I was raised to have Christian beliefs & for the most part I do. I just have a lot of questions.
2007-11-01 12:51:44 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Questions are good, dear one. God is not afraid of your questions. In fact, God welcomes your questions. God wants you to have your own faith, not your parentsl
God does love us enough to help us out in the area of 'our sins'. In fact, God loved us sooooo much, that He died on on the Cross to pay for our sins. And, dear one, God wants everyone to be with Him throughout eternity!
But the point is, God wants us to 'choose' to love Him and follow Him (be His disciple). So God gave us free-will! Free will to 'choose'! Free-will to choose to love Him, to choose to follow Him, to choose to 'pick up our cross and follow Him'. What a wonderful thing 'free-will' is. We're not puppets! Think about it. Suppose you have a 'thing' for this guy or gal. And you so very much want him/her to love you - only you! If that person was a 'puppet' (with no free-will), all you would have to do is 'pull his/her string'.... and he/she would be totally devoted to you. But that would become empty after a while. Why? Because the 'object of your affection' didn't 'choose you'.... you 'made' him/her choose you. So, the truth is, you don't know if he/her would have chosen you at all! So the so-called 'devotion' or 'love' is empty!
But with free-will, you and I and anybody on the face of this earth, can freely 'choose' to accept Jesus as their Savior and Lord, or freely 'choose' to reject Him (God). The balls in our court. God's already done all the work for our salvation. He's forgiven us our sins.
But the fact is, there are those who DO reject God. And God honors their 'choice'. They have free-will just like the rest of us. Does this disappoint God - you bet! But what more can God do. He will not push himself on anybody. Eternal Life is a 'gift'! Free-will allows us/them to say, "I accept your Gift Father' or 'No thanks!'
........Pray for those who reject. I do. Blessings.
2007-11-01 14:04:22 · answer #1 · answered by Mercedes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We absolutely all, all of us, the good and the 'bad' all return to God when we die. Fact. Don't doubt it. Think about this, it is the example I use most often. If you are a parent, and you have an absolutely awful child. They steal and they curse and the talk back and they use drugs and they are sexually promiscuous. Would an appropriate punishment for that child to be to dip the kid an a vat of boiling water? Doesn't it turn your stomach that is so wrong and so monsterous? So God is the perfect parent, and we are his not so perfect kids. God is love, even the Bible says so, right? So God, being ever more perfect and more full of love than we are... do you really believe for one moment that he would boil us alive not just for an instant, but for an eternity? For that matter, does an eternity of punishment seem normal for such a short period of time as a puny human life? Even if every moment of it were sinful, does it make sense? No... Don't worry. Live your life in love and you will begin to realize I am right about this. I know it to be a sure thing. Hell is right here and right now, and simply by turning our thoughts and actions to thoughts and actions of love and joy, you will walk right out of it into heaven right here as well.
2007-11-01 13:00:07 · answer #2 · answered by CB 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-03 03:26:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not many people realize (including Chrisitians) that God is a King. Unfortunately it's hard to picture what the implications are since a real Kingdom is hard to come by. When you are in a king or queens land they have rules that make up the law of the land and the penalty for breaking the law can be death or exile. Heaven is the Kings land. He cannot over look sin because sin is the breaking of his Heavenly Law. To over look sin would be to alow the sinner to overstep the Gods authority and since his laws are permenent and perfect then to over look them would be unjust of the King. A strong respected and just King would not be unjust. So He sent Jesus his one and only son to take on the brutal beatings pain and suffering and death that sinners would be punished
by which justifies the sinner from being guilty. How ever because God is loving he gives you a choice to obey him and give your life over to Christ as a servant of Him. In simplest terms we need Christ because in the future is a judgment that is going to be horrific. How ever Jesus broke into the past to take on the judgment then so we can live in life right now and not have to face the judgement in the end. That is why it is by grace we are saved. So realy the choice is up to you. You can take the judgment of Christ who loved you so much he took the punishment for you and live eternaly starting right now. Or you can take your judgment for yourself in the end which is hell. See. God is love thats why he took on the punishment of sin for you. But he cannot break his own law because he is a just King.
2007-11-01 13:10:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, remember that he created us to sin for a reason and I think it's about getting your relationship with God good on a minute to minute basis rather than focus on the sins we do. We must be aware of what we do and why then if we live for God we dont sin as much but the human side of us will always sin...no matter what. A person must accept Him before they enter Heaven and they have to live a life serving Him completely.
2007-11-01 12:57:00 · answer #5 · answered by Mrs. Amazing 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Would you open your door to a rebellious criminal?
God does love all of us, He has made the way for sin to be remove, cleansed and washed away because He knows that it will destroy people. If you refuse to allow it to be removed then you deserve the consequences.
God makes the rules, your job is to follow them or face the music! When you can create a world, animals, trees and humans from words then we will follow your rules. Until then, God rules, you drool!
2007-11-01 13:07:57 · answer #6 · answered by Free Thinker 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The heavens is where His glorious throne is. With His Son sitting at His right hand ruling at this time since 1914.
His original place for mankind is right here on earth.
Read Psalm 37 verses 11 and 29.
29 The rightreous themselves will possess the earth. verse 11 But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.
2007-11-01 13:01:55 · answer #7 · answered by Just So 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He does overlooked our past sins, if only we will seek him, repent and pray.
Isaiah Chapter 1
15 When you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even if you offer many prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are full of blood;
16 wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds
out of my sight!
Stop doing wrong,
17 learn to do right!
Seek justice,
encourage the oppressed. [a]
Defend the cause of the fatherless,
plead the case of the widow.
18 "Come now, let us reason together,"
says the LORD.
"Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the best from the land;
20 but if you resist and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword."
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
2007-11-01 13:01:26 · answer #8 · answered by d1754 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think it is a matter of knowing what is right and wrong, and doing your best to do what is right. Most things people think are sins aren't, but lying and hatred and basic things that make it impossible for you to be God-like are.
Don't stress too much, or feel guilty or shameful. A lot of people want to do what is right, and struggle with it all the time.
2007-11-01 12:56:56 · answer #9 · answered by David Jayson 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because most of our sins are against people that God loves just as much as he loves us. Why should you be excused for wrongs you have done against someone that is precious to God? Why should a just God not be angry with you for wronging someone he loves desperately?
Only the blood of Christ reconciles sinner against sinner, and sinner against Heaven. The cross is the love that reconciles perfect justice with perfect mercy.
2007-11-01 12:56:06 · answer #10 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