If I don't accept Jesus as my 'personal Lord and Savior', am I going to Hell?

Question

I would like to know exactly where in the Bible (and what version you are working out of) that it says that if I do not accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior, that I am going to go to Hell. I am not looking for your personal opinion, I am looking for the verse or verses that say those words.

Thank you.

Answer 1

thats a safe bet ... but thats also not the reason to seek God ...

Answer 2

Baptismal regeneration isn't a biblical concept. Baptism would not keep from sin yet from a foul experience of right and incorrect. In a million Peter 3:21, Peter needless to say taught that baptism replaced into no longer a ceremonial act of tangible purification, however the pledge of a good experience of right and incorrect in direction of God. Baptism is the logo of what has already got here approximately interior the middle and existence of one who has depended on Christ as Savior (Romans 6:3-5; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 2:12). Baptism is an significant step of obedience that each Christian ought to take. Baptism won't be in a position to be a call for for salvation. To make it such is an attack on the sufficiency of the dying and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Answer 3

The Bible is a more complex book that a rule book for who gets into heaven or not...for example, in the Bible it doesn't explicitly say "drive by shootings" are wrong...but we all know they are...how? By the content, not some written rule. But just for grins, here are some verses that might help.

In John 3:3, Jesus, talking to Nicodemus a leader in the Jewish community, says this:

Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."

in Greek, (gennathay anothen) or born from above

Try reading the following verses in order...it will make more sense.

Romans 3;23, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:8, Hebrews 9:27, 1Peter 3:18, Titus 3:5, Ephesians 2:8-9, John 1:12, 5:24, 6:47, 1John 5:11-13.
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Answer 4

Romans 10:13 - For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved
Luke 2:11 - for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Matthew 1:21 - And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus [meaning Gods Salvation] , for He will save His people from their sins.
John 3:17 -For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 1:36 - and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!
Revelation 20:15 -And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Revelations 21:27 - and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Answer 5

All of Romans Chapter 8 talks about that, it won't take you long to read! My Bible is the New International Version but as long as it's the Bible it doesn't really matter which ever version you prefer. My fav. verse [ I thought you would like to know :) ] out of the chapter is...
Romans 8:9 (NIV) You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

You must have a personal relationship with Him, but God's not going to force that on you, He wants you to CHOOSE Him! -Well I gave you a bit of my personal opinion , sorry I know you didn't want that, but do give God a chance he loves you so!

Answer 6

Well there is a verse i will have to give it to you later but john 3:16 say for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosover beliveth in him shall not persish but have everlasting life!!
One verst says something about trusting in the heart and confiding with your mouth and you will be saved!
you have to have faith and accept him!
i promise this is true! ill try and look for it later!
i am a christian person and i know for a fact that Jesus is savior!! i will go to heaven!!
hope i could be a help

God Bless You

Answer 7

let's assume 1/3 of the world is Christian, let's assume that God is loving and understanding.

The question I struggle with is "Why would God send 2/3 of the world to hell"

There are some very good people in that 2/3's, better than you or I for sure. They might not believe in Jesus, but they are busy giving life saving aid to dying babies in Africa or some other noble cause.

Answer 8

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

So basically the only way to live forever with God is to believe in Jesus Christ.

Answer 9

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:9-10

These are off the top of my head sorry do not know of the hell one. 0.o

~Blessings to you~

Answer 10

The Bible knows of no immediate afterlife, only resurrection. Righteous and unrighteous alike both suffer the same death.

After resurrection, true believers in Christ are rewarded, and non-believers are punished. However, the length and nature of punishment is means of intense debate. The majority of Christians defines the punishment as “Hell,” and believe it to be eternal. It seems early on in history this was the minority’s opinion, however. Some sects uphold the belief in annihilationism, that teaches that the sinners are destroyed and killed in the lake of fire. Universalists believe that after punishment the non-Christians are accepted into Heaven.

Any time you see the world "eternal" or "forever" and so on, it's a form of the Greek word aiwn, the meanings of which are also debatable. But in many cases in the Bible, the word simply means "age," meaning the adj. form translated "eternal" should most closely describe the age it is referring to, for example, life pertaining to the age (eonian life) and punishment pertaining to the age (eonian punishment). What happens after that age is, as I said, up for debate. The Bible is quite ambiguous on the subject so it comes down to faith: do you believe God will have mercy and save the sinners, destroy them, or torture them for eternity?

Some verses make it sound like the punishment is indeed temporary: "And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not [himself], neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes]. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." (Luke 12:47-48). And: "Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison" (Matthew 5:25). Both these verses suggest a non-permanent punishment for the non-Christians. This agrees with how God works throughout the entire Bible. None of his punishments have ever been eternal, and if they do not end in the life of the person being punished, they end at the death of that person.

Paul mentions, in a verse Catholics use to support their doctrine of purgatory, and Universalists their doctrine of Universal Reconciliation, "If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire" (Corinthians 3:15).

Yet, other verses seem to suggest destruction and death, in more tangible verses such as "And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh" (Isaiah 66:24). This verse seems to suggest that, in a very human way, the sinners will be killed and disposed of in the same way people in Jesus' times were thrown into the garbage dump referred to as gehenna, where they would keep it on fire to dispose of the rotten corpses.

Answer 11

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:12

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23