Is it possible that Mother Teresa is in hell?

Question

She knows God created the universe.
She knows Jesus died for our sins.
She worshipped the Mother Mary, maybe.
If she did worship the Mother Mary, would that be enough of a transgression to send her to hell?

Answer 1

Mother Teresa was more than a religious philosopher.

Answer 2

A Simple Path is a compilation of the teachings and meditations of Mother Teresa. Labeled as a "unique spiritual guide" we would expect this book to contain unique insights into Scripture and into the Christian life by someone who is perceived as being a Christian spiritual giant. Instead, in the foreword we read,

"The Christian way has always been to love God and ones neighbor as oneself. Yet Mother Teresa has, perhaps with the influence of the East, distilled six steps to creating peace in ourselves and others that can be taken by anyone -- even someone of no religious beliefs or of a religious background other than Christian -- with no insult to beliefs or practices. This is why, when reading Mother Teresa's words and those of her community, we may, if we choose, replace the references to Jesus with references to other godheads or symbols of divinity"

The six steps to peace taught by Mother Teresa are silence, prayer, faith, love, service, and peace. For anyone who was unsure of what they believed, she suggested starting with small acts of love towards others. She includes three pages of sample prayers and prefaces them by saying that if you are not a Christian you could replace the name "Jesus" with "God." (Page 35). Through the entire book there is never a hint that she relies on Christ alone for her salvation. Rather we read things like, "I've always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic" (Page 31).

We see, then, that Mother Teresa held beliefs that contradict many Biblical principles. Chief among these principles is that Christ is the only means of salvation. In John 14:6 Jesus states, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." By teaching that all religion could bridge the gap between man and God, Mother Teresa taught principles completely opposed to the Bible.

Answer 3

We were all whitnesses of her holiness on this life. To question that she was a saint and to place her in the same category as sinners is to call the good evil and the evil good, and if we do this what hope do we have of ever recognizing the trully good and the comming short of good, like an arrow without a target. The brightness of the sun can not be questioned or be compared to that of the moon, even less its brightness can't be called darkness, except by those twho have never seen its light, and therefore can't differentiate between light and darkness. Even if this was the case, the defect is in the mode of the perceiver and not on the object in itself (i.e. the sun). The sun keeps on shinning even though there might be people blind to its light.

Answer 4

Jesus is the authority on this topic.

He said: "all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven..."

Well, I'm pretty convinced that she was a believer. She lived for the Glory of Christ. She had some goofy theology, but she was clear on this "Jesus Christ rose from the dead". She had doubts, so does Billy Graham on rough days.

But, she lived out what she believed, which is more than most of us.

Ultimately, it's not yours or mine to judge my friend. That role belongs to God. Leave him to it and get on LIVING the faith.

TEK

Answer 5

It's possible but I wouldn't say that it was likely. God isn't going to be giving people a theology exam when they die. He wants to know if we are coming before Him based upon our own self righteousness or upon the righteousness that He has provided for us through faith in the sacrifice that Jesus made for all who would believe on Him for salvation.

While praying to departed Saints goes against what the Bible teaches it doesn't negate the blood of Christ, amen?

Answer 6

That's up to God. And in our current state, we don't possess the capacity necessary to make this kind of judgment.

So, why worry over something we can't even discern? All we need to worry about is what we can currently understand, and that only encompasses how *we* should live now.

Answer 7

She worshipped God.

This was her daily prayer:


DEAR JESUS, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine. Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul. Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others.

Answer 8

If she repented of her sins and believed in Christ as her savior, she is not in hell. The bible tells us how we can be assured of salvation. Having said that, only God knows the heart of any person.

Answer 9

like all other people that will ever live:
she had to accept Jesus as the only way to salvation,forgiveness of sin,and to heaven.
Mary had to accept Jesus for salvation.
Any person that refuses to accept Jesus won't have salvation and won't tell Jesus they will enter on their own self-righteousness.

Answer 10

she's not in Heaven;
NO ONE in religion ever went to Heaven...

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