Christians - If you do not do the will of God will you go to heaven?

Question

They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work. Titus 1:16

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Matthew 7:21

What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your[d] works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? James 2:14-20

Answer 1

those verses you just wrote tells us about false Christians!!

not everyone is a Christan, but the one who obeys God's will

Answer 2

Do you ever notice people are preoccupied with what a book?
considers a sin instead of automatically knowing the difference between right or wrong..........its the strangest thing and makes me believe even more that religion is for weakminded people who dont know how to live life without guidance from a book and a fictional character.....??

Answer 3

Some people believe that once saved, you are always saved. That is not true. You can fall short of the glory of God. If you say that you are a Christian, but act in ways of the world, and continue in that lifestyle, you can be lost.

Answer 4

Once saved you are saved forever! But ... no-one is saved until they enter heaven. That's why the Bible tells us, "he who endures to the end, he SHALL BE saved". It's also why Matt 25 tells us what happens to people who don't perform Christian works of charity (as opposed to "the works of the law", which Christ condemned), regardless of what they believe.

Answer 5

O.K. you got Two Things going on here.

First---the "they profess to know GOD"
and the "not everyone who says to ME" is talking mostly about People who HAVE NOT been Born-Again, they aren't even GODs Children.

Second---the "can Faith save them" is not refering to "Getting Born-Again".
It is refering to using Faith to get your Needs Met AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN Born-Again (spirit Recreated).

There are Two Meanings to this word "Salvation".
1. Means to get Born-Again and become GOD's Kid.
2. Means to "Work out your Salvation"---after you have been saved. Like you need HEALING, work it out!
Like you need help overcomning sin, work it out.
Like you need financial assistance, work it out.
GOD Provided for your Needs AFTER you get SAVED---but you have to Work it Out!!!
Hope this helps.

Ditto............Now to Answer your Question, if you get Born-Again (saved) and don't do ANYTHING ELSE in the Will of GOD, you will still go to Heaven (probably real fast too) and you will not have ANY REWARDS.
But, you will not be in Hell.

(bet you never heard anything like that befor IN YO' LIFE!---Truth, strange stuff when you finally get to Hear it!)

Answer 6

Really, this is a question meant to be answered only by God. He knows the heart of every person and is PERFECTLY equipped to judge. There's so much to consider: did the person sin in ignorance, was he/she forced to do something wrong, did the person repent of his/her misdeeds before dying, etc., etc., etc.

Let us all just make a conscious effort to live as He would want us to live, and leave it to Him to decide if it's enough.

Answer 7

I you are a true Christian you will go to heaven, But there are many who only have a head knowlege of Christ and depart from his teachings. Your works only give you crowns to lay at his feet and then you most do them for him and him only not your own glory.

Answer 8

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