Accepting Krishna instead of Christ

[hartlandcat]

I was just wanted to hear a Christian perspective on this. Before anyone mentions anything about it, I realise that most Hindus do not view Krishna in the way, but that's besides the point here.

So let's say I admit that I'm a sinner, repent, accept Lord Krishna as the Son of God and my personal savoir, ask him for forgiveness and believe that he was crucified and died for my sins. Do you believe that I could be saved this way? I would have done basically the right thing. I would have just chosen the wrong person as my savoir (Krishna lived a fairly similar life to Christ, except that he lived in India about 2,000 years before). Do you believe that God would forgive me for choosing the wrong person? Would I be damned to hell for this mistake, or would I be allowed to go to heaven?

 

[Richard]

So let's say I admit that I'm a sinner, repent, accept Lord Krishna as the Son of God and my personal savoir, ask him for forgiveness and believe that he was crucified and died for my sins. Do you believe that I could be saved this way? I would have done basically the right thing. I would have just chosen the wrong person as my savoir (Krishna lived a fairly similar life to Christ, except that he lived in India about 2,000 years before).

No you wouldn't be saved by this. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life, nobody comes to the Father(God) Except through me."

Do you believe that God would forgive me for choosing the wrong person?

Yes, although God would forgive you , you would not be saved by accepting Krishna as your personal Lord and Savior.

Would I be damned to hell for this mistake, or would I be allowed to go to heaven?

You would go to Heaven IF and ONLY IF you accepeted CHrist , as your personal Lord and Savior.....only way.

 

[hartlandcat]

Thank you for your response. In your view, would God prefer that I accept Lord Krishna as my personal savour as outlined above, or would God prefer that I be an atheist?

 

[Richard]

I don't think God would want you to choose either because in the end you are not glorifying him. What holding you back from excepting Christ? If you say Krishna followed the same path as Christ, but earlier , why not accept him as your personal savior and be rewared eternity in Heaven ?

 

[hartlandcat]

I don't think God would want you to choose either because in the end you are not glorifying him. What holding you back from excepting Christ?

So you're saying that you don't believe that God favours those who at least make an attempt to reach him (but get it wrong) over those who don't believe in him at all?

What holding you back from excepting Christ? If you say Krishna followed the same path as Christ, but earlier , why not accept him as your personal savior and be rewared eternity in Heaven ?

This is merely a hypothetical situation which I was presenting. I haven't accepted Krishna in this way. My experiences of life have led me to have the beliefs which I have (i.e. not Evangelical Trinitarian Christianity) -- that is why I do not accept Christ as my personal savour. It certainly has nothing to do with Krishna.

 

[Richard]

So you're saying that you don't believe that God favours those who at least make an attempt to reach him (but get it wrong) over those who don't believe in him at all?

Yes that is what i'm saying

 

[BillR]

I don't think God would want you to choose either because in the end you are not glorifying him. What holding you back from excepting Christ? If you say Krishna followed the same path as Christ, but earlier , why not accept him as your personal savior and be rewared eternity in Heaven ?

Amen to that only through Jesus

 

[serafaith]

Jesus Christ is the only "saviour" who's ever been raised from the dead...He is the ONLY way to the Father. Following Him is also the only way to lasting peace and contentment in THIS world. All else may come and go...Christ remains the same! Praise God for that. Blessings......

 

[AvgJoe]

...that is why I do not accept Christ as my personal savour.

It is Christ, who personally revealed to us in John 3:3, 5-7, 9, 14-16,

3) "I assure you, unless you are born again, you can never see the Kingdom of God."

5) "The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. 6) Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven. 7) So don't be surprised at my statement that you must be born again.

9) "What do you mean?" Nicodemus asked.

14) And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so I, the Son of Man, must be lifted up on a pole, 15) so that everyone who believes in me will have eternal life. 16)"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

and in John 14:6,

"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."


Jesus said it Himself, "I am the way, there is no other."

 

[WashedClean]

8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers and elders of the people! 9If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and are asked how he was healed, 10then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11He is
" 'the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the capstone.[a]'[b] 12Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

 

[Iron Lion]

(Krishna lived a fairly similar life to Christ, except that he lived in India about 2,000 years before)

im sick of hearing Krishna and Jesus lived similar lives. The major parts of what people call "almost the same" have been distorted far beyond truth.

The biggest lies of these are that Krishna was born of a virgin and krishnia was crucifed on a tree (or cross if you will).

there is a website goin around showing about 30 things about Krishna and Jesus that are the "same" ,a massvie majority of these have been debunked by hindus here as stretching the truth.

besides this the 2 men came from different parts of the world in 2 totaly different times. and on that many believe Krishna is just part of hindu mothology.

 

[Richard]

The biggest lies of these are that Krishna was born of a virgin and krishnia was crucifed on a tree (or cross if you will).

thats whack

 

[vipertaja]

why not accept him as your personal savior and be rewared eternity in Heaven?

Careful lest you sound like a mercenary.

 

[one way]

The Bible says 'There is no other name under Heaven given to men by which we must be saved.' Acts 4:12 NIV
This is referring to Jesus.

 

[WashedClean]

Also, Krishna didn't fulfill prophecy, Jesus did.

 

[Quijote]

I was just wanted to hear a Christian perspective on this. Before anyone mentions anything about it, I realise that most Hindus do not view Krishna in the way, but that's besides the point here.

So let's say I admit that I'm a sinner, repent, accept Lord Krishna as the Son of God and my personal savoir, ask him for forgiveness and believe that he was crucified and died for my sins. Do you believe that I could be saved this way? I would have done basically the right thing. I would have just chosen the wrong person as my savoir (Krishna lived a fairly similar life to Christ, except that he lived in India about 2,000 years before). Do you believe that God would forgive me for choosing the wrong person? Would I be damned to hell for this mistake, or would I be allowed to go to heaven?

I need you to clarify something:

When you say you accept Lord Krishna as your personal savior, do you mean that you are accepting Chrisianity but instead of calling him Jesus you are calling him Krishna? or do you mean that you are accepting Hinduism instead of Christianity?

cheers

 

[hartlandcat]

When you say you accept Lord Krishna as your personal savior, do you mean that you are accepting Chrisianity but instead of calling him Jesus you are calling him Krishna? or do you mean that you are accepting Hinduism instead of Christianity?

I actually mean accepting Christianity but calling him Krishna instead of Jesus, and believing that he lived in India in about 2000 BC (instead of in Palestine in the first century AD).

 

[Quijote]

I actually mean accepting Christianity but calling him Krishna instead of Jesus, and believing that he lived in India in about 2000 BC (instead of in Palestine in the first century AD).

But otherwise, would you hold to the regular tenants of Christianity?

cheers

 

[Iron Lion]

I actually mean accepting Christianity but calling him Krishna instead of Jesus, and believing that he lived in India in about 2000 BC (instead of in Palestine in the first century AD).

now thats hot goin to work is it? 2 different people. Its wouldnt be Jesus you would be saved by.

 

[NothingButTheBlood]

There are several reasons Krishna is not Jesus Christ. Given time I can think of more.

Krishna worship animals, esp. cows. They also bath and dress idols of Krishna in their temples.

Deuteronomy 5:8 (KJV): Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
9: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,