I can only answer these from my personal beliefs.
1. Yes. Heaven is open for all.
2. Yes. Heaven is open for all.
3. Yes. Heaven is open for all.
That is my belief.
2007-07-14 15:20:03
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answer #1
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answered by The Helper 5
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These sound like moral questions to me. These types of questions have to be understood and answered by the individual believer---"homosexuals go to heaven even if they believe in God"? Why not? God loves them, right? Drinking? How responsible are you about this---again God judges the individual life. Tattoos? Does God really care about this? Music and movies? Why would God keep me out of heaven because of these? Is this sort of thing really what being Christian is all about??
2007-07-14 22:27:07
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answer #2
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answered by Native Spirit 6
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1) no one goes to heaven if they just believe in God. Satan believes in God. A person must repent and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior and make Him the Lord of their life to be saved. If a homosexual does this, then yes, they will be saved. Also though, they like all Christians, should fight their carnal nature to commit sin.
2) If you were living for God, then doing those things should not be appealing to you. But, God sets the standards first through His word, then individually. Ultimately, the decision is up to God. He will judge each of us individually. For instance, you have someone who has had a hard life, been abused, used drugs, and just lived a rough lifestyle and on the other hand, you have someone who was raised in church. It may take all the person with the hard life has not to use drugs ever again, but God will see it as an accomplishment each time He says "no" and He will be judged accordingly. But for the person who has known His word since early on may be held more accountable for their actions towards others.
3) See question 2
2007-07-14 22:44:48
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answer #3
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answered by shybusch 3
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1. Not sure about someone whom feels attracted to the same sex and does nothing about it, either in lust or in the physical act. Seems to me that if they believed upon God and his son and the fact that Jesus Christ died for those very sins and all other sins, that they would go to heaven just as the bible states.
2. The bible states that drunkards will not inherit the kingdom of God, this could be that they worship the alcohol and while they acknowledge God, the alcohol comes first above all else in their lives. Having a drink of alcohol is not forbidden in the bible, its actually encouraged in serveral different places. Tats have no place on a body if they are put there as a memorial to a loved one, dead or alive, as they will be dead one day. We are told point blank not to do this. Other tats are what we would call grey area, its about the heart, why did you get the tat and what does it mean to you. Is it more important that God. Did you put more thought and research into the tat than you give your time and thoughts to God?
THose are personal questions and will differ from one person to another.
3. music and movies
Paul states that while all is ok to do, not all is good for us to do. If a movie or certain words in music will incite us to have lustful or evil thoughts about others or ourselves for that matter, it would not be good for us. If the music or movie would take our eyes and ears off of what God would want from us, then it would be bad for us. Again, this would be a personal answer from each person.
I know a man who cannot play the game of Golf anymore, because he said if he starts playing it again, he will not quit and go to church, it is that addictive to him to play it, and he feels that he must stay away from it. This game does not have this affect on many others, so it would not be a problem for them.
2007-07-14 22:32:19
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answer #4
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answered by cindy 6
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Access to heaven has to do with knowing the Father in heaven and His Son whom He sent, Jesus the Christ.
You can read that from John 17:3.
However if you know the Father in heaven and Jesus Christ, His Son, you will not continue to do the things that displease God. There is no where in scripture that says you have to clean up your act before you can come to Jesus. Once you have made that choice, He will help you clean up your act.
I will say that IF the only way to heaven is a perfect sinless life, there will not be anyone there but God, His Son, and the Holy Spirit. Even the angels would not deserve heaven.
grace2u
2007-07-14 22:23:51
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answer #5
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answered by Theophilus 6
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1 Yes they can go to heaven if they repent of their sin, confess their sin, and stop their sin. Otherwise they are headed in the opposite direction.
2) Getting drunk and getting tattooed are both sins. I have done both and repented,confessed and stopped doing both and therefore since Jesus died for these sins and I put my faith in him yes I am going to heaven. But just like Homosexuality ,no repentence no heaven.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Leviticus 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
3) This is a tough one, but I would say that if the movies and music are worldly, anti-God, full of smut and filthy language that they are not permitted for a born again believer.
