or there's no AFTER LIFE ..........
2007-07-27 08:19:38 · 13 answers · asked by @@@ @ 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not directly. Instead, it depends on belief in God as He truly is. However, those who believe in God will reflect that belief in their behavior.
2007-07-27 08:27:16 · answer #1 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes and no
heaven is a free gift from God, you could be the worst person on the planet, but if you accept Jesus as you lord and savior then if you die a minute later, you will go to heaven.
but if you accept him and then keep doing bad, and you just don't care, then you might not be going to heaven.
He says heaven is for those who keep the commandments
Believe means to believe what he said was true and follow his ways
you will slip up once in a while, thats how it is, the devil will try to get you to do bad, but you will try your best to do right and you have forgiveness when you do bad.
if you say with your mouth that Jesus died on the cross for you sins and God rose him up and you make him your lord, and believe it when you say it, then you will be saved.
It's that simple. but don't put it off, don't wind up waking up in a terrible place that you can't get out of. Once you die, you don't get a second chance, unless you are lucky enough that the doctors were able to bring you back.
2007-07-27 15:27:32 · answer #2 · answered by You may be right 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After death you do not remember even your name and you do not know what god is .In fact you qualify for death only if you forget everything . You came here with a clean slate and you go with a clean slate only.yiou wer emade of he elements of this earth and you disintegrate and pay back th elements to the same earth .There is no after life in the sense hat yu do not lie as yourself or your soul , spirit ,ghost etc .the fact i shtt you donot die at all in thesense ,the elemetns that you are made of are undying and ar indestructible .The c0mpounds made of them only disintegrate and get digested by the earth to form humus and are absorbed by the worms , theroots of plants , and other vegetaions . They are eaten by other animals which are in turn eaten by ohers and the cycle goes on for ever till the earthois pulled by the dying sun ointo itself to form a white dwarf wiht a nucler raction inside going on inside for some eons when it might burst into a new BigBang creating new universes etc.Ther is no heaven or hell anywhere else other thanearth whre they are creatd by men themselves. No body remains in either of them for ever .
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2007-07-30 14:54:27 · answer #3 · answered by Infinity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on God's grace and one's being in the state of grace- so being in mortal sin disqualifies a person no matter how often or intensely he 'got saved".
Faith,a living relationship with God, is something lived,which definitely involves behavior, and not just something felt or believed.
2007-07-27 15:25:30 · answer #4 · answered by James O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally! but even if you are not a very good person. And still belives in god and not associate partners with him he may forgive you. if he wishes! And there's life after death, you, me sitting here have reason. theres nothing without a reason. If life's got reason then deat too has got. God is almight, all powerful, all knowing... may he guide you on the right path. Ameen!
2007-07-27 18:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by Crown 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not directly.
Your behavior is shaped by your beliefs though so someone who is justified through Jesus Christ (making them fit for heaven) can also be expected to exhibit good behavior, even though it's not the behavior in itself that justifies them.
Kinda' like this: Going to the farm doesn't make you a farmer, but if you're a farmer, you're going to milk the cows. :)
LOL! Sorry, I'm a hick... what can I say? :)
2007-07-27 15:23:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think how you behave in life AFTER you are you are saved and born again has something to do with it... Why else would Jesus tell us to "do everything for the glory of God"? and why would he tell us things like don't kill, steal, obey your mother/father, Don't Judge or you will be Judged in the same manner and measure, etc...
2007-07-27 15:23:42 · answer #7 · answered by J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...and no you have to believe in Jesus to go to heaven otherwise you go to hell and yeah there's an afterlife
just because you are chrstian doesnt mean that you get to live they way you want you have to abide by the BIBLE
God forgives sins don't take advantage
2007-07-27 15:23:32 · answer #8 · answered by Je t'aime ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A belief in heaven is a belief in Paul, not Jesus.
2007-07-27 15:33:35 · answer #9 · answered by Peter D 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe there is an afterlife. If there is, it is nothing like the stories ancient tribesmen told themselves while wandering in the desert.
2007-07-27 15:24:17 · answer #10 · answered by A Plague on your houses 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