You do not deserve heaven. All of the other nine things mentioned are MORAL CHOICES. I was baptized and didn’t notice a change. If you are saved, you will love other Christians. Some political commentators and people in the media are guilty of this. For instance in forign lands where lets say budism is the religion, if they are never told or taught who Christ is, what will happen to there soul when they die? If you have Jesus living inside you, you will have a greater conviction of sin than if you are unsaved. Not that I was ever unwilling just that she wasn’t clear like the other two people what she wanted and then say I talk too much for asking. The reason I ask is that the Bible teaches that we can know this. Interesting, none of the other things mentioned in Paul’s list are diseases. God loves the world (John 3:16). I have lived years of sexual immorality. Or I like Harry Potter, I know some people that have had so many discussions with Christians as to why harry potter isn’t anti christian just because it has witchcraft in it. The Bible does NOT say, “Don’t drink wine” but it does say “Don’t be DRUNK with wine” (Ephesians 5:18). How I get through to her when I’m not in the position to be an influence on her because she’s still taking care of me because it’s so hard ti find a job. Scripture describes what heaven will be like but still, questions remain. It says emphatically that such people will NOT be in the kingdom of God. The wicked will not inherit the kingdom. They do not want to have anything to do with church. Matthew 7:13-14). He said, “there is NO ONE who does good, not even one” (Romans 3:12). And we need to talk about it; everyone's eternity depends on it. Notice three in this one passage alone. I do not know. The Bible looks on it as a sin, not an alternative lifestyle. She wanted me to leave it alone. There are two important points here to keep in mind. If so, what brought you to that point? One is not. You may have an addiction to coffee, while someone else has an addiction to alcohol and alcoholics can’t control their drinking. “Do people look the same when they go to heaven, mommy?" Paul is not teaching a works salvation. What is popular is not necessarily right. Preaching against sin in any form is never popular. You might get more help there, but this is a start. The main reason you are not going to heaven is that the idea makes no sense. November 6, 2020 By . Who is there who has never had a covetous thought? YET I hate I propose the idea of going to the Navy. Don’t know if that’s relevant but there it is. luck … People have a lot of ideas about how to get to heaven. We have an inner instinct that says bad people deserve punishment and good people deserve reward. I don’t know what I am, agnostic or a believer that is so caught up in the small things that she to dumb to realize shes a believer. Paul mentions fornicators, adulterers, homosexuals, and sodomites. You don't need your eyes to love, right?” ― R.J. Palacio, Wonder and I do not shy away a topic about the lord I even like talking about it and scripture I willingly start the conversation, and defend my faith when someone says something about it (when talking to people I know that is), but when I see people like the Duggards on 19 kids and counting, or when I see the 700 club I just feel horriabely about myself and turn the channel, Or when I think I believe I am saved I get this sick sinking feeling in my gut telling me I am not. Graham answered some of our most common questions about heaven … Put another way, you not only have to believe in Christ, you have to RECEIVE him (John 1:12). Most of them (seven in particular) are either sex sins or money sins. Is there any hope left for me or am I doomed? Others say you cannot be gay and be a Christian. This is what Charles Stanley and all the other Calvinists teach. 4) Many of these sins are perfectly LEGAL. And others say I lack faith or that I’m basing my salvation on works or being legalistic. That was a sin so wicked that God wiped out the entire city but even the wicked sodomites could have their sins forgiven by God if they repented and turned from their sins. People don't like to talk about Hell - or think about it. Jesus drank wine. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. We should have an intelligent faith and ask questions. In fact, the Apostle Paul said, “There is NO ONE righteous, not even one” (Romans 3:11). and do you ever doubt your faith? "Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him" (Hebrews 9:27-28). 