Christians: Why can't we just all get to heaven?

Question

Since God as you always claim is a merciful one, why can't He just welcome us all and let us enter His kingdom? You say that He said to "love the sinner and hate the sin." So why if we sin, we are thrown in hell? Is throwing us in hell loving us? If He loves us why should we be thrown in hell for eternity for the sins we made in this finite life?
You always say that His love is unconditional. But why are there conditions for us to go to heaven?
Is it hard for Him to accept the fact that we are not perfect like Him (as you claim)?
Why should we believe Him to have his gifts? I know many fathers whose sons don't recognize them and even think of them as a disgrace.But still, these fathers love their sons fully and still give them their part of the inheritance. Why can't your God just be like them and accept us all in His heaven?

I was just thinking. But what if I don't repent? But what if I don't accept Him as my Savior? But what if I am the most sinful person in the world? Would He still love me?

If He will not love me then it is not true that He is truly a loving and merciful God.

But if He will love me, why can't I go to His kingdom?

Answer 1

There are some fairly conservative Christian theologians who make a case for universal salvation. This is a sticky subject. A part of me believes that universal salvation is, indeed, possible. As a human, I cannot prove one way or the other. What traditional Christian doctrine contends is this: there is a hell...but there is no way for any of us to know if anyone is actually there.

Some ask: Then what is the point in believing/following Christ? As Richard John Neuhaus puts it: What is the difference between being lost and being found?

So, is it possible that God will accept us all into heaven? Yes, it is possible. Can I prove that? No. Can anyone definitively prove that God will not? No.

Answer 2

All have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God.

Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father, except through him. This is the good news. Salvation through Jesus Christ is a free gift. It can not be earned by being 'good' enough. Read the Holy Bible for more details. I suggest a New Living translation which is written in plain modern English.

Answer 3

God is HOLY. He cannot allow sin into His presence. He has provided a way for ALL people to enter heaven in coming to the earth in a human body, and paying the price for all your sins HIMSELF.

Thru taking God at His Word and believing that He actually DID something with those sins He died for, by making you acceptable to Him thru the performance of Christ and NOT your performance, you can be forgiven and also receive the GIFT of righteousness that He will impute to you. You get Christs test score on YOUR paper. You didnt deserve it, you cant earn it, all you can do is say...YOU ARE RIGHT...there is NO way I can enter heaven without being MADE something different. I accept your offer.

People refuse the light because they love the darkness. God has done EVERYTHING NECESSARY to ensure that all men can enter heaven. BELIEVING IT is the criteria for making it your own.

Will YOU BELIEVE?

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Answer 4

because our god is a jealous god and wants to be worshiped. For far to long has the church been preaching just the nice side of God. And we soon forget that although he loves us he hates our sin. And the only way to heaven is if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Faith alone. So although God is merciful he is also very just.

Answer 5

The only way to go to heaven and not eternal hell is by believing that Jesus, who is God, died for our sins on the cross and rose again (1 Corinthians 15:1-4).

Answer 6

Let us not quarrel on this. It is too late. Simple arithmetic shows that heaven as well as hell are full. That is why we are now obliged to bury the dead on earth. No place. Nowhere to go. We have to be content with where we are now. 100 virgins for each Kamikaze. Plus the Supermarket filled with red wine and Johny Walker. No man, it is full. Let us all contribute to construct a heaven right here where we are now.
We may not find enough virgins. But wine and whiskey would be in plenty. Let us rally the heaven-seekers on this point.

Answer 7

Look, it's not a difficult thing. Believe that God is. Trust what He says. Accept His free gift.

Why do you want to complicate things?

You make the choice, do it God's way or do it your own way.

God says if you do it His way you get what you want - Heaven.
God says if you do it your own way you get what you want - Hell.

He gives you what you want because He is merciful and doesn't want to force you to go to Heaven when you don't want to. That's what I call a loving God, you get what you want!

Because you don't want to get into His Kingdom. If you wanted to get into His Kingdom you would love Him in return. Let me say this plain and clear. Ready? Ok, here we go. EVERYONE does go to Heaven. That is where the judgement takes place. Not everyone stays in Heaven though. Only those who love God and want to be there will remain there. Jesus said, "If you love Me you will do what I say."

I go along with your foolishness not for your sake or mine, but for the sake of someone else who may read this and honestly be looking for answers....you're not fooling anyone :)

Answer 8

"You always say that His love is unconditional. But why are there conditions for us to go to heaven?"

We are offered a gift of life after death. The condition is wheter we accept it or not. Not everyone chooses to accept it. Its pretty easy to choose not to accept by committing sin. By the same token it is easy to choose to accept by realizing our sin, and asking for forgiveness - which God heaps on us abundantly.

Answer 9

Jesus said "in my Father's house are many mansions". So there is a place for all except those who would reject the atonement that was made for them.

Paul went on in 1 Corinthians to clarify that there are degrees of glory.

1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

Answer 10

Because there is only One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church

Ignatius of Antioch
"Be not deceived, my brethren: If anyone follows a maker of schism [i.e., is a schismatic], he does not inherit the kingdom of God; if anyone walks in strange doctrine [i.e., is a heretic], he has no part in the passion [of Christ]. Take care, then, to use one Eucharist, so that whatever you do, you do according to God: For there is one flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ, and one cup in the union of his blood; one altar, as there is one bishop, with the presbytery and my fellow servants, the deacons" (Letter to the Philadelphians 3:3–4:1 [A.D. 110]).

Justin Martyr
"We have been taught that Christ is the first-begotten of God, and we have declared him to be the Logos of which all mankind partakes [John 1:9]. Those, therefore, who lived according to reason [Greek, logos] were really Christians, even though they were thought to be atheists, such as, among the Greeks, Socrates, Heraclitus, and others like them. . . . Those who lived before Christ but did not live according to reason [logos] were wicked men, and enemies of Christ, and murderers of those who did live according to reason [logos], whereas those who lived then or who live now according to reason [logos] are Christians. Such as these can be confident and unafraid" (First Apology 46 [A.D. 151]).