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1 | The bible is a work of fiction - discuss | Gen 1:1 | Reformer Joe | 72327 | ||
I agree with everything you say here. And all those who will be in hell deserve to be there for being bad people. So it has everything to do with being a bad person. --Joe! |
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2 | The bible is a work of fiction - discuss | Gen 1:1 | callmethewolfe | 72343 | ||
actually it has to do with whether or not accepted christ, after all those who goto heaven also deserve hell, if being a bad person sent us to hell there would be no human in heaven, but we know some of us will goto heaven, even though we are bad people the reason one goes to hell is for denying christ, think about it if being bad people is the basis for going to hell, we would all go to hell, I maintain, based on biblical principles that being a good or bad person doesnt get us into or outof hell, but rather the redemptive work of christ |
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3 | The bible is a work of fiction - discuss | Gen 1:1 | Reformer Joe | 72347 | ||
You wrote: "actually it has to do with whether or not accepted christ" That is what determines whether one is FORGIVEN of their sins or not. Nevertheless, the ones who will be suffering in hell for all eternity will be suffering for the sins they have committed: "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." --John 8:28 You wrote: "even though we are bad people the reason one goes to hell is for denying christ" Read Romans 1:18-22. What brings God's just wrath upon human beings? Rejecting Christ? Not initially. It is our rejection and rebellion of God the Father (i.e. our sin, our violation of God's law) that puts us under His wrath and curse. The additional sin of rejecting Christ just compounds the wrath further. "think about it if being bad people is the basis for going to hell, we would all go to hell" In a redemption-less universe, we would all go to hell for being bad people, yes. Because of Christ's sinless life and substitutionary death, those who belong to him WILL NOT get what they deserve for their sins. Those who do not belong to him, however, WILL get what they deserve for their sins. People bound for hell have earned hell. Those going to heaven have not earned heaven. "Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die." --Ezekiel 18:4 You wrote: "I maintain, based on biblical principles that being a good or bad person doesnt get us into or outof hell, but rather the redemptive work of christ" How does the redemptive work of Christ get anyone into hell? This is an important issue, because it has to do with how a Christian answers the skeptic's challenge: "How could you believe in a God who is so cruel as to say that just because I do not believe in Jesus that I am going to hell?" I reply that all of us were under God's wrath before conversion (Ephesians 2:3), before we even add Jesus to the equation. Jesus gets some sinners OUT of hell, but that does not mean that being a bad person doesn't get us into hell. It is the ONLY thing that gets anyone into hell. --Joe! |
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