, Jesus, to die for us. In order to live eternal life in heaven we must accept this. Now there is still going to be judgement where in front of all creation He will make it known who were His faithful followers and were not. So, were forgiven before we ever breathed the first breath of life but we will still have to stand before God.
Third, either that preacher does not communicate very well and mean't to say that God knows all things before they happen, so He knows in advance who is going to trust Him and who is not, or this preacher is an idiot. God gives us free will. He is allowing us to choose if we want to accept and trust in Him. He will never interfere with free will. So, no, He didn't choose, we have to make that choice.
I know it can be confusing, and I am not sure if I answered your questions or just caused more. I hope you find what you are looking for.

Answer 6

obviously you can't be forgiven if you do not believe that the Holy Spirit exists,do you remember reading in God's word when He was on the cross and He prayed Father forgive them?Jesus was not born a sinner,He never knew sin,but He was tempted by satan just like we are,if we have accepted Jesus and have been washed in the blood of Jesus,then we do not get judged in the same way as others do,we get judged for the way we act,and teach,give,and lay our lives down for Jesus,God gave all of us free will,since God knows the beginning from the end then He knows who will follow Him,so it's not that God did not pick them,they choose the way they were going to live,the choise is yours,thiers,mine.i hope this helps.God bless you

Answer 7

okay, here are your answers.

first, God forgives us when we blaspheme if we say sorry, its only blaspheming the Holy Spirit (which is ALOT harder to do than it sounds) that cant be forgived. other blasphemes are forgivable.

The reasons Christians still participate in judgement day, is because we are still accountable for our sins. We will not go to hell for them, we cant, we are covered by the blood of Jesus and we have His record instead of our own, and God does forgive, but we still must be accountable to our sins.

God chose all of us. If you remember the scripture in John, for God so loved the world that He gave His only son. He so loved the entire world, not just a few chosen. He loves everyone and all thru the bible it says that He gave each of us a specific purpose. Now wether we choose to follow that great purpose in Him or not is up to us, free will, remember? so we ALL are chosen to do great things for Him, but not all of us choose life. not all of us take on that calling planned for us. some deny it and live there own way.

hope this helped. if you have any more questions, go to my profile and email me, i am more than happy to answer :-)

Answer 8

It is really easy to get confused about Christianity - I hope this helps: As Christian's we are confessing that God is Lord and in return to that we must obey His word. Like any child (we are children of God), we must follow the rules. Without guidelines what would we have? There has to be consequences to all actions - and thus we must follow God. We are told not to judge one another because we are not sovreign over each other... we only answer to ONE. It is a sin to judge other people if your heart is not right - therefore, because NO one is without sin, we shouldnt judge each other. As far as God picking people out before they were born - that has been messed up in translation!
God is all knowing so he KNOWS will choose Him. He knows before we are born if we will choose Him as our Savior. He does not give some of us heaven and others hell... we all have a free will. God gave us a free will so that we would CHOOSE him, if He made us choose Him then we would all just be robots!
If you have any more questions, please feel free to email me directly. I would be glad to help! R

Answer 9

Blaspheme is not a unforgivable sin. The unforgivable sin is the one that is not asked forgiveness for.

We are all born into a world of sin and as humans are prone to sin (even as little babies, we tend to be drawn to the things we are not supposed to touch. And let me state that babies do not go to hell for their actions..babies do not go to hell). When you say why do Christians still go to judgement day...being a Christian does not make you free from sin...not all Christians will be in Heaven...and there are non Christians that will be. You live up to the light that you are given. If you have never had the opportunity to know Christ as Lord and Savior, but have lived your life as best as you knew how...then I believe those people will be saved.

And as to the preacher that said God already picked out his followers...that is not true. He does not wish that even ONE of us be lost, but we are given free will. It is our choice to accept Him or deny Him. Free will is a gift! He did not want a bunch of robots that were programmed to say "I love you God." He want sincerity!

I heard once that the dimensions of Noah's ark was designed by God to hold EVERY SINGLE PERSON on earth and the animals. God wanted them all to be saved.

And Heaven will be the same...it is big enough to hold EVERYONE! We just have to decided to buy the ticket...:D

God Bless!

Answer 10

Nobody is born a sinner- we become sinners. I think everyone has a chance and the choices we make predict our outcomes... I don't claim to know what happens because nobody knows. I live happily and try to be good to people because it makes them and me happy. I don't ask for the reward- if there is one and I'm deserving- good.
If not- so be it. At least I helped someone be happy for a time. Ya know?...
I believe in God and all creations but I don't understand any religious stuff fully. Sometimes I worry that that is sinful...but then I think- well if God put that question in my head it can't be wrong to question.
As far as preachers..I am not trying to judge anybody (and I mean no disrespect) but I think the word is there and a preacher interprets it as what it means to themselves- it's up to us what it means to us.They may help guide us but they can't put understanding in our hearts.
I think = do what you feel is right/ be a good person/ and don't worry your short life away.