1. Have you ever stolen something? Even something little?\n2. Have you ever told a lie?\n3. Have you ever commited adultery with another person? Jesus said that even if you look with lust at a women or man has already commited adultery in his/her heart.\n4. If God judged by these laws would you be innocent or guilty? (IF)\n5. Is it worth eternity in Hell not to trust God just to see if he will forgive you on Judgement Day?\n6. Do you know what God did for you so that you might not go to Hell?John 3:16: For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son so that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. He gave his life on the cross- the worst punishment possible at the time.\n7. Does it concern you enough that if you don't know Jesus personally you will go to Hell FOREVER?\n8. Please pray this prayer if you wish to know Jesus as Saviour:God, I know I've done wrong.Lord, today I give my life to you. Come into my life today.Amen.
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A good person does not mean he will never make mistakes in life. \nA good person knows what he/she is doing , right or wrong, he/she will rectify and be responsbible.
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say this prayer:\n\nGod, I have sinned.\nI am in need of Your salvation.\nHelp me, Lord. I repent from all my sin.\nJesus Christ come into my life and renew my life.\nI believe in You, Son of God.\nWho have died on the cross for all of my sin.\n\nI surrender my life to you,\nin Jesus name,\n\n\nAmen.\n\nBelieve with all your heart that your sin has been forgiven.\nYou are now a new creation in Christ.\n\n\nEdify your faith by going to a bible based church.\nMay God be with you in your guidance to know the truth of Christ.
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People who lived before Jesus became a man and lived on earth could get to heaven only if they did their very best to obey God's commandments and to follow what God told them to do.  They had to atone for their sins by making animal sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem at least once a year and follow all the Law.  Before God gave the ten commandments and the law to Moses, there were prophets who spoke with God and told the people what they had to do.  If they didn't do what the prophets said and follow the law (once it was written), they went to hell.  \n\nNow that Jesus the Christ has made the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all, there is no more need for animal sacrifices.  He also intercedes for us so there is no need for priests to tell us what God says as we can all now talk to God through prayer.  Of course, pastors and other people who know more about the Bible than a lay person does are still very helpful for helping to explain what the Bible says about specific issues.  Also for leading believers in reaching those who don't know about Jesus yet.  \n\nThose who never hear about Jesus and those who do but reject Him will go to hell when they die.  It isn't P.C. or "fair" or "nice" but that's just how it is.  That's why Christians who are truly commited to their faith try so hard to reach people and teach them about Jesus.  They don't want anybody to go to hell.  \n\nGod doesn't want anyone to go to hell either.  He loves everyone and wants to have a relationship with them similar to that of an earthly father with his child.  He cant do that though because of the curse that He put on the earth when Lucifer (disguised as a snake) decieved Eve and she disobeyed God.  There is no forgiveness of sin except through perfect sacrifice.  That's why He sent His Son to pay the price for our sins.  If we sincerely claim Jesus' death and ressurection as our sacrifice offered to cover our sins, God will forgive them and we can have a relationship with him.  \n\nThat's what heaven is: having an eternal relationship with God both while we are alive in these bodies and later after we die.  Hell is eternal separation from Him.  There is no true happiness, fulfillment or peace without having God in your life.  Why do you think everyone searches for something or someone to "fill the hole in their soul" or to "make them complete" or "satisfied" or "bring meaning to their life"?  God made Adam and Eve for the purpose of having a relationship with Him.  Humans are born with a need for this relationship.  If no one tells them how to find it with God, they will look everywhere else for something to substitute for it.  There is no real substitute for it though.  No drugs, material posessions, other human companions, cults, gangs...nothing to replace it.  Sooner or later, everyone who doesn't have God in their life realizes they are empty and that nothing they have tried really fills them.  That's when many people come to repentance and reach for God, especially if they are afraid they are going to die.  The only real reason that some people fear death is that they don't know what will happen to them after they die.  People who have a real relationship with God don't fear death because they know that they will be with Him forever after they die.  There are lots of great reasons to be a Christian but that is the greatest one.  If you aren't afraid to die, you are free to really live and care for others because you aren't afraid of what they can do to you if they reject you.  What's the worst thing anyone could do to you? That would be to kill you since you can recover from any words or non fatal injuries they might give you.  But if you aren't afraid to die, then there is nothing they can do to you to stop you from reaching out to them.