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. Paul says this three times in the NT and each time his list is slightly different (cf. It is simply saying what God says in the Bible. The Bible says to “confess your sins one to another”. Two of those financial sins are actual crimes. No you haven’t. Have you ever had an assurance of salvation? He just says that if you commit these sins, you will not get an inheritance. You will not have to say a word. Paul gives two different words for homosexuality (effeminate, homosexuals), The first word (μαλακοί) is a little broader than just homosexuality but would include the passive homosexual partner. Well, according to the Gospels, not exactly. That’s when I searched for the scripture. It just bothers me that I keep committing the same phyical sins, when I know in my heart that I want to change and overcome my weakness. Paul doesn’t say that all of the Corinthians lived like this before they were saved. Righteous angels don't know everything, and they long to know more (1 Peter 1:12). What Paul says is not politically correct. Everyone on the planet is in this camp. A Christian adulterer or a Christian drunkard is also an oxymoron. Yet I believe in a greater God who can heal and bless. Noah got drunk after the Flood. He doesn’t say anything about losing an inheritance. If you do that, He will. If I may ask I know that we have forgive to be forgiven, at least I think that is the correct quote, but do we have to forgive ourselves? God bless. You are right about one thing and wrong about one thing. It is not something that you work for to receive. I want you to turn to the book of Revelation 21:8, and I want to preach a message about eight people in Sandy Ridge who will not go to heaven.Let’s read the verse. Let me know if you have any other questions. The only thing that can save us is the blood of Jesus. We are not even supposed to associate with professing Christians who are revilers (I Corinthians 5:11). The worst sin on the planet was crucifying Christ and the people who did this were told that if they repented, they would be saved. 3) Does this teach that you can lose your salvation? If the three-foot-tall hominids of Flores were rational, did they have immortal souls? Unfortunately, not all do. Jesus explained who WILL inherit the kingdom (Matthew 5:3, 10; Mark 10:14). You do have to have all of your sins forgiven to go to heaven but you do not have to live a sinless life to go to heaven. He also said that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). While most people think it will be close, they do believe that they'll make it to Heaven. ... a blast of heat that came in repeated short bursts. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. The implication is that you were never saved. If you have any further questions, I would be glad to help. You might was well live like the devil. Please, please help me. Some of those need to be interpreted in light of the context. Do you slander people? I’m guessing you know which passage I am talking about. The Bible does not deal with this question directly but I happen to believe that all of those babies are saved. If the Floresians are … I don’t know of that would affect the baptizm or not. These are not my words. I know since my traumatic brain injury I have been fighting thoughts and lies from the enemy. What I meant by assurance of salvation is this. report. First of all, it may not be feasible for God to create a world which consists simply of heaven alone, in isolation from the world that leads up to heaven, where people freely choose to go there or not to go there. You have to personally receive Him. The Bible does not look on drunkenness as a sickness but as a sin. That says that you become a child of God by receiving Christ. 11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. HI, nice to meet you and thanks for your article. Male Genitals Bent Over. And of course, everyone they know and love is included in the category of "good people." An inheritance is something that you get when you die as a gift. http://www.elonsmallgroup.com/objections-to-hell/, http://www.elonsmallgroup.com/conversion-of-a-religious-man/, http://www.elonsmallgroup.com/assurance-of-salvation/. This is not a complete list. So for the last time as we were finally about to get off the bug rig and get a house in Alabama, we went back to Cali to get our stuff because we had lived with family friends there and my mom was moving there so I could go to college for free if she worked for them YET while in Cali, I rebelled the hardest I had ever done. I have a horrid memmory. It is worth looking at. One is μοίχοί and one is μαλακοί. It is different from what society says. A God capable of making creatures deserving of life in paradise would never, if He were just, make any other kind. As Dale Carnegie said, “A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.” How much of the Bible have you actually read? The Bible only condemns the abuse of sex. 3) Not everyone will inherit the kingdom. There is a difference. 4. share. 100% Upvoted. It's part of being finite. I Peter 3 speaks of the wife winning over her unsaved husband “without a word”. And god forbid she wear any form of jewelry. It is a crime but most of the sins on this list are perfectly legal. Verse Concepts. No I haven’t been to church in years, when I did go it was either babtist or non denominational. That is what some of them WERE (past tense) but they are no longer that. Most people today think that in order to go to heaven, you have to be a good person. Or would your answer be that if they were born in that situation then they must not be part of the elect? I do not know if this describes you or not. I don’t go to bars etc., but I do indulge in wine and whiskey sours, and other imbibing drinks at home. Hello. There is a serious warning in this passage and it is addressed to professing Christians. I very much want to go to Heaven. Do you