I asked whats so good about heaven and bad about hell. I have an awnser to my question that made me think of another. Does god only want cristians in heaven. Why would god make a reward system for people.And lastly, why would god bring us here to kill us anyway???
2007-06-26 15:36:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why is someone a good person iof all they want to do is get into heaven?
2007-06-26 15:49:19 · update #1
thank god i'm an atheist
2007-06-26 15:39:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Christians believe that Jesus Christ is God--and that he was both God and man when he lived on earth. Jesus said, "No one comes to the Father (God the Father) except through me." Most Christian churches believe that nonchristians who have not heard the gospel can be accepted into heaven based on God's grace. The Bible isn't specific on whether there will only be Christians in heaven. Look at it this way--if you were throwing a party, wouldn't you have the right to invite who you wanted? Heaven is "God's party."
The Bible implies that there are two "reward" systems in heaven. The first is just getting in, and the second is the number of rewards or benefits God gives you, based on your obedience to his laws. God wants you to join him in heaven, but he gives you the gift of free will so you can make your own choice.
Lastly, God did not create mankind to "kill us." Adam and Eve, the first people God created, would have lived forever, except that they disobeyed God and sinned. Part of the punishment--for all humans--is physical death. Christ died on the cross, however, to save you from your sins and so you could have eternal life in heaven.
Other writers may make fun of this answer, but I'm taking your questions seriously. It may seem cool to be flippant and make fun of God or Christians, but that shows a low level of maturity and understanding. If you read the works of C.S. Lewis or G.K. Chesterton or J.I. Packer, you'd soon see that many brilliant people believe in Jesus Christ as Savior.
The Bible is both a remarkably simple and remarkably complex book. It's really God's instruction book on how to live a happy, peaceful life. It's understandable by every person, yet theologians have debated it for centuries.
I encourage you to explore Christianity further. When you know the truth about it, you'll find it's the greatest intellectual challenge you could ever take.
2007-06-26 15:53:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, God wants only true Christians in heaven (not the hypocrites). What I understand is that the reward system that you call only exists on earth, and that reward is heaven. The original creation of God is heaven. The circumstances that abound the earth are our creation not His. It is not God that kills us. It is us who are killing each other and in any manner or degree are committing suicide. It is not God who sent us here. We are here because we went out of heaven made wrong choices, forgot about our choice and blame God.
2007-06-26 15:58:20 · answer #3 · answered by PabloSolutin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Allah the only one God has given us (all humans) a free choi
ce by giving us a life guide through His prophets and messengers.Allah wants us to obey His life guide but satans want us to avoid or disobey the life guide.Allah will give us a reward if we obeyed to all elements of His life guide by bringing us to heaven with so many awards of happiness..But if we disobeyed most of His life guide He will bring us to hell and He will burn us with a very hot stones as punishment.Allah
will treat us fairly without any doubt.So someone who wants to be in heaven in the life after death he/she should obey to the God's life guide fully.All humans will and has died and no one come back into this uneternal world.We live here only in a very short time so we should make it the best..We should take a right path if we want a happy life in this world and in the eternal life after death.
2007-06-26 16:08:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God wants EVERYBODY to get into heaven.
God has a rewards system because if there was no reaward system, we would not have any desire to help and build up others.
We are here to prove that we are willing to love one another and live by his Law, and to progress to bigger and better things
2007-06-26 15:45:49 · answer #5 · answered by Oliander T 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God wants those that believe in Him in heaven, He is Christ so I suppose the answer is yes.
What reward system? Faith is all it takes.
Because death is not a punishment.
Catechism question number 3:
Q: Why did God make you and all things?
A: For His own glory.
2007-06-26 15:45:42 · answer #6 · answered by Me 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God created the universe, and everything that is in it for Himself. It belongs to Him. Everything that exists, exists by His power, and for His pleasure.
He is the King of all Kings, the Lord of all Lords...
In simple human terms, since that's all we've got to work with, it comes down to this...God has said that He wants to be recognized as Head of the House.
Christians would be people who have recognized Him as King, and revere Him as such. They know that He is a benevolent King...the very embodiment of LOVE...and they know that His yoke is easy, and His burden is light.
Because they recognize and accept Him as King, God says they may come into His Mansion and rule alongside of Him. To those who will not accept Him, He has a different destiny. Some of them, I believe, will live on in His Kingdom, as subjects. They will be happy, because they will understand once and for all that they are subjects of a benevolent and loving King.
Others, I'm afraid, will not live on. That's the error, you see...the notion that God didn't really mean it when He said that the wages of sin is death. But then, we know who it is that first whispered that lie..."you won't really die..."
2007-06-26 16:13:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God made man for one purpose and that is to worship him of his own free will God never intended for man to go to hell, but man in foolish self pick hell over God. Jesus is our original father, and like any child we were destined to live with our parent. but like a rebellious teenager we choose to go live with a stranger. when Adam choose to obey the serpent rather then God he Choose to go to his new fathers house which is hell . and because we are descendants of Adam we must live in our fathers house if we choose not to let Jesus adopt us into the family
2007-06-26 15:46:27 · answer #8 · answered by Acts 2:1-40 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you should answer your own question again. if a child is behaving badly, do you punish him/her or let it go? if a child is doing nicely, do you not reward him/her? those that will die, will deserve it. there is also a paradise on earth to come, it is not just heaven as a reward except for 144,000.
2007-06-26 15:42:23 · answer #9 · answered by ConstElation 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he gave you choice ... to l;ive or die... you are the one who decide if you are killed.
Heaven a I was told is perfect without sins, death, sorrows. Hell is very hot without AC caring ppl and friends. I choose heaven
2007-06-26 15:43:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because human eat forbidden fruit and god punish human to be in earth.
but if god don't send human in earth we are not exist.
2007-06-26 15:46:36 · answer #11 · answered by miraclebeliever99 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