YOU MUST READ THROUGH IT ALL, the LAST page is the most important.
The last page explains it all!! It even explians why you feel the way you will when going through these pages. But answer honestly as you go through and let the Holy Ghost convict your heart, then at the end read the awesome news!!
http://www.beginningingenesis.com/good/001.shtml
2007-06-23 15:21:08 · 21 answers · asked by musingaloud 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
FIRE: sorry that is an absolute statement, and to make such a statement you need absolute knowledge to be right!! Since you do not have absolute knowledge, you must say "with the limited knowledge I have I do not believe in heaven..."
Now go get some knowledge
2007-06-23 15:25:28 · update #1
We are saved by grace, not by works, so that no one can boast.
We are saved by grace alone. Recall that in Acts 16:31 the jailer asked Paul and Silas how to be saved. They responded, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved." The jailer believed and immediately became saved.
Close to 200 times in the New Testament salvation is said to be by faith alone - with no works in sight. Consider the following:
John 3:15 tells us that "everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."
John 5:24 says, "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my words and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."
In John 11:25 Jesus says, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies."
John 23:46 says, "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness."
John 20:31 says, "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."
If salvation were not by faith alone, then Jesus' message in the Gospel of John - manifest in the above quotations - would be deceptive, stating that there is one condition for salvation when there are allegedly two - faith and works.
I must emphasize that we are saved by faith for works. Works are not the condition of our salvation, but a consequence of it We are saved not by works, but by the kind of faith that produces works.
Eph 2:8-10 God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this: It is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
2007-06-23 16:48:42 · answer #1 · answered by Freedom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes and No, your faith gets you into heaven, in your good deed, determine what level of joy you will have, you are given power to create your own heaven, put the level of that power is measured by your good deeds. Once in heaven you are given new clothes your clothes are made from your good deeds, If you were exceedingly good then your clothes cover you from head to foot and you will be a party in the wedding, however it your clothing is incomplete your are a guest.
Consider the two sinners crucified with Christ, Jesus told the sinner "Today you will be with me in paradise" but what about after your judgment, will he still be in paradis? Consider the rich man he believe in Moses, but he followed the traditions of men, instead. and look where it got him..
2007-06-23 18:10:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, only Grace and Jesus' Good Works that one yields to and channel by cooperating get one to Heaven. Faith without works is dead and faith works through love. It all depends on Jesus. It al depends on God's Mercy and power to save! I cannot buy my way into a movie theatre let alone Heaven!
2007-06-23 15:26:24 · answer #3 · answered by James O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good works alone do not get ANYONE in to Heaven. Not even war heroes or firemen.
However, good works as a product of genuine faith WILL get you in to Heaven. But it's not because of the works, it's because of the new nature that produces those good works.
James 2:17-18 - "Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works."
2007-06-23 15:28:37 · answer #4 · answered by Alien Brain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because our salvation is never about our deeds. Our salvation is about merciful God and what He did for us.
We will be saved only by the mercy and grace of God through faith in Him. We need to accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior. And a part of accepting Him is to do what He asks us to do. To do good. To do good even though we are not saved by our deeds.
2007-06-24 03:13:47 · answer #5 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, your good works will never get you to heaven. Only being saved by Jesus's grace can you get to heaven. Jesus once said "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the father except through me." YOU CANT GET TO HEAVEN WITHOUT CHRIST. Christ=Heaven
2007-06-23 15:27:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't need to read anything. No, my good works will not get me to heaven. But, my good works makes me feel like I am a better person.
2007-06-23 15:24:39 · answer #7 · answered by holeeycow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first page or last page are written by you. Who care?
2007-06-23 15:25:51 · answer #8 · answered by johnkamfailee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in God, according to you that means I will not get into "heaven" no matter how much good I do in this life.
2007-06-23 15:25:52 · answer #9 · answered by Vintage Glamour 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did not read that but if you do good because you feel compassion , you could go to heaven, but if it is an exchange, i don't think so
2007-06-23 15:24:28 · answer #10 · answered by Praiser in the storm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