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Dear soldier,\n\nThe Bible gives us the full acount of sin and how sin came about. it all started in the beginning, Adam and Eve lived in a tranquel and quiet Garden named Eden, all was well and every animal was at peace and everything was as God designed it to be. The serpent (Satan) came and tempted adam and eve to disobey God. there was a tree in the garden that was forbiden, the Devil tempted adam and eve and they fell into sin and ate the Fruit from this forbidden tree. as soon as they disobeyed God they brought destruction upon themselves and also upon the rest of mankind. now we live in a fallen world. God Has promised to put an end to sin, when we all die and stand before God he will destroy sin wherever it is found. anything found with sin will be destroyed. On judgement day, we will also be judged for our actions. Every thought word and deed you have ever had will be brought up on the day of Judgement. How will you do?\nHave you Ever broken any of the Ten Commandments?\n Ever Lie?\nEver steal anything?\never use God's name in vain?\never look with lust?\n\nListen to your conscience, are you guilty of breaking these commandments? any of them (these included)? if you are guilty on the day of Judgement the bible says the outcome on the day of judgement will not be pleasant. God will have to punish you and i for our sins, the place of punishmnet is Hell. Hell is a terrible place of torment and punishment. This is not Gods will, he has provided a way for us to be forgiven. Jesus Died on the cross and took all the punishment you deserve. he stepped in for you. In order for us to recieve forgiveness however, we Must repent and turn from our sins and ask Jesus to Forgive us and grant us eternal life. Please if you have not, make sure you are ready to leave this world.
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Dear Deebster, I would like to tell you my testimony.\n\n\nI was your average, person, a very “nice guy.”  I loved my mom and dad, had a decent home, played little league, and even went to church.  Whenever I thought about life after death I had no fears at all.  After all, I believed in God and Jesus… and I thought I was a pretty good person.  I felt that if anyone could end up in Heaven, I probably would. Then came the shock of a lifetime!  Let me explain by asking you a couple of questions…\nHave you ever lied (even once--fibs, white lies, etc.)? Ever stolen (anything--the value is irrelevant)? Jesus said, "Whoever looks upon a woman to lust after her, has committed adultery already with her in his heart." Have you ever looked with lust? If you have said "Yes" to these three questions, by your own admission, you are a lying, thieving, adulterer at heart; and we’ve only looked at three of the Ten Commandments. \nWhat a shock!  God didn’t see me as the “nice guy” I imagined myself to be… and he doesn’t see you that way either. Nothing you’ve ever done is hid from His holy eyes. Will you be innocent or guilty on the Day of Judgment? Listen to your conscience. You know that you will be guilty, and therefore end up in Hell. That’s not God’s will. He provided a way for you and I to be forgiven. \nHe sent His Son to take our punishment: "God commended His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." He was bruised for our iniquities. Jesus then rose from the dead and defeated death. \nYour own so-called “goodness” can’t get you into heaven any more than mine could.  Jesus is the only way to Heaven. He is the "Door," the only "mediator." There is salvation in no other name, so pray something like this: "Dear God, I repent of all of my sins (confess them). This day I put my trust in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Please forgive me and grant me your gift of everlasting life. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen."
