I know this is the wrong way of going about things but......?

Question

If God will forgive all, and those forgiven ones will go to heaven...why bother being honest and true and faithful when all you have to do is ask for forgiveness at the end of it all??

Answer 1

No way can anyone get away with pretending they have repented and then ask for forgiveness at the end of their life. God knows our innermost thoughts, our heart. God has always known who would be his and their names are written in the Book of Life. God isn't stupid.

Jesus gave a parable about workers in a field being promised a wage for the day's work. Because the harvest was so great, the owner of the field sent out for more workers. Those workers who turned up towards the end of the day were paid the same amount as those workers who had been hard at it from daybreak. The principle is that the reward to those who have been faithful to him for most of their lives is exactly the same reward given to those who genuinely and truly repent and turn to God, even if it is at the end of their life. Look at the thief who repented before he died on the cross, next to Jesus. Jesus knew his repentance was true. That's why he forgave him.

Anyone who thinks merely asking for forgiveness will do the trick, is in for a nasty surprise. God is not to be mocked.

Answer 2

God forgives those who repent. If you are not bothering with being "honest and true and faithful" because you figure that you can just ask for forgiveness at the end of it all, then you are not being repentant. The word repent means "to turn away from", "to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one's life", "to feel regret or contrition", "to change one's mind", "to feel sorrow, regret, or contrition for". If you are truly repenting for what you have done, then you will try your best not to do those things again and will try to be honest and true and faithful.

Repentance is just the first step, however.

The Bible states that we must be baptized in water (full immersion) in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (John 3:3-5, Acts 2:36-38, Romans 6, Colossians 2:6-15). The word remission comes from the word remit : to release from the guilt or penalty of : to refrain from exacting : to cancel or refrain from inflicting : to give relief from (suffering) : to restore or consign to a former status or condition.

Then we must be filled with the Spirit of God (John 3:3-8, 4:13-14, John 7:37-39, Acts 2:1-4, 38-39, 10:1-6, 29-48, Romans 8:1-17).

These three steps must be followed in order to make it into heaven. All of us will go TO heaven to stand before the throne of God, but only those whose names are written in the book of life will enter INTO heaven (Revelation 20:11-15, 21:1-8, 22:10-14)

This is my answer. Believe it or don't believe it. It is your life and your choice. You asked the question, I answered it.

Answer 3

I have a 22 year old son, and I can remember when he would be a typical child, sometimes a typical teen, and after he had done something, he would turn to me and say "I'm sorry, dad. I WON'T DO IT AGAIN."

The idea is not to simply say I am sorry for something, but to learn from what was done, and to draw deeper into the spirit, deeper into doing things the right way. No, none of us will ever be perfect, but it says in the back of the book that those who practice falsehood will be left waiting.

To say "I'm sorry, I won't do it again" and to not pay attention enough to not do it again, is to lie when you said you were sorry and would not do it again. If one tried, then the past will be forgiven, and move onto the next day, and do whatever you did before differently--learn from your mistakes.

It is why DISCIPLE and DISCIPLINE have the same root word...We are supposed to learn to change, not just give empty apologies---that is not asking to be forgiven, that is merely saying a word.

There are some things that may not be forgiven just because we said we were sorry..Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit for one...

If we all took yesterday's sin with us, we would not be able to move forward--the burden would be too much. When the paralytic came to Jesus and asked to be able to walk, and he said to the boy, "You are forgiven," he was taking a huge enough burden off the youth's shoulders that he could get up and walk, again.

The intent is to be able to keep walking, and draw nearer, not to keep doing the same old, same old...

Answer 4

Forgivness is not an excuse to do as you please, this would say that the forgived person really had no idea what they were fogiven for or the enormity of thier sin in front of God.

The central part of the Christian conversion is to remove the natural tendency to be dishonest, untrue and unfaithful and replace that with a true and honest spirit - so it essentially runs against the nature of a true Christian.

Also (think about it) if you were thinking "Ah, I can just carry on being the most disgusting person on the planet and just ask God for a clean slate at the end of it".... you think He wouldn't have figured that one out???????

Cheers - BM

Answer 5

You ask for forgiveness than you are to prove that you are not going to do it over again! God is not stupid!
Just like when a child saids sorry to their father or mother,the parent expects that you as a child don't do it again! Of course you are human.
He already knows what your plans are way before you thought about the plan!
And like I said: If he made us, he is not a stupid God! There is no way we can ever think that we can trick a God that is our creator!
That is why he is called GOD!

Answer 6

Christianity is more of a brainwashing tool now than it is a religion. You're suckered into it from the time you're born, for one thing.They just tell you to get through live without any marks against you and you'll go to Heaven. It seems more like a social control device. "Oh, you messed up? That's okay, God forgives, just don't do it anymore." The loophole is there, but most people don't use it, and if they try to they feel guilty.

Answer 7

Jesus said : "Come to Me, for My yoke is easy and My Lordship is mild, and You will find rest for yourselves."

You are concerned about carnal things. God doesn't care what you do. It's a question of motivation. We are taught that even thinking a thing is sin. Lucifer didn't sin, he had iniquity in his heart, that means he thought to himself, "It sure would be nice to be God." That was enough to be driven from heaven. You see it isn't what you do or what you think it's what you are. You do everything because of your nature. If your nature is of God then your motivation is unconditional love. You can love unconditionally and still separate yourself from the father by judging others. You pronounce them unworthy of being in God which makes you unworthy immediately. It's all pretty simple. If you aren't motivated to unconditional love then ask God to change your nature. That's the way you become spiritual you change your nature to be divine for such love only comes from God. This is being "born again." Simply making an oath doesn't do it. Christ even tells us not to make oaths so what many suppose as "born again" breaks the rules by its nature from the beginning. Good luck with this as its a mystery few come to understand.

Agape

♥Blessed Be♥
♥=∞

Answer 8

Once you comprehend that your heaven or hell is in the NOW, release from shame regarding past errors (forgiveness) takes on a whole new psychological significance.

Answer 9

early on in Christianity it was thought that previous sins were only forgiven after baptism, consequently, many people waited until they were on their deathbeds to get baptized at the last minute to be sure that they would not commit any more sins before dying. the most famous of these incidents was the Bishop Ambrose, the man that tutored and was mentor to St. Augustine. it is said that within an hour of asking for baptism in his advanced age he died.

Answer 10

To be fair I think that's a simplification of the teachings of Christianity There is no salvation with out true remorse is I think what the Churches preach