My grandma is going to DIE without knowing Christ.?

Question

My grandma hates the fact that my mom's side of the family are christians. [she's dying]
My dad's mom is jewish and so is his sister.

It hurts me so much that I can't even talk about Jesus around them without them throwing a fit. I need SOME way to get her to believe. I'm not going to force her, but some time in December, there's a christmas play performing and I'm going to invite her to go with me. (I'm 13...ALMOST 14.)

Does anyone have any suggestions to get her to believe the word of God?
I can't just let it go. God is calling me to tell her about his Son. And i can't just ignore it and think the problem will go way with my grandma dying and going to Hell.

Please. Does anyone have any suggestions they can give me?


Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Tell your grandmother what you said on here for a start. Tell her about God even if she gets upset. Don't push her, but tell her the most important things and then pray, pray, pray!

Tell her what God has done for you. Tell her what the Bible says about denying Christ. If she denies Christ, He will deny her.

Pray little sister, pray and I will to!

God bless you and keep trying to reach your loved ones.

Answer 2

As a Christian, you know that the best thing you can do is pray!
It is very commendable that you care so much about your faith, and can think about the future! Not many people your age think about what is happening next week, let alone after death!
I have the same problem with my mum, who doesn't believe the same as I do!
You can only gently tell them what you believe and why, but you can't make someone else believe it. It is an awakening of the heart, in a manner of speaking! Until your grandma has that, she will have a closed mind!
Maybe you can get all your Christian friends to pray for her? There's more power in group prayer!
I hope this helps, and I'll pray for your grandma aswel!

Answer 3

Being Jewish she doesn't believe that Jesus was the one spoke of in the Prophecy who helps the meek inherit the earth after the Apocolypse. She should acknowledge that he was a teacher of Men in his life time. If you are forcing her to believe then it benefits no one. If she was a good person you shouldn't worry about her after she leaves this world. For all suffering is based on attachment. And you should be happy when she goes to the next world, she is away from the pain and troubles that come with living. Try no to talk about Jesus as it will only draw you apart from her in her last days, but more on what he stood for and said. I think you put too much emphasis on Jesus and not his message. Jesus would have wanted you to spend quality time with her before she passes not spending time, or waisting time to overcome her up bringing. She lived through the Holocaust even if she wasn't directly in Germany or Europe but chances are her jewish up bringing, she probably had many people try to tell her about Jesus. And you are still young and it's great you feel so strongly about jesus. I'd encourage you to read some books that show the similarities between Buddha and Jesus. It's the Message that you should follow, not a man. But I leave you with something to sooth your heart as I see two alternatives with this. You will dismiss it and blindly follow what you want to do. OR (and I prey) you start to search for real answers and find the truth behind what jesus said and realize that if there is a God, all powerful and all knowing, Would he not allow someone into the kingdom of Heaven that was truly worthy? as I assume your grandmother must be. So don't let your parents or church believe that your grandmother won't be in heaven. Because trust if she lived a good life she'll go to heaven.

Answer 4

It is great that you care so much about your grandma's soul but you have to remember that YOU can't do anything to make her believe. Only God can work in people's hearts. You can present the gospel to her but wether she chooses to believe it or not is between her and God.
The best thing you can do for your grandma is sit her down and tell her what you believe (she may hear her granddaughter out) and that you want her to be able experience the same joy. After that don't be pushy. You can bring her to the play and stuff but don't act like one of those super pushy, annoying Christians- that just turns people off.
Remember: Prayer changes things. Pray, pray, pray. With God all things are possible- even bringing stubborn, sinful people (that's all of us) to himself.
If your grandma does die an unbeliever, at least you will have a clear conscience knowing you did all you could and she made her own choice.
God bless you and your grandma!

Comment (on another's post): You are never too young to believe the truth or care about other's souls. That is what Christ wants: "Let the little children come to me."

