Back to square 1: if God won't throw us into a lake of fire unless we've sinned, then how can we say Jesus...
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The very fact that a place called Hell exists, and is described as an eternal lake of fire, pretty much throws any notion of an all-loving god out the window.\nAnd that notion hits every branch of the stupid tree on the way down.\n\nAnd when it reaches the bottom, it falls into a pool.\nAnd that pool is covered in oil.\nAnd the oil suddenly lights on fire.
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If you ask for forgiveness of your sins in Jesus name you won't go to hell, but if you continue to mock God (assuming you were to beigin with), well...\n\nThose who mocked God....\n\nIt is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7): " Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.\n\nHere are some men and women who mocked God:\n------------------------------------------------\nJOHN LENNON:\nSome years before during his interview with an American Magazine, he said:\n\n"Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple, Today we are more famous than Him" (1966).\n\nLennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, was shot six times.\n-----------------------------------------------\nTANCREDO NEVES (President of Brazil):\nDuring the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500 votes from his party, not even God would remove him from Presidency. Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made President, then he died.\n-----------------------------------------------\nCAZUZA (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet):\nDuring a show in Canecão ( Rio de Janeiro ), whilst smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said: "God, that's for you."\n\nHe died at the age of 32 of AIDS in a horrible manner.\n------------------------------------------------\nTHE MAN WHO BUILT TITANIC:\nAfter the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the Titanic would be. With an ironic tone he said: "Not even God can sink it"\n\nThe result: I think you all know what happened to the Titanic.\n------------------------------------------------\nMARILYN MONROE:\nShe was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show. \nHe is a preacher and Evangelist and the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her.\n\nAfter hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said:\n\n"I don't need your Jesus"\n \nA week later, she was found dead in her apartment.\n------------------------------------------------\n\nBON SCOTT:\nThe ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs he sang:\n"Don't stop me, I'm going down all the way, wow the highway to hell".\n\nOn the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scott was found dead, he had been choked by his vomit.\n \n------------------------------------------------\nCAMPINAS/SP IN 2005\nIn Campinas, Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a friend. The mother accompanied her to the car and was so worried about the drunkenness of her friends and she said to the daughter - holding her hand, who was already seated in the car: "MY DAUGHTER, GO WITH GOD AND MAY HE PROTECT YOU",\n\nShe responded: ONLY IF HE (GOD) TRAVELS IN THE BOOT(trunk), COZ INSIDE HERE IT'S ALREADY FULL"\n\nHours later, news came by that they had been involved in a fatal accident, everyone had died, the car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but surprisingly, the boot was intact.\n\nThe police said there was no way the boot could have remained intact. To their surprise, inside the boot was a crate of eggs, none was broken.\n-------------------------------------------------------------\nMany more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the name of Jesus. Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, and he is still alive. \nJESUS!!!\n\nWhat benefit does it have, if a man gains the whole world but loses his soul? What can man give in exchange of his soul? (Mathew 16:26)
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Hello sweet little child.. :)\n\nThis is lengthy so please forgive me ahead of time..here are quite alot of scriptures to support that we can lose our salvation..\n====================================================\n1. Fall from grace - Gal. 5:1-4,13 \n2. Be led away with error - 2 Pet. 3:17 \n3. Err from the truth - James 5:19-20 \n4. Weak brother may perish - 1 Cor. 8:11 \n5. Fall into condemnation - James 5:12 \n6. Be moved away from the hope - Col. 1:21-23 \n7. Deny the Lord who bought them - 2 Pet. 2:1 \n8. Depart from the living God - Heb. 3:12 \n9. Can be a castaway - 1 Cor. 9:27 \n10. Can become accursed children - 2 Pet. 2:14 \n\nWhat the scriptures say. \n\n1 Parable of sower \n\nMark 4:16 (Luke 8:13) "And in a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; (they believe for a while) and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away. \n\n2 Fallen from grace passage: \n\nGalatians 5:4 "You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace." \n\n\n3 Pruning passages: \n\nJohn 15:5-6 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." \n\nRomans 11:19-23 "You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you. Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again." \n\n4 Hebrews Passages: \n\nHebrews 6:4-6 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and put Him to open shame. \n\nHebrews 10:26-27 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries." \n\nHebrews 10:38-39 "But My righteous one shall live by faith; And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul." \n\n5 Doctrinal Apostasy passages: \n\nActs 20:17,28-30 "And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church." ... "I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them." \n\n1 Timothy 1:18-21 "fight the good fight, keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. Among these are HYMENAEUS and Alexander" \n\n2 Timothy 2:16-18 But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are HYMENAEUS and Philetus, men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and thus they upset the faith of some. \n\n1 Timothy 4:1 &quo
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1. Repent of his sins\n2. Confess\n3. Be baptized!
