2007-11-23 17:42:55 · 30 answers · asked by Je Marche Drôle 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
(((common_sense)))
Great to see you, babe!
2007-11-23 17:58:45 · update #1
It's free will in the Mafia sense. You don't have to buy protection, but if you don't, certain things can happen. And God/Guido can protect you from Hell/things getting broke.
2007-11-23 17:51:39 · answer #1 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No free will, election. No one comes to the Son, ( Jesus ) unless the Father, ( God ) draws them. And no one comes to the Father, except through the Son.
You were called before you were born, or not. God will take what is His out of this world, and Satan will take what is his.
"Your gonna' serve somebody"
Actually, Princess, Heaven is only for Christians, even the Jews who enter Heaven will acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
And religion is the act of man trying to come close to God, which he can not do. What God wants is a personal relationship with His creation, and the only way to have that is through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
2007-11-23 18:27:37 · answer #2 · answered by BOC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. Hell is final and utter separation from God. Those who choose hell would not enjoy the pleasures of heaven since those pleasures essentially flow from a right relationship with God. There is a misconception that hell is a place of physical torment and torture. Rather, most Christians have understood these descriptions to capture symbolically that hell is final and utter separation from God's saving grace. Some Christians, like C. S. Lewis, take hell to be a real place where sinful people make themselves miserable. Similarly, thinking of heaven as a place of hedonistic pleasures is wrongheaded as well. The choice is ... Do you, or do you not want a relationship with your Creator?
2007-11-24 01:49:52 · answer #3 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are accepting Jesus as your savior in order to get to heaven, I personally think you are doing it for the wrong reasons.
2007-11-23 17:59:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO Hitler was not a Christian he was a cult. He perverted the bibile (took it out of context and tried to make people believe it meant somethign else). Romans 13 was what Hitler used and he perverted (took it out of context) to help conquer. The bibile message is about love and forgiving and how to live your life. As you can see Hitler perverted it pretty bad. NOW THE MAIN PART OF YOUR QUESTION. Yes if you trully believe that Jesus died for your sins AND TRY YOUR BEST TO FOLLOW HIS WAYS YOU WILL GO TO HEAVEN. If you deny he is your savier or/and don't repent for forgiveness of all your sins and do evil instead you will go to hell.
2016-05-25 04:31:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you accept the Christian notion of Heaven, then I say:
Yes, you have to accept Jesus to go *there.*
If you reject the Christian notion of heaven, asking the question is not necessary. You still have your free will, and this includes the ability to freely believe (or not) in any afterlife you can imagine, or let someone else imagine for you.
2007-11-23 17:49:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! The question is not how you get to Heaven but, "Do you want to go to Heaven?" About that question you have free will. You already stated you know the how. E-mail me I will be glad to explain it in more detail.
2007-11-23 17:48:23 · answer #7 · answered by δοῦλος Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Certainly.
You don't HAVE to go to the kingdom of heaven. It's YOUR choice if you go or don't go. It's YOUR free will to make that decision.
Now, IF it IS your decision to go, then you have to follow the rules to get there.
It really IS that simple.
(great to see you again)
2007-11-23 17:53:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. Why? Because living for Jesus is total peace and tranquilty.
There is Freedom in Christ.
2007-11-23 17:50:26 · answer #9 · answered by NJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Dude" has summed up my feelings on the matter. It's "free will" in the sense that you can either pay protection money or get your kneecaps busted.
2007-11-24 05:32:51 · answer #10 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