Answer 5

You have to understand that your beliefs are taught to you and it didn't come naturally, all that God has created we call natural and what man has created we tend to differ in opinion. Maybe your grandma knows something that you don't about life after all would you throw your child in a fire because he didn't believe you? How then could you believe that God would do the same for his children? Your not God and you cannot act as if you know what God is thinking. You are not being true to your beliefs you are being a follower of beliefs, there is a difference. Be happy knowing that when she dies and everyone does that God didn't strike her down here on earth in a bad way so I believe it's safe to say that she is in good hands. Have faith in God for always doing the right things and if you have faith in God then your grandmother has no worries because now your doing all the worrying for her. Have faith.

Answer 6

I too had similar thoughts when my mother passed away last April. I expressed these thoughts to a very knowledgeable Christian at our Church(Church of the Nazarene). I was given comfort with the words this individual said to me. She said" there may have been a time when your mother was a little girl at a very young age and someone expressed the facts about the Son of God(Jesus Christ) being Lord and Savior, and she may have at that time accepted, believed and repented, allowing God to come into her life" . I sincerely hope that this gives you some comfort as it did me at that time and still does.
One thing that you might want to share with your grandmother is that Heaven just won't be the same if she is not there to greet you, because you Love her so much. And then explain to her that you know a way that she can be there, and that is through the Cross, the Only Begotten Son of God. Explain to her that the Bible clearly states that there is only One way to Heaven, and that it is mentioned in the Old and New Testament, that one way is through the Blood of Christ.

Answer 7

Hi Megan, you cant really "force" your grandma to believe in Jesus Christ... Just as you cant force anyone of any other religion the same things we know about Jesus Christ... My family is the same way, they look down upon me for what i know and it didnt matter how much i told them about Jesus, it didnt make a difference... In the end though Megan you dont control whether or not your grandma goes to hell or not... Thats something God would have to decide... But what you can do for her is pray for her every day that God will find a way into her spirit... Good luck and God Bless...

Answer 8

Regardless of religion what no one has said here so far is this:
she is your elder
she is your grandmother
Always Respect your elders
Respect her wishes
Respect and love her and you must come to terms that your elder is dying and that you need to comfort, obey, love, respect, cherish the time you have left with her.
You cannot force someone to change their beliefs just because she is at the door of death ..her whole life may have been based on a belief and you are taking away the respect and tolerance and voiding her and her wishes and beliefs of that life time.
Would you want your son or daughter to not respect your wishes/religion/beliefs at your death?
Think my dearest what you would want in that position.
If that were me I would hope that the people I love, love, cherish and RESPECT me enough to tolerate and adhere to my wishes and beliefs.
Time is short....it should not be spent fighting and worrying over this subject.
Go and spend time with her and tell you you accept her as she is..I think she would want to hear that.

Answer 9

YOu have no idea what your grandma is thinking inside her. So you can't know that she deffinately is going to hell if you don't talk to her. But I respect you for understanding that God is calling you to try to bring your grandma back to God. Say the rosary with her. My grandma is in the same situation...but she's not dieing...Whenever my family says the rosary, she, although does not really show that she wants to believe, really does want to. Nobody who is a reasonalbe person will say NO to something they know is good. I don't know really what to tell you, other than to pray...it works every time. God Bless!


Oh, by the way...I just saw an answer below mine, that said something like "you can't teach an old dog knew tricks" That is totally not true with humans. God gives us until our very last breath to amend and except him as his savior, and then, because He is so merciful, created a Pergitory so that, if He thinks we are worthy, we can spend time there before we go to heaven. If you Grandma opens her heart, even if it is at the last milli secend of her life, God will know, and judge accordingly. Just do your best, and talk about this with your christian side of the family. They will probubly have other ideas as well.

Answer 10

You can tell her that you want to spend some time with her and you would be very happy if she would come to a christmas play with you.

But you have to remember that every person on this earth has his/her own belief.

Who decides which belief that is the correct one?

There is nothing you can do to make your grandma believe in christ if she doesn't want to.

It's going to work out fine. Just tell your grandma how much she means to you and show her how much you love her.

Answer 11

Megan you're forgetting that Jesus himself was a Jew and he is sitting at the right side of The Father, you cannot force anyone to believe what you believe, if God is calling you to try to convert her then you can try but as the sound of things I don't believe it is going to work.

Why do you think she's going to hell? remember John 14:2 "In my Father's house are many mansions..." she is a believer shes just misguided, not at all worth of hell.