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I know this is long, but it's worth reading.\n\nI believe in God because I've found peace in Him.\nWhen I have a bad day at school, or if my parents get mad at me, all I have to do is read my Bible. Instant spirit boost. It reminds me that God is always there right beside me, no matter what I'm going through (and that he went there before me and knew everything that was going to happen, and that nothing happens that he doesn't already have worked out). It's a faith thing.\nTo answer your last two questions: Indeed, we are all sinners. It had to be that way. God wants us to have a relationship with him. That relationship is called "fellowship", and you can't have real fellowship with someone unless they genuinely want to. It wouldn't be a true relationship if, say, you tried to be friends with a computer; the computer just does whatever you tell it to do, it doesn't have a real choice of whether to stay with you or go somewhere else, so its friendship really means nothing. So, in order for God to have true fellowship with His creations, there had to be something standing between humans and God, so that only people who genuinely wanted God in their lives had a relationship with Him. That's why there had to be sin, and all of us had to be sinners, so that we could opt to have fellowship with God. And, if He destroyed us, there still wouldn't be fellowship. You just have to realize, God has already won. He won when He sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross for all the sins of mankind, so we can have a relationship with Him. He loves you and He wants you, and He's already forgiven you; all you have to do is accept it.\nTo answer your last question: I'm not sure about either Ghandi's or Einstein's faith in God or their salvation, so I don't know if they went to heaven or hell. But I do know this: Jesus said "No one comes to the Father except through me." So if Jesus wasn't their personal Saviour and they had not placed their trust in Him, they did not go to heaven. For the Bible says that no good deeds on this Earth are enough to "buy" your way into heaven, even if you're incredibly smart or act on integrity all the time, you still need atonement for your sins through Jesus Christ.
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Dear Ryefleit, This is an honest question with an honest answer. The Bible makes clear that there is a heaven and Hell. The Bible say's God is a Judge who will sit on his throne and judge our sins. he has revealed this fact to us through his Holy word. How will you do on Judgement day?\n \nLet me ask you a few questions.................\n\nHave you ever lied (even once--fibs, white lies, etc.)? Ever stolen (anything--the value is irrelevant)? Jesus said, "Whoever looks upon a woman to lust after her, has committed adultery already with her in his heart." Have you ever looked with lust? If you have said "Yes" to these three questions, by your own admission, you are a lying, thieving, adulterer at heart; and we’ve only looked at three of the Ten Commandments. Nothing you’ve ever done is hid from His holy eyes. Will you be innocent or guilty on the Day of Judgment? Listen to your conscience. You know that you will be guilty, and therefore end up in Hell. That’s not God’s will. He provided a way for you and I to be forgiven. \nHe sent His Son to take our punishment: "God commended His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." He was bruised for our iniquities. Jesus then rose from the dead and defeated death. \nYour own so-called “goodness” can’t get you into heaven any more than mine could.  Jesus is the only way to Heaven. He is the "Door," the only "mediator." There is salvation in no other name, so pray something like this: "Dear God, I repent of all of my sins (confess them). This day I put my trust in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Please forgive me and grant me your gift of everlasting life. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen."
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I wasn't a Christian before I knew God. \n\nLife then was miserable. This is how it was back then.....\n\nWell, even though not knowing God, life goes on as usual. The only thing is that the way I look at things.\n\nMy Perspective:\n1. I trust no one. Everyone is suspicious and could be up to no good.\n2. I love no one but only myself. Because why should I love others or give to others? What good does that benefit me?\n3. I hate and I really hate. Hatred lingers all around. For each time I am being hurt, it is burst out and it lingers for a long as I can remember.\n4. I seek for revenge and destruction. For it is my only means of protection. It is the only way I know how to defend myself for nobody loves me, nobody cares for me and I only have myself to rely on.\n5. Justice and fairness does not exist. There is no honesty and trust. Only I myself can win in all things. For only I can steal and take things away from others but others cannot take away things from me.\n6. Fun means cruelty and at the expense of other's pain.\n7. Peace and love? What's that? Never heard of and I believe it never exist. Only to the imagination of others.\n8. Money and material things reign! If you have money, you are everything. You can even be like God.\n\nAnswers to your questions:\n1. What will happen to self esteem, self worth, self perception?\nNothing happened. Self remain the highest place of existence.\n\n2. Is life worth living?\nYes, life is worth living at the expense of others. I mean life is to make money and to become powerful. So, each time you feel sad, just get somebody to be bullied, to be hurt, to be insulted. Next, get something to numb the senses or the bitterness such as (e.g drugs, alcohol, excessive behaviour like gambling, racing...etc.)\n\n3. will you be depressed and confused?\nYou see, there are those who can actually live life without God. There are religions out there that doesn't have the element of God. Therefore, they deny their senses, deny their pain, deny anything and everything. So, there are those who can actually cope with their without being confused and depressed. There are those who place wealth and wordly achievement as their "god".\n\nBut now that I know about Christianity, I believe that religion is the only means to keep a crazy world sane.
