In the bible it says those who repent Jesus will absolve them of their sins, and they will be allowed into the kingdome of heaven. But what about those who do horrible things, that don't repent. Will they still be forgiven? Will they be allowed into heaven?
2007-07-16 10:27:27 · 17 answers · asked by Niffer_78 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No unless they repent and accept Jesus as savior they will go to hell
2007-07-16 10:31:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The sad truth is nope. The key is NOT the horrible things they may or may not have done. The key is the failure to repent. God never turns his back on anyone if they ask for forgiveness. John 3:16 echoes this simple truth. But those who reject repentance are condemned from the start to be separated from God, because sin separates all of us from God.
It grieves God, it saddens God, but a holy God can do nothing else.
2007-07-16 17:33:29 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan A 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Salvation is contingent upon repentance.
Is 55:6,7 Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our
God, For He will abundantly pardon.
Ac 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
Ac 3:19 "Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord"
Ac 17:30 "Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent"
2007-07-16 18:49:21 · answer #3 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is HOLY, and no one with unforgiven sin can be allowed into heaven. He made a way for us to be forgiven - by accepting the blood of Jesus when we repent of our sins. But if we refuse to repent, we're refusing to accept God's forgiveness, and His holiness cannot allow us into heaven. That's what it says in His Word!
2007-07-16 17:35:32 · answer #4 · answered by JesusFirst2Day 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sin must be repented of and asked forgiveness for--and forgiveness only comes through Jesus Christ. Forgiveness is not automatically given to everyone--only those who repent and seek God's forgiveness will be forgiven.
2007-07-16 17:56:20 · answer #5 · answered by . 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible makes it very clear:
If you repent, you will be forgiven; if you don't repent, you will not be forgiven.
If God forgives those who do not repent, then the whole cross deal was a waste of time. Get it?
2007-07-16 17:37:38 · answer #6 · answered by Sharkman 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As I see it the truth of the matter is this:
The way we begin is by trusting God for what He said. He said that He sent His Son. We have many different levels of rationalizing things in our lives, and our performance of 'cleaning our backup of repentance' isn't what our faith is based upon. We continue how we began, trusting Him for what He said.
If God wants repentance from us, He causes us a bit of attention to the subject. It's the way He works. Perhaps you've heard this: " Who He loves He chastens". That statement is true too.
So the tendency of many who are Christians is to expect a performance-based view of what God wants from us. But that isn't really the truth. What God wants from us is trust, and He will decide how we will change for Him. We cannot make ourselves better for Him unless our eyes are on Him, and less on ourselves.
People just seem to not know that. And its so important.
2007-07-16 17:46:49 · answer #7 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone will be forgiven. If Jesus forgave the very people that hung him on the cross why wouldn't he forgive everyone else. They didn't accept Jesus or ask for his forgiveness. Jesus also tells us that we should forgive always shouldn't he live to the same standard.
2007-07-16 17:52:23 · answer #8 · answered by akschafer1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We must repent of our sins (ask for forgiveness and turn away from them.)
If we don't (Gal. 5:19 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.)
2007-07-16 17:31:52 · answer #9 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your question confuses the issue.
All have sinned (and will continue to sin). Jesus paid for all sin - past present and future. Have faith in Jesus alone - and you will have salvation.
Christ made it clear. His sacrifice is enough.
2007-07-16 17:35:47 · answer #10 · answered by HLF-DZN 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