If you died right now...

[Soldat_fur_Christ]

and Jesus asked you, "Why should I let you into Heaven?" And you were given an opportunity to respond, what would you say?

 

[MyHeart07]

I would simply say "because I have accepted your gift of salvation and have been washed in Your precious Blood"

My sins have been forgiven. Thank You Lord Jesus...

 

[2Cosmic2Charlie]

"I am the worst case senerio of Your dying to destroy our death and rising to restore our life - where is the hospitality tent ? "

(I've got friends who agreed to meet me there)

 

[Michael G]

"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner."

 

[King of the Nations]

and Jesus asked you, "Why should I let you into Heaven?" And you were given an opportunity to respond, what would you say?

Oh no...



Soldat, go back to the other thread. Keep studying. If you have questions, please ask. Until then, asking the same question over and over again under a different form until you get the prepackaged answer you think you are supposed to is going to be terribly unfruitful...

Greg

 

[MaideninWaiting]

I'd probably be too overwhelmed to speak at all, so I'd just remain silent.

 

[AMDG]

Mercy Lord. Have mercy.

 

[Davidnic]

Something like. "I haven't done anything to earn it, it's Your call to let me in." Then I'd worry I was too casual and add..."sir."

Honestly, I'd stammer. I'd fret. I'd worry. It's Salvation, a big issue. But I would trust in Him. Because in the end, that is the heart of who we need to be.

Those who love Him. Who trust in Him. In the end...what better could we do. Where else do we place our trust if not the Lord. At that moment and all moments.


So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?” Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. “We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.”
John 6:67-69

 

[Soldat_fur_Christ]

Oh no...



Soldat, go back to the other thread. Keep studying. If you have questions, please ask. Until then, asking the same question over and over again under a different form until you get the prepackaged answer you think you are supposed to is going to be terribly unfruitful...

Greg

Have I done anything wrong?

 

[Tigg]

I don't expect Jesus to ask me any such question. He will do with me exactly what is right.

-Peace-

 

[Rhamiel]

He should not let me into heaven, only through His grace could I ever loose the stain of sin that makes me such a misserable human being. Since He has removed the sin from me I see no reason for Him to keep me from heaven, this is after the final go around in Purgatory, I will not get to see Him untill that little triffle is done with, so I imagine it would be more of a "welcome home" rather then "why should I let you in"

 

[King of the Nations]

Have I done anything wrong?

Soldat,

Your original post in the other thread and now especially this one suggest to me that you are here to essentially "proselytize" Catholics, as both questions follow a very common formula. Your lack of a response to the last couple posts in the other thread and subsequent introduction of this one adds to that notion. (A common approach of Protestants who want to "correct" Catholics is to hit them with one question, then, when it isn't answered the way they want to it be, they'll introduce another without resolution of the first.)

If I am mistaken, and you are only here to enquire about Catholic belief, my apologies. But if you are here to try and "show us the way", please note a couple of things: 1) You are not allowed to debate Catholic theology in this forum (or Lutheran theology in the Lutheran forum, or Reformed theology in the Reformed forum, etc.); and 2) The paradigm through which you view salvation is incomplete. It is a black and white, "immature" (see note clairfying what I mean by this in the other thread) approach and...I don't know. All I can say is that you are wasting your time here.

Peace,

Greg

 

[faerieevaH]

Because I love you, Oh Lord. Please have mercy.

 

[King of the Nations]

Incidentally, Soldat, this question is already answered by the Bible:

Matt 25:31-46

"When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32: Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33: and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.

34: Then the King will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35: for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36: I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' 37: Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? 38: And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? 39: And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?' 40: And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

41: Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; 42: for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43: I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' 44: Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?' 45: Then he will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.' 46: And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

See http://www.catholic.com/library/Pillar.asp for more.

Greg

 

[Mysterium_Fidei]

I absolutely love your Mother, Lord. XD

 

[WarriorAngel]

Dont know what I would say.

I would hope I sought repentence for all my sins b4 I died.
Showing I had faith in His sacraments...and showing my heartfelt pain in ever sinning.

I would hope I dont have to wait to say I am sorry after I die.