know for sure you are saved or do you just hope you are saved? He died in our place and took our penalty. Some have even been taught the lie that if you are saved, you have eternal security and if you have eternal security, then it doesn’t matter how you live, because you are going to go to heaven anyway. I just wanted to mention them. Paul said “such were some of you.” Some of the members of the Corinthians Church were former homosexuals. That is good. Those who go to Heaven ride on a pass and enter into blessings that they never earned, but all who go to hell pay their own way. I was raised Catholic and I really despised my religion. Thanks for sharing your story. Matthew 7:21-23). We have GAY DENOMINATIONS. And even Jesus Himself emphasizes that we don’t have enough information to determine who these are from our point of view in His Parable of the Tares and the Wheat. So ... Really. You can’t live any way you want and go to heaven. I follow the teaching of Christ as taught in Scripture. Some say you can be gay and be a christian. Would it be different person to person? 11 . It is just an addiction that people have. You will wasn’t to be with them. Heaven is real, but so is Hell. it is not judging to say that murder is wrong. John 6:37 says, “All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.” Whoever comes to Jesus, He receives. Some were adulterers. why is that? share. Galatians 5:19-21; Ephesians 5:3-7). Check these news stories out, you will see what the Calvinist believe. I can tell you one thing, most of the saved people in the world are amongst the poorest, as the Word of God teaches (James 2:5). Hello I have a question I felt the Holy Spirit has left me I didn’t feel right afterwards I let my son move in with some peopke and I am staying with someone I went to a mental hospital I heard your not my child I feel awful and scared I was spirit filled for 13 years and he tried to warn me it’s awful I had a gift of prayer but now I don’t know what to do my children was a gift from God and I didn’t appreciate I was complaining and didn’t realize it can you come back from it I can’t be at my church. Do you even think it is possible? I cannot understand how what this my friend says can be true. So a little background about myself. Many Bibles say that one group that will not make it into the kingdom are the “effiminate” (so KJV, ASV, NASB). You can prove something logically and use all kinds of evidence to back up your position and not convince someone, because not everyone is open minded. But here in heaven all I get to eat is tuna and a piece of rye bread and in the Other Place they eat like emperors and kings! Another word for heaven. I don’t participate in these things, save for the drinking. I just typed in thr letter G when on her phone and saw the history suggestions and saw gay porn as a link. 2) I had been getting into The Bible against my mother’s advice not to because I had wanted to know GOD for myself and disobeyed although respectfully. Would definitely recommend this film for everyone to see - even people who don't normally go to subtitled films. If you go from darkness to light, there will be some radical transformations. Therefore anyone who recognizes that God is the creator want to honor God and only God as the creator, and lives out the innate goodness inside them will be saved. My mom and I got along well before that…. Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. It is completely counter-cultural. I guess these could be signs but besides that I really couldnt say I have had any signs. The way you store up treasure in Heaven is by investing in getting people there. There is a lot to this topic but the simple answer is by a changed life. It teaches that before salvation, “We are dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1), not innately good. I have never seen it. Lately I have been falling asleep to Psalms and been kept awake at night desperately wanting to be saved and go to Heaven. Jesus provided a way so we can live with Him in eternity after this life. At least none I noticed. Same love by Macklemore for example great song, not a great message. Great question Chloe. Why would God keep people out of heaven because of a disease? What the Bible says is completely counter-cultural. On the flip side, Like I said I like Game Of Thrones, is that a matter of personal taste? Howdy again, I know we talked about people how never have a change to know Christ not being saved even if that isn’t there fault, still not sure how to feel about that but this question is just a tad different, I was watching CSI:Miami, and a thought occurred to me, what about babies? Good question. People who are unsaved feel uncomfortable in the presence of a group of Spirit-filled believers. He said that some of them used to live like that. Greed is legal. The Bible calls drunkenness as a work of the flesh. Well I dont know exactly what you mean when you say assurance. That is not even possible. Growing up, the Catholics I was surrounded by would preach God and the bible yet treat eachother awful. It involves becoming vulnerable to someone what you can trust who is also willing to become vulnerable to you. I would try to honor your parents as much as possible in