As a Christian, do you see people as going to either hell or heaven?

Question

What I mean, is do you talk to "Susan" at work and know she's not a Christian and automatically assume she's going to hell without even considering she may come to Christ eventually, and treat her as so? Just wondering because I see people do this all the time and use the excuse that they don't want the "sinner" to be a bad influence on them. Can't you still accept people for who they are without conforming to their ways? Just a question :)

Answer 1

I think everyone who believes in a certain religion thinks that they have a better chance of going to heaven as compared to other people they know who they think don't stand a just coz they don't believe like they do.
I feel that this is arrogance and ignorance.

We might think we are on the right path but in the end God is the one who judges. He knows you more than you do so who are we to be so sure of ourselves?
Someone could be a non-Christian for example, yet he/she could be more deserving of heaven than you are. You simply can't know!

It's best to accept people for who they are. Don't try to 'save' their souls or push them away coz just coz they don't believe in what you believe in it means that they are sinners, or whatever it is. Who are we to judge. Seriously.

Answer 2

It says in the bible not to judge people. True Christians should not judge people, or at least try not to. You should treat everyone well. Jesus was a a friend to sinners. He didn't worry about being "influenced" because he knew what he stood for. Judgemental christians are one of the major reasons people turn away from the religion. I have just come to realize that I can't base the relgion on ignorant "people." So, YES. You CAN accept people without conforming to their ways, and YOU SHOULD. You don't have to agree with everyone someone believes in or does to be friends with them.

Answer 3

Read 1 Corinthians 15 verses 40 to 42 (I think, I don't have a bible in front of me now). Paul says there is a glory of the sun, a glory of the moon and a glory of the stars, and then says that is how the resurrection of the dead plays out. People will be rewarded to greater or lesser degrees based on their worthiness.

Answer 4

the final element that i will propose is that we do plenty deeper examine on what the certainly be conscious soul and what the be conscious 'spirit' propose. Spirit interprets from Spiritus or the breathe and from what i will glean the be conscious soul interprets to the be conscious breather. we are all breathers all the way down to and previous the ants. The holy spirit is likewise the holy breathe in reliable's Hebrew Translations in accordance to Chemistry - each and every thing is protons, electron, atoms, etc. Does purely particular mixtures or sections flow to heaven or hell? Are we easy adequate to glide up into the heavens or reliable adequate to bore ourselves right into a place customary as hell? desire this has helped sparkling up the riddle.

Answer 5

No, and those persons who don't want sinners in their life are amazingly stupid, because everyone sins. Those are not Christians, Christian's follow the golden Rule: Do To Others as you wish to be treated.

Answer 6

I see a person as a person. Religion may rarely come up in normal every day life.

On here... its much easier to see people that way because it is so impersonal and people have their own agendas for being on.

Leading by example... and practicing what you preach is the best way to influence those around you.

Answer 7

As a Christian, I don't believe that people "go to heaven" or "go to hell." I maintain the ancient Christian eschatology that has been preserved in the Greek Orthodox Church (and which is probably best exemplified in the works of Gregory of Nyssa).
And that, by the way, is exactly why I *am* religious.

Answer 8

As a Christian, do you see people as going to either hell or heaven?
Answer: No. I look at people and know that they are created in God image and that they have a Soul and that God wants them to believe in Him, Be Born Again (Saved) and come to Heaven. I understand that God Loves them but God Hates the sin and destructive things that a person does.
I am to share the Gospel of Grace with anyone who will hear it. And to be prepared to share the Gospel with details.
I Pray for people both that they are/will be Saved. I lift Jesus Christ up before them by word and deed. I try to live my life as a Loving Christian, Helping those in need, brokenhearted, sick, hurting, elderly, lonely, poor and hungry.
It is the reasonable service of a Christian to lift others up in Prayer, help where needed and encouraging words given in the Love of Jesus Christ, God the Father and the Holy Ghost.

Romans 12
1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

Answer 9

I treat people according to what they say. If they ask me about God and I tell them, their reaction to the truth tells me various things. Most people have formed their opinions about 'religion' from what they've seen or what they've heard. Most really do not know what Christianity really is. So I let them tell me whether they want to hear it or not. If they don't want to hear it after I tell them something then I think that I don't want to talk to them about it. In their ignorance they have made up their mind for that time.

That's really it. I remain loyal to the message of grace by salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ, and to the urgings of the Holy Spirit. He tells me what to say when the chance comes up. So each encounter may be different.

Answer 10

I can make an educated guess where they will more than likely go, but im not the judge. But I do try to distance myself from bad influences. Its not only good for my religion, but its a good move for living life.