How will I be chosen for heaven?

[hipster]

How does God decide whether one is worthy of a place in heaven or a place in hell?

 

[skier_lacey12]

I have heard many things. I learned from youth group that God asked you a question, "Why should i let you in heaven?" The answer to that for all of us would be, "you shouldn't, i don't deserve" Because we all fall short of the glory of God. If you believe in God and you have asked him into your heart, know that you will go to heaven. Everyone sins and God always forgives, you just have to ask for the forgiveness and confess that you have sined.
I'm still a little confussed about hell so im sorry can't really help there.

 

[Wakeup2god]

God knows that none of us are worthy, that's why He sent Jesus. We are made right with God through Jesus.

Do you believe in Jesus, who He says He is? Do you accept him as your personal saviour? If so you're going to heaven, never mind what you've done before in your life. Your slate gets wiped clean and satan has no hold on you. Come judgement day Jesus will plead your case for you.

 

[rejectreality]

Forgive me on this, Im no expert. I think the key is forgiveness. All you have to do is ask, it's always there. So long as you truely want it, God will grant you forgiveness and that's the ticket to heaven in my opinion. Otherwise, Im in trouble. Just my thoughts, God bless.

 

[hipster]

But then if God 'always forgives' then everyone finds a place in heaven, so we can act as we wish whilst living and as long as forgivness is requested we will be accepted?

 

[loves god]

No-one is worthy according to the bible.
He has already knows who is going to heaven and who is going to hell but it is largely our responsibility to completely surrender our whole lives to him and love him above all.
If you do that then youre pretty safe in his hands.

 

[hipster]

No-one is worthy according to the bible.
He has already knows who is going to heaven and who is going to hell but it is largely our responsibility to completely surrender our whole lives to him and love him above all.
If you do that then youre pretty safe in his hands.

Sorry for the confusion but are you saying as long as I am a Christian I can do as I please whilst living as the Lord will protect me from Hell?

 

[rejectreality]

Not exactly, like WakeUp2God stated, you have to know Jesus. You have to make an honest attmept at following God's ways. But we all make mistakes along the way and if we ask, then God will forgive them. Like I said, Im no expert on the subject. I hope some of these answers might help though. God bless.

 

[hipster]

Not exactly, like WakeUp2God stated, you have to know Jesus. You have to make an honest attmept at following God's ways. But we all make mistakes along the way and if we ask, then God will forgive them. Like I said, Im no expert on the subject. I hope some of these answers might help though. God bless.

Thank you. The problem is that I think I do have enough understanding of Jesus to understand his level of forgiveness and understanding of others plights therfore I do not understand the concept of the supposed judgment of God and the idea of hell.

This is crucial to the whole concept of Christain morality. Does God choose forgiveness or damnation, were is the line drawn?

 

[Wakeup2god]

Jesus said if you love me you will obey my commands.

paul wrote, 'we do not sin so that grace may abound.

Gods no fool, neither is He God all matey. He knows the hearts of men. the only way to get to know Jesus is to accept Him and get in a relationship with Him. If you know the Son you'll know the Father.

 

[hipster]

Jesus said if you love me you will obey my commands.

paul wrote, 'we do not sin so that grace may abound.

Gods no fool, neither is He God all matey. He knows the hearts of men. the only way to get to know Jesus is to accept Him and get in a relationship with Him. If you know the Son you'll know the Father.

Forgive me but this does not answer my question.

 

[rejectreality]

WakeUp2God is right again. Like it's said, No one enters the kingdom except through Jesus Christ. Know Him and you'll know God.

 

[Wakeup2god]

Thank you. The problem is that I think I do have enough understanding of Jesus to understand his level of forgiveness and understanding of others plights therfore I do not understand the concept of the supposed judgment of God and the idea of hell.

This is crucial to the whole concept of Christain morality. Does God choose forgiveness or damnation, were is the line drawn?

the bottom line hipster is that if you turn up on judgement day without Jesus as your defence you're going to hell basically. the choice is yours.

god bless you

 

[hipster]

the bottom line hipster is that if you turn up on judgement day without Jesus as your defence you're going to hell basically. the choice is yours.

god bless you

Surely Jesus will be in heaven to aide in judgement on myself and others?

Why is their a bottom line - what does this mean? Why is it that you are lost to heaven at the moment of death - surely you can still attain worth in the eyes of God/Jesus at the point of death whether you have been a practising Christian during your life time or not? - otherwise Gods judgement seems somwhat petty i.e He would be saying if your not with me your against me - this would seem to me to be lacking in any understanding in the complexity of life, a God that deems people only worthy if they go to Church? - read the Bible? Believe in Jesus? This would seem to be a very simplistic reactionary God - that's not how I would view him, it seems to be how many Christains view him - how can that be?

 

[Wakeup2god]

Firstly when you get before God will you say Lord, Lord, and Jesus wil say, sorry, who are you, do I know you. I don't remember ever meeting you when you were alive!

Secondly. o one knows what happens in a mans last seconds. We can only go off gods insired word the bible.

Do I sense that you are just here to play tennis with me hipster? i'm only telling you what the bible says. the choice is yours.

 

[hipster]

Tennis? That's pretty disrispectful. These are serious questions that I believe require some form of thealogical enquiry - this is a forum for discussion after all, there should be no bottom line.

Can someone else possibly tackle my query without resorting to dead end responses?

 

[Wakeup2god]

This is crucial to the whole concept of Christain morality. Does God choose forgiveness or damnation, were is the line drawn?

By where is the line drawn you obviously don't mean the bottom line!

I'm obviously not saying what you want to hear.

God bless

 

[rejectreality]

This would seem to be a very simplistic reactionary God - that's not how I would view him, it seems to be how many Christains view him - how can that be?

Well, I view Him as a simple God. He simply told us His rules, and then gave us the choice whether or not to follow them. If we follow them, we get the reward of Heaven. If we choose not to, then we are condemned to Hell. And, I hate to be redundant, even if we don't follow His rules to a T, we can still have heaven by asking forgiveness. Im sorry if this is too simple of an answer, but I don't see how it could be any other way. If you have a more directed question on the subject, it would help a great deal.

 

[vinsight4u]

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[Sam Gamgee]

God will judge our life... the choices we have made and the things we have done.

That's why it's called "judgement day"