 

[Aaron-Aggie]

I highly recommedn "Prepration for Death" by St. Liguroi

THIRD POINT.
Importance of the Last Moment.
How great, then, the folly of those who, for the miserable
and transitory delights of this short life,
expose themselves to the danger of an unhappy
death, and afterward of an unhappy eternity. Oh! how
important is that last moment, that last gasp, the last
closing of the scene ! On it depends an eternity either of
all delights or of all torments—a life of eternal happiness
or of everlasting woe. Let us consider that Jesus Christ
submitted to a cruel and ignominious death in order to
obtain for us the grace of a good death. That we may at
that last moment die in the grace of God, is the reason
why he gives us so many calls, so many lights, and admonishes
us by so many threats.
Antisthenes, though a pagan, being asked what was the
greatest blessing which man could receive in this world,
answered, A good death. And what will a Christian say,
who knows by faith, that at the moment of death eternity
begins, and that at that moment he lays hold of one of
two wheels, which draws with it either eternal joy or
everlasting torments ? If there were two tickets in a
lottery, on one of which might be written HELL and on the
other Heaven, what care would you not take to draw that
which would give you a right to Paradise, and to avoid the
other, by which you would win a place in Hell ! O God !
how the hands of those unhappy men tremble who are
condemned to throw the die on which their life or death
depends ! How great will be your terror at the approach
of that last hour, when you will say : On this moment​

depends my life or death for eternity; on this depends

whether I shall be forever happy or forever in despair ! St.
Bernardine of Sienna relates, that at death a certain
prince exclaimed, with trembling and dismay: Behold, I
have so many kingdoms and palaces in this world; but if I
die this night I know not what apartment shall be
assigned to me.
Brother, if you believe that you must die, that there is an
eternity, that you can die only once, and that if you then
err your error will be forever irreparable, why do you not
resolve to begin at this moment to do all in your power to
secure a good death ? St. Andrew Avellino said with
trembling: “Who knows what will be my lot in the next
life? Shall I be saved or damned ?” The thought of the
uncertainty of being damned or saved filled St. Louis
Bertrand with so much terror, that he could not sleep
during the night, because of this thought which would
suggest itself to him: “Who knows whether thou wilt be
lost ?” And will not you, who have committed so many
sins, tremble? Oh ! hasten to apply a remedy in time;
resolve to give yourself sincerely to God, and begin from
this moment a life which, at the hour of death, will be to
you a source, not of affliction, but of consolation. Give
yourself up to prayer, frequent the Sacraments, avoid all
dangerous occasions, and, if necessary, leave the world,
secure to yourself eternal salvation, and be persuaded
that to secure eternal life no precaution can be too great.
Affections and Prayers.
O my dear Saviour! how great are my obligations to Thee!
How hast Thou been able to bestow so many graces on so
ungrateful a traitor as I have been ? Thou hast created
me ; and in creating me Thou didst see the injuries which I
would commit against Thee. Thou didst redeem me by
dying for me: and then, too, Thou didst see the ingratitude​

which I would be guilty of toward Thee. Being placed in

the world I turned my back upon Thee by my sins. My soul
was dead and rotten, and Thou didst restore me to life. I
was blind, and Thou hast enlightened me. I had lost Thee,
and Thou didst enable me to find Thee. I was Thy enemy,
and Thou hast made me Thy friend. O God of mercy, make
me feel the obligations which owe Thee, and make me
weep over the offences which I have committed against
Thee, Ah ! take vengeance on me by giving me a great
sorrow for my sins. Do not chastise me by the privation of
Thy grace and love. O eternal Father, I abhor and detest,
above all evils, the injuries I have done Thee. Have mercy
on me for the sake of Jesus Christ. Look at Thy Son dead
on the cross. “ Sanguis ejus super me.” May his blood
flow upon me, and wash my soul! O King of my heart! Thy
kingdom come. I am resolved to banish every affection
which is not for Thee. I love Thee above all things ; come
and reign in my soul with undivided sway. Grant that I
may love Thee, and love nothing but Thee. I desire to
please Thee to the utmost of my ability, and to do Thy will
in all things, during the remainder of my life. Bless, O my
Father, this my desire, and grant me the grace to keep
myself always united to Thee. All my affections I
consecrate to Thee, and from this day forward I Wish to
belong to Thee alone, my treasure, my peace, my hope,
my love, my all. I hope for all graces through the merits of
Thy Son. Mary, my queen and mother, assist me by thy​

intercession. Mother of God ! pray for me.

 

[King of the Nations]

And adoration.



Greg

 

[BillH]

"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner."

Took the words right out of my mouth.

 

[OpenDoor]

I would want to say, "Lord I believe and trust in you, please have mercy on me". But it probably would come out as "I'M SORRY!"