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Dear Bill, I would Like to explain why a person goes to hell and Howwe can escape the consequences of hell. I would like to 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, and if you will repent (turn from sin) and place your faith and trust in jesus, God will forgive you of your sins and grant you eternal life. A person dosent go to Hell because they are foolish, but raher because they have trasgressed the Law. Please, turn from sin and trust in the savior today.\nGod Bless\nWDJD
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You can "what if" till the cows come home, and that wouldn't change a thing.  What we have is God's Word on how to get to Heaven.  It is only through Jesus Christ.  Not how "good" we can be, or how "nice" we are, but by following Christ.\n\n"Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."  (John 14:6)\n\nNo wishful thinking, no "what if;" nothing we do can change what is.\n\nUPDATE:  I give folks a "bad name" because I quoted biblical truth?  Gee, that was tolerant!  Besides, it is not "magic words" that get you into heaven, but faith in Christ.  Someone can say Jesus is Lord, and not believe that in his heart, and would still end up lost.
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Matthew\n\nThose who bear bad fruit will be cut down and burned "with unquenchable fire." 3:10, 12
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What would Jesus say?
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well I like this potion in the bible Jeremaiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. and also Rom 8:31-\n31What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32Since God did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?\n    33Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? Will God? No! He is the one who has given us right standing with himself. 34Who then will condemn us? Will Christ Jesus? No, for he is the one who died for us and was raised to life for us and is sitting at the place of highest honor next to God, pleading for us.\n\n    35Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in danger or threatened with death? 36(Even the Scriptures say, "For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep."[l]) 37No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.\n\n    38And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away. 39Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nI love this passages it keeps me going knowing that the Lord has something good for me and He is always there for me also no matter what I am going thru be it as a result of my mistake or something I have to go thru, I know it that nothing can separet mew from The Love of God and I mean nothing
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Accept Jesus as your savior, repent for your sins, and ask for forgiveness.  It's that simple.\n\nTwo criminals were hanging on crosses next to Jesus.  One mocked him and told him that if he was Son of God, he could take them all down from the crosses.  The other dude told him to shut up, and that they deserved to be there and Jesus didn't.  Then he turned to Jesus and said, "remember me when you go to heaven."  Jesus replied, "This day we will be in Paradise."  He was sorry for being a sinner, he accepted Christ, and he asked for forgiveness.  He got to go to heaven.\n\nIt doesn't matter how good a person is.  They have to sincerely do what I described, or they will be cast into a lake of fire on judgement day.
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Jesus saved us from our sins ONLY if we are truly sorry and ask for forgiveness.  I don't believe not believing in God is a sin, but that person is a member of the LOST and therefore not a candidate for heaven.....)(
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Jesus had said its not what goes into the mouth that defiles us but what come out.  we sin when we deny Jesus and speak evil  even gossip. the tongue often courses us to sin  so yes it is truth.
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God knew that Jesus would die for our sins, as well as Jesus knowing that he would die for our sins. As Jesus stated in the Garden...\n\nJesus prays: "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. . ." \n\nHe was speaking of the 4th cup of the passover meal, which he had not drank from the passover meal (which Christians refer to as the last supper), knowing full well what lay in store for him, only after He had fulfilled Scripture when he said on the Cross "it is finished" did he drink of the fruit of the vine again which was the 4th Cup of the Jewish Passover meal.
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Jesus is saying that only God can save a person, that it is possible. Man cannot save man, therefore it is impossible.
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for all have sin and fall short of the glory of god. Jesus died so that we might have a choice either to live for him or the devil if we don't live for him we will be judged and be cast into the lake of fire in hell.
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If we have committed our lives to God based on what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross -- then when we die, we go to be with God, to live in his presence for eternity.\n\nIf we reject the gospel of Jesus Christ (i.e., we do not commit our lives to God based on what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross) -- then we will ultimately go to the negative afterlife (where we will experience negative consequences that match the extent to which we sinned and rebelled against God and that match the extent to which we hurt others by our actions or inaction.)\n\nCordially,\nJohn\nhttp://www.GodSci.org
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We have to remember that God is a just God.  He will not hold a person responsible for rejecting Christ if that person never had the ability to accept Him.