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
In a nutshell, we turn from all sin and sinfull worldly stuff. Christ died for our sins, why would we want to do these things ever again? Cap'n Arlo
2007-07-14 22:47:07
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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If you pray and excpet Jesus Christ into your life then you are saved. if you believe that he lived a sinless life and died on the cross for YOU and that he rose 3 days later defeating death and hell then you are saved.
1.Homosexuallity is a sin. but ifyou have prayed the sinners prayer then you can't be taken from christs hand.
2. yes ppl with tattoos will go to heaven. and drinking is not a sin... getting DRUNK is a sin.
3. you can do what ever you want... but it's still sinning.
sin only keeps you outta heaven if youdon't call on Christ and do somethign about it.
I'm not gona lie.. htat's the truth. and i know several of my Christian bros and sisters are not gona like that... but that's the truth.. straight up
2007-07-14 22:28:03
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answer #7
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answered by Meg B 3
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Jesus said: "It's not what goes into a person's mouth that makes him unclean, but what comes out." I think we can generalize this to say that God doesn't care what we listen to, how we feel inside, or what we do to our skin or livers. Of far more interest would be how we treat other people. If we use them for our own advantage and pleasure, instead of helping and caring for them as if they were ourselves, the message of the Gospel hasn't gotten through. Whatever heaven is, I believe what is required is a demonstration that one has the compassionate, self-sacrificing mind of Christ. Other Christians may disagree.
2007-07-14 22:26:07
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answered by skepsis 7
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ALLAH the glorified clearly said in quran that He has the right to forgive everything except one who associated partners with Him so whoever associate son daugters etc or partners to Him will go to hell and concerning the other two questions if God wills these things we can have there and this we can say only when go to heaven but for this belive in God one and only without associating any partner
2007-07-14 22:27:54
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answered by Anonymous
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Anyone who repents of their sins and accepts Jesus Christ as their saviour, believing He is the risen Son of God can go to Heaven.
However, becoming a Christian is not a license to do as you please. He does expect us to turn away from sin and wrongdoing. Much of it you will give up willingly, some things are harder to turn from. What those things are is different for each of us.
God does expect good behaviour, service, faithfulness and loyalty from us. And He deserves it.
I am not sure if you were asking in general terms or if you are seeking God . If you are seeking God, there are many websites that can answer your questions, as can pastors, ministers, priests etc. Also there is a vast selection of easy to read Bibles available at reasonable prices. Read all you can and then you will have a better idea as to what questions to ask.............
The Christian walk is a very rewarding life.
2007-07-14 22:34:37
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answered by †LifeOnLoan† 6
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1. No. Christianity is about Redemption from sins through Christ, and sanctification (righteousness) through the Holy Spirit. We cannot profess to be Christians and yet make excuses for sins. We cannot say "I am a Christian so I can be a homosexual, or commit lust, or murder people, or steal". We have to live according to the Holy Spirit, which shuns all sin.
2. Yes you can drink, but you should not get drunk. I always say it this way - you can consume alcohol so long as the alcohol does not consume you. We have to drink in moderation, if at all. As far as tattoos, I do not think they are bad, so long as they do not depict something sinful. I do not think Christ will see a MOM tattoo and say, "Ooooh why did I suffer and die for you? Forget it, go to hell, I wouldn't have suffered for you if I knew you would have got a little tattoo".
3. Well this is another technicallity. We are surrounded by sin, if we had to avoid every single sight of sin we would have to stab our eyes out. I think it would be preferable if you avoid music or movies that endorse sin, but I do not really think this is a large issue. For instance I like Metallica and Rage Against the Machine because of the music, the lyrics do not really create an evil spirit in me nor do they compel me to sin. Also Monty Python and the Holy Grail is my all-time favorite movie despite one man having all his limbs chopped off and a bunny rabit decapitating soldiers..... These things are merely humor, they do not make me want to sin............ In fact look at it this way....... The Bible is full of stories of rape and murder and idolatry. If we want to be blind to all sin, we have to pretty much avoid the entire Old Testament. But these scriptures do not ENDORSE sin or inspire us to do sinful things.
There is a difference between portraying sin and attempting to persuade someone to sin. A portrayal of sin is not necessarily bad - we can learn from it. But if something encourages us to sin, we should let go of it.
2007-07-14 22:30:20
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answered by Anonymous
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