Here comes my question about about sins and forgiveness.
“I promise you that any of the sinful things you say or do can be forgiven, no matter how terrible those things are. But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven. That sin will be held against you forever.” — Mark 3:28-29
So correct me if i am wrong but if you molest a child, confess and pray for redemption God will forgive you and you will go to heaven.
But if you deny the authority and power of God, but have never committed a major sin, Peter is just going to send you straight to hell?
Hello TajDin..
first thing i would like to do is quote that scripture but with the KJV translation because i am familiar with it and esteem it highly..
Mark 3: KJV
28 "Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: {29}
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: {30}
Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit."
I this incident some scribes from Jerusalem had witnessed some of the miracles Jesus performed and so they accused Him of doing those miracles by the power of the king of demons.. Jesus was doing those miracles by the power of Gods Holy Spirit then the scribes where accusing the Holy Spirit of being a demon.. And this was the sin that will never have forgiveness..
Ok with that out of the way lets continue with your question..
God is perfect TajDIN so any sin no matter how minor will cause one to be cast into the eternal lake of fire because the pass mark to enter into a perfect eternal existence is Perfection / 100% .. So it matters not if a person scores 2% in goodness in life or they score 98% in goodness in life Both marks are a auto failure where God is concerned.. Therefore all ones sins must be forgiven in a just way by God.. And the Way of salvation God has made is by believing Jesus and trusting in the atonement ( payment ) just made by suffering the death sentence that is upon all sinners like all of us.. So it matters not if one molests a child or steals a cookie from their moms cookie jar.. Both sins need to be forgiven justly by God for us to be redeemed by God and saved from the eternal lake of fire..
As for Peter He has no say in who will be saved and who will not be saved.. This will be determined by God upon the day of judgement.. Talk about Peter being the judge is founded on traditions of men not on the Bible..
Ok now for the second part of your post...
Talking about selfish: Religious preachers(and i am not saying that for all of them).
They are financed by us while Christian church ramains to be one of the wealthiest institiutions. I do not get that. They preach about the almighty, all-good God and Christian morals while wearing 2000$ suit and gladly taking money from you. Which in my eyes is not something Jesus would stand by.
So what are your views on that?
Do not mix the actions of religious men and institutions on earth with the Bible / word of God.. Men are faulty and religious men and human organizations can be as corrupt as any other.. What is important is the Words and actions of God revealed in the Bible.. The words and actions of men with titles in religious organizations can vary from good to appalling.. People are people but God is God.. Two different topics..
You guys aren't dumb. You probably are smart people.
Thanks for conceding that
How can smart people believe in the talking snake, people living to 900 years old and the virgin birth?
Because we believe God exists... Now if God exists ( and He does ) making a snake talk or causing people to live 900 years or making so a virgin gives birth is child's play for Him.. See once you believe a God exists these things become easy to believe... Oh and you missed the Talking Donkey
They usually include the talking Donkey Balaam rode in their examples of ""impossible things that cannot happen.. lol But yeah if a person believes God does not exist then even the most basic miracle in the Bible becomes impossible to such a person..
And lastly the question that all non-believers like to ask.
If God is all-good and he can do anything, why doesn't he just obliterate the devil and therefore get rid of evil in the world?
Because God must establish first that satan's claim to Godhood is wrong to all the heavenly host.. You know Angels of Heaven.... If God simply vaporized satan then the Angels would end up believing that the satanic rebellion was defeated not because satan was wrong in his claim to Godhood but because God simply had ultimate power to destroy whomsoever He likes.. God then you become an unjust brutal dictator in the eyes of the heavenly Host and they would bow to him out of fear not out of Awe and admiration.. How would you like to live in an eternal dictatorship in an atmosphere of fear??? I bet you would not like that.. So God had to go through the entire process of allowing His creation to be sabotaged by satan so as to put into effect his ultimate demonstration as to why He ( God) is justified in being the One and only God of all existence and why satans claim to Godhood is unjust and sin...
That way all creation will willingly worship God with pure admiration because they know that He is perfect and pure in love also.. They will not live in fear.. But be in an eternal state of bliss..