Will I get in to heaven?
2007-12-03 02:07:55 · 47 answers · asked by Ynot 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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Well I don't believe that heaven waits
for only those who congregate
I like to think of God as love
He's down below, He's up above
He's watching people everywhere
He knows who does and doesn't care
and I'm an old merry man
sometimes I wonder who I am.
2007-12-03 04:20:34 · answer #1 · answered by EvelynMine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Church is just a building, a symbol of unity among its followers. Going to Church on Sabbath, reading the Bible, preaching but not practicing, all these won't be your ticket to salvation.
Your ticket must be: keeping a congregation, making everyday a Sabbath, reading the Bible scriptures and following and practicing it.
A congregation is important in a church, it is where all followers share and keep up with one another. Helping others through Christ is also a form of a congregation. Touching others like Jesus would.
Remember the time Jesus healed the sick on a Sabbath? He concluded that we really not need go to church on the Sabbath, we could do His will to others as what is written in the Scripture.
Remember also those Pharisees who went to a congregation and pray aloud as to tell others that they are religious? Jesus defined the difference of the Faithful and Religious. The Faithful is the one who goes to heaven and the Religious unknown depending on his Faith still.
The Faithful is he who keeps the word of the Lord regardless of the Sabbath. He said let everyday be a Sabbath to remind ourselves that we have to keep the Scriptures Holy.
Will you get to heaven? Only you can make your way there.
It is for you to keep (Scriptures) and for God to find out!
2007-12-03 02:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by ai_hya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry. Bible reading doesn't impart salvation. Neither does going to church or being good. Getting into heaven requires being cleansed of all sin, which only Christ can do, and He has already done that for those chosen for heaven.
Act 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Heb 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; saved.
Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
2007-12-03 02:25:45 · answer #3 · answered by joseph8638 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you buy a bicycle and it needs put together.
Is it just as ok if you only read the instructions or do you need to assemble it as well?
The answer to the question you ask is in the Bible.
Hebrews 10:25
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Going to church alone does not save you. Neither does only reading the Bible. You must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Mark 16:16
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
2007-12-03 07:17:49 · answer #4 · answered by Old Hickory 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ONLY way to get to heaven, according to Jesus, is to acknowledge that you have broken God's Laws (refer to the list of the 10 Commandments), have repented of your sins, and have put your trust in Jesus' ability to save you from your sins and the eternal consequences thereof, since He not only died for your sins, but actually rose again the morning of the third day.
Anything else is like trying to earn your way into heaven, but if you have already broken God's Laws, there is nothing you can do to repair the damage.
Take, for instance, a person driving 45 miles an hour in a school zone, drives through a red light, causes a 3 car pile up with 3 dead and 2 injured. How many red lights must he stop at before he "atones" for this one he did NOT stop at?
The fact is, that each red signal light must be stopped at for it's OWN sake, and can not be used retroactively to compensate for a previous light that was not stopped at.
Likewise, each "good deed" you do is for it's OWN sake, and can not retroactively undo a "bad" deed already committed. Each time you KEEP God's Law, it is for that moment only, and can never undo previous times when you have BROKEN God's Law.
Make sense? You need an atonement sacrifice, in which the innocent takes the place of the guilty. That is what Jesus did for you when he was tortured with 39 lashes from a "cat-o-nine" whip, then crucified.
The Bible even says that even though Jesus never knew sin, He actually BECAME sin FOR us. He traded places with us and took OUR place.
2007-12-03 02:19:22 · answer #5 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After you repent from sin and ask Jesus for His forgiveness, accepting Him and Lord and Saviour you are saved. Now, after obtaining salvation you need to start obeying God, so you need to read the Bible to learn what God want you to do. Among many things you will found is that believers in Jesus reunite to praise Him, study the Bible togheter, and share God love with each other and everyone that does not know Jesus yet.
By not congregating in church you are not following God's commands in the Bible. If you persist in not obeying God you will end losing the salvation you received. (Yes salvation can be lost.) Read (and obey) Hebrew 12:24-26
King James Version:
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
English Standard Version:
24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
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Pray to God and ask Him help in finding a church where you can serve Him as He wants.
2007-12-03 02:48:14 · answer #6 · answered by Darth Eugene Vader 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are saved you will go to Heaven. But you are still commanded to go to church. And you should not forsake the fellowship of other God-fearing, Bible-believing Christians. Your faith will grow faster and stronger through fellowship than Bible study alone. A true Christian will WANT to go to church.
2007-12-03 02:46:21 · answer #7 · answered by colway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Church is known as God's House where Christians gather to learn and rejoice together...Its OK to read your bible daily but to congregate and get a better understanding of what your reading is the purpose
2007-12-03 02:32:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Will you still get to heaven?
No.
Satan knows the Bible too, but he does not worship Jesus.
Salvation requires a relationship with Jesus Christ, with Him as your Lord and Savior.
Ask Jesus through prayer to come in to your heart.
Spend time with Him in prayer and Bible reading.
Spend time with the rest of the family at Church.
1) Prayer: us talking to Him
2) Reading: Him speaking to us.
3) Fellowship: Sharing what the Lord has done in your life with others, and on a regular basis.
2007-12-03 02:17:13 · answer #9 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The decision will be based on what you have done good and bad.Whether you go to church daily or twice a day, it doesn't matter.Be honest and be kind to everyone and help the poor.Its better than going to church or read the bible.Defiantly you will be in heaven.When you reach there tell me how it is.
2007-12-03 02:28:26 · answer #10 · answered by anjelniki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