your situation. Are you saved for sure? Thank you for this website. The sin of sodomy can be forgiven. I think I have accepted christ I mean I believe in him and know him, but I dont know if believing is the same a being saved, I do like samll groups of people or even one on one conversations about the lord, I even am usually the one to start the conversation. The answer to your question is found in I Corinthians 6:9. Enterprise . If the Internet becomes a source of temptation, it may need to have a filter with someone else who knows the password. It is through this relationship that you will go to Heaven … There are some who believe the modern-day preacher should not … 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. This idea, known as universalism, teaches that all people will be in heaven, either immediately following death or at some time after death, depending on one's particular view. You are absolutely correct. Extortion is illegal. Bless you. Not everyone is open to reason. But he bible makes it clear that it isnt our works that save us, but our intent. He does NOT say that you will lose your salvation. Every Bible translates these words slightly different. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.”. There are some people who won’t be in heaven after they die. Jesus says, “What is HIGHLY ESTEEMED among men is DETESTABLE in God’s sight” (Luke 16:15-16). Eight people who will not go to heaven. It is popular to refer to heaven as the place where "the good people go." Real change is possible but it has nothing to do with Barack Obama or any other politician. (John 3:16-19 NIV). level 1. A couple of years ago I had a really strong calling to find God. i am agnostic but i always love how love is presented in christianity. After I got pregnant he continued saying the same(my boyfriend asked to marry him,even if for burocracy for now we are not). We can call drunkenness what the world calls it or what God calls it. He even considered a wedding band to much and to my knowledge still greatly disproves of his mother having pierced ears. There are some who … You have to ask Him to save your from your sins. Answer: The question of whether gay people go to heaven or hell is much discussed today, and there is confusion surrounding the issue. 07/11/04. SO MUCH more to ask. Idolatry is NOT a disease. I recommend you reading the whole book. We never want to think about it, but it’s true. Not everyone is rational. (Every person who has ever said this to me has been at least 5ft 11in.) If you live different than she does and do so consistently, she will see it and be convicted. Even then she forgave me. What about church? Of course, this is my opinion. I’ve only had glimpses of the peace and joy that many Christians talk about. You are absolutely correct that salvation is not by works. Are you on the list? Another question: How do I witness to my mom who says she believes but she still cusses like a sailor and claims “Man, those are just man made words.” to justify her potty mouth. Plus David stating he would be with his son again and know he went to heaven was mentioned many times as well. David lost a baby and believed that he would see that baby in the next life. On the other hand, you call yourself an agnostic. The Bible teaches the exact opposite. They were getting drunk at the communion table. Many of the things on his list are not regarded as wrong today. They may actually be moral but they worship a false god. There are some BIG BUTS in this passage. I have a question, I’m engaged to a guy and we are living together, I got pregnant from him last June and now our baby is about 6 months. If you asked and genuinely meant it, you can have assurance based on God’s promise. It answers your other question. Please, please help me. This is probably to specific of a question to answer but if even the saved stumble and sin then like I asked before, how do we know when we are really seeing a changed of someone who is saved vs when someone isn’t really saved? 1) Although I have been told I’ve been baptized by water at a professing Christian church when I was younger, I didn’t understand anything about Jesus until like age 19, was I able to fully grasp the truth for myself. Now as I age I realize that it doesn’t matter if I think he is kind or not it only matters that I don’t go to this hell place that is so terrifying. Many people in the Corinthians Church thought they were saved. I had to stop myself from watching them which wasn’t easy but it still haunts me every single day. Do animals in the afterlife, such as pets, send people signs and messages from heaven?Sometimes they do, but animal communication after death is different from how human souls communicate after they die. It is addressed to the Church at Corinth and the warning is this: “Do not be deceived”. Sort by. I’m convinced that if I was truly saved I’d be doing more for the Lord. This thread is archived. They thought they were going to heaven. Are you a reviler? (I John 3:11-15 NIV). wouldnt that be a sign of feeling guilty? Once again sorry for 3 answers, I would wait till you responded again but I know I would forget to even go back to the questio by then,.
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