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What if it's not about bribery and punishment so much as it is about justice and mercy?\n\nNo one deserves heaven.  We all deserve hell, because that is the wage of sin.  \n\nIf there were no hell or no death, would we really get how serious sin is?\n\nIt's like asking if we would be better citizens if there were no police officers or jail.\n\nIf you read the book of Judges, there is a theme to the book that is repeated in a couple of passages.  "There was no king in Israel, and everyone did what was right in his own eyes."  You can see the sorts of trouble they got themselves into and the decline of the nation.\n\nWithout law and some means of making law meaningful (reward and punishment) anything goes.  That might work for people who feel doing good is important for its own sake, but some people really need boundaries.  Heaven and hell provide that.\n\nI think there is a part of every human heart that longs for perfection.  That is the part of us that longs for heaven.  I don't serve God just to get a reward or just to avoid punishment.  I love Him, so I serve Him.  But heaven makes trials easier.  And hell is certainly not where I want to be.
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Q1: Yes I believe in God. One look at my beautiful children tells me god exists\n\nq2: Go every so often. I have too many issues with our local church\n\nQ3: Once in a while I will read from the bible and this depends on the time of year, such as Good Friday, Christmas etc.\n\nGood luck
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So many bad answers from Christians on this it's fairly amusing.\n\n1. "Things/the rules have changed"\n\nResting on the sabbath is a moral precept of one's obligation to Yahweh.  If you are saying this changed, you are saying that God changes his morals, which opens up the idea of moral subjectivitiy.  There is no way around when God said "forever".  Either you are calling him a liar, or you are wrong.\n\n2.  "The law was destroyed"\n\nThen why did Jesus say he did not come to destroy the law?  Remember thar part in Matthew about "not one jot or tittle of the law"?  You are calling Jesus a liar here....not sure what your God would think of that.\n\n3.  Paul said hold no day above any other.\n\nSwell for Paul.  Unfortuantely, Jesus and Yahweh BOTH said different.  Tie goes to the deity, I would think.\n\n4.  "Christians are under grace, not the law"\n\nThen you can ignore the 10 commandments, I assume.  No?  Only the fourth one?  I see.  What part of "forever" and what Jesus said in Matthew don't Christians understand?\n\n******\n\nThose are just a few responses.  Christians love to pull the "Paul Card".  Go ahead and grab anything Paul may have said (ignoring that he often spoke on behalf of himself, not God) and use that to totally dismiss something either Yahweh or Jesus said.\n\nThe bible IS inconsistent.  But if I were to believe in it, I sure has heck would take God's "forever" dictate pretty serious, not Paul's bitter ramblings.
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Let me first say that all my references from the Bible are from the New Internation Version (NIV).  Please don't take offense to anything I say.  That is in no way my intention.  If I were sitting with you in person, I would say the same things, probably more.  I am only trying to answer your questions to the best of my ability.\n\n1.  Jesus said "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.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."  (John 3:16-17)  In John 14:7, He said "If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well.  From now on, you do know him and have seen him."  John 1:1 also says "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." That may not specifically say "I am God," but it does say that Jesus is part of God and that whoever knows him knows God.  \n\n2.In John 14:6 it says "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me."  When teaching the way to Heaven, Jesus said "Enter through the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." (Matthew 7:13-14)  Those who don't go to Heaven will have an eternal life of sorts, an eternal life of torment in Hell.\n\n3.  In the days before Jesus came to earth, the Jews sacrificed animals to atone for their sins, as directed by God in the books of law, the first five books of the Old Testament.  Jesus came to teach us how to live a life to glorify God and attain eternal life with Him in Heaven.  In order to stop us from having to live according to the strict laws previously given, Jesus was crucified as a sacrifice to atone for the sins of all people to ever be born.  The short answer is because God loved us. (See John 3:16-17)\n\n4.  I don't believe it is God that makes us skeptical; it is Satan who gets into our heads and makes us skeptical.  Even Satan knows that God will eventually win in the end.  He wants to take as many people to Hell with him as possible.  God didn't create you to be an agnostic.  Satan put that in your mind.  No doubt, God made you intelligent.  He could have made us where we would never question Him on anything.  However, God didn't want a world full of puppets or robots.  He gave us free will.  Christianity isn't biased toward people who are easily led.  I know many Christians who are leaders, not followers.  I've known people who were very skeptical before becoming Christians.  Whether or not to believe in the Bible and in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit is a decision that you make.  We either choose to believe or not.  Faith is the key word.  If you have faith in the world and science, you will most likely not be open to believing things that you cannot see and touch.  That doesn't mean it's impossible.  There are lots of Christians who once were skeptics.  Even Thomas, one of Jesus' disciples, needed to put his hand in the nail holes to believe that Jesus had been resurrected.  "So the other disciples told him, 'We have seen the Lord!'  But he said to them, 'Unless I see the nail marks in has hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.'  A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them.  Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you!' Then he said to Thomas, 'Put your finger here; see my hands.  Reach out your hand and put it into my side.  Stop doubting and believe.'  Thomas said to him, 'My Lord and my God!'  Then Jesus told him, 'Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed ar
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you can't cheat going to hell it is a real place ! and if you have not excepted the lord in your heart and believed died on the cross to wash you from your sins i am so sorry but that is where you are heading. you may not beleive in jesus christ, but if he wasn't real , why is he so disliked? and he doesn't send you to hell you send yourself there by not excepting him. i would be real careful about playing around with comments that you made about cheating hell. that is impossible to do. have a good day!!
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I remember asking myself this alot when I was a young girl. I asked this very question once. Someone closer to God answered this for me.\n\nIf you ask your Heavenly Father to forgive you of a sin with all your heart and mean it, he will. \n\nIf you turn around and continue to repeat that very sin, then ask for forgiveness, God looks at this as * What sin is this do you ask me to forgive you for twice?* \n\nIt was forgotten and erased away the first time you asked him. \n\nNow I do believe because we are human, we will continue to make mistakes. Some of those mistakes will probably be what we have already asked for forgiveness for. However, God does understand we are only human. This doesnt pardon you to continue to do the same thing over and over. God knows your heart. Its that simple. When and if you continue to do the same mistake over and over, God knows your heart. He will know and understand your life at that time, what you are faced with and the fact you are trying to make it better.\n\nI dont have the magic answer here. But I do believe that God knows your heart. If you are changing your life, making an effor to be righteous and do the right thing, God knows this about you. We will all falter at one time or another. Just be diligent and keep on.
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I consider myself Christian, born and raised. My family has never been strict about it though. I don't believe that non-believers will go to hell. I do however believe that if you KILL, rape, or lead a life without morals, that you will suffer in your own hell that you caused others.
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Yes, I would still love God. I like him, and I like spending time with him just learning and growing. I love him because I want to, not because I'm afraid of hell.\n\nI think that your question goes a little deeper than just that though. Something to think about: if I do something wrong, like steal, I have to be punished, maybe even sent to prison. If I wasn't, then justice would not be served and I would get away with it. Now I'm just one person. What if we let the whole world get away with stealing? We would have total chaos. We punish our criminals because we believe in justice. \n\nGod can't let us get away with out sin either. If he did, the world would be totally chaotic. If he didn't punish us for the things that we did wrong, then he would no longer be just. \n\nSo if God is just, then how is it possible that we can go to heaven? Jesus (God's Son), lived on the earth and never sinned. He died on the cross to take our place and received the punishment that we deserve. And since he conquered sin (he never sinned), he rose from the dead on the third day, conquering death as well. SO, if we as individuals accept Jesus, allowing him to take the punishment instead of us, then we get to have a relationship with God, and spend eternity praising him and enjoying him forever.  \n\nIf we weren't punished for our sins, then God would not be just. Being just is an important part of who he is. In fact, if he were not just, he would be completely different, and so would our world. (Just picture living in a world with no punishment for crimes).
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It is written, judge not lest you be judged. I will never say a person is condemned to hell, for we never know what God is doing in another persons life to bring them to savlation. I will on the other hand try to point out through  scripture that the direction, one is taking will lead them to hell, they always have opportunity to change their life.