have you ever sinned?
I trust in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of my sins. The bible says "blessed is the man whose sins are forgiven". However the wages of sin is still death for those who reject Christ's sacrifice.
have you ever sinned?
You are the one who questioned whether I have read your beliefs.
The scriptures speak about LIFE TO OUR SPIRITS. The scriptures also say our spirits cannot die by the hands of men; and, that Jesus preached the gospel to the spirits of those who died long ago.
You said you believe what the Bible says. When I showed you other things the Bible says, you only wanted me to read what you believe.
You prove you do not only believe what the Bible teaches.
The verse you posted didn't say what you said it said.
The scriptures I gave do say what I said they said.
John 3:16?
Dear freelight,
No, I would not condemn my children to such. Jesus said we all must be like children to enter heaven, so all of the children, even certain adults, are safe and go to heaven.
I've noticed that the NKJV doesn't translate well, especially Isaiah 45:7. My KJV has a nice center reference also.
Yes, it is a parable, but in Rev. 19:20, it says that those who received the mark of the beast were thrown in the lake of fire and Rev. 20:10 says that the beast, false prophet and Satan shall be there forever.
They are His children, believe it or not. So were Hitler, Mussolini, even Pharoah of Egypt, or Khomeini or bin Laden. I would think that God, being as huge-hearted as He is, will send very few to the lake of fire, since they will be judged according to their works and also, man against Satan is hardly a fair match. So I'm sure God will take that into plenty of consideration. I see that if Hell is giving up those that are in it, then many of those in Hell could be forgiven. Only God knows.
And there is no mention of it all being a different time for each soul to spend in the Lake of Fire as if it were jail.
Also, those who turn many to righteousness Shall BE as the stars forever and ever. (Daniel 12:3). You can bet on it.
There is no problem unless you feel you are not keeping His commandments, which are your works. Loving God, and loving each other are the most important. The others fall into place here and there.
Thanks for your time and letting me bend your ear some.
But you insist that God will roast his children forever and ever to no end. This is insanity, let alone a blight against the good, wise and merciful nature of 'God'.
The NJKV does just fine, an improvement of the KJV in various ways. We might also note that the KJV is NOT the most accurate translation that exists, so I beg to differ with the 'KJV-only' folks.
I believe we've already covered that the greek word 'aion' refers to an 'age' or indefinite period of time, and does not necessarily mean a never ending duration of time. Hence the term 'forever and ever' in the English language does not approximate the true meaning of the original language.
Honest Questions and Answers about 'Hell'
All comes under the ultimacy and government of God's eternal justice and mercy, mediated by his eternal love and wisdom. Can anyone fathom his infinite love? Who can measure it?
But note that according to the law of compensation (karma)...each will only suffer the penalty for his own sins, not more or less severe, and will owe the debt that is commensurate to the crime committed, having to 'do time' only in proportion to that sin, for such is the law in its perfect fairness, measure for measure. Again we call this 'karmic inter-action'...the 'law of compensation'; 'law of justice', 'cause/effect', 'law of self-responsibility', etc. - it all refers back to 'action' which is what 'karma' means, and its accompanying effects.
'Fire' is also a metaphor or symbol for the purifying flame of God's holy presence, which incinerates or transforms all that is not of God into only pure God-substance, where all the dross is burned away, leaving on the pure gold of divinity, or divine potential of the soul intact. Does he not baptize us in the holy spirit and fire? - such is a regenerating/revitalizing/purifying flame!
Yes, the light of truth and justice blazes on forever.
Aumen. The law is love itself, the fundamental principle behind all relations. It is primary (first principle), while all else is secondary (relative).
"Love God and your brother as you love and value yourself". - "Do this and you will live (have eternal life, by satisfying the law).
To 'see' and 'hear' is everything. A pure heart is indispensable with a receptive spirit. - this is why only the pure in heart see 'God'. Purity enables true 'seeing', and it arises from the essence of pure 'being'.
pj
I just believe what the Bible says.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The wicked shall perish, the wicked shall be no more.
All who believe in him shall not perish but will have eternal life.
The way is wide that leads to destruction, the way is narrow that leads to life.
The soul who sins shall die, but when a wicked person turns away from his sins, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Each child is born to sinners... therefore: they are subject to death.I believe the NT is wrong because death is not the wage of sin but of having been born. Many babies die without having ever had time to sin.
He submitted Himself to death, even though He never sinned. Because of that mis-carriage of justice, He is able to swap His Life for our death.And for eternal life, that's a gift God never granted to man. On the contrary, man was banished out of the Garden of Eden in order not to eat of the tree of life and live forever. (Gen. 3:22) And the evidence that eternal life does not come as a result of believing in Jesus is the fact that we all die, believers or not. Even Jesus himself died.
Jesus died, and it was our sins that caused His death.If the soul who sins shall die it means that no one can die for the sins of another. (Jeremiah 31:30) Therefore, Jesus did not die for our sins.
Each child is born to sinners... therefore: they are subject to death.
That's morally contemptible. If you support such a concept, you need some help.
If the soul who sins shall die it means that no one can die for the sins of another. (Jeremiah 31:30) Therefore, Jesus did not die for our sins.
We do not live in our flesh forever because Adam sinned. That is why we die. We are all sinners. If you have been born and die before you sin, it does not mean there was a chance for you to live and never sin.
If the soul who sins shall die it means that no one can die for the sins of another. (Jeremiah 31:30) Therefore, Jesus did not die for our sins.
We are to believe in Jesus, have faith in what his blood does for us. We are to confess our sins, and repent of them; repenting of sins means to be sorry for them and to stop doing them. We also then live our new lives obeying Jesus. We have the Holy Spirit to comfort us, to fill our hearts with God's love.If we're all sinners yet we can get to heaven anyway - why be good? Just rape and murder until you're old and then apologise.
That scripture says God so loved the world.
God love 'us' is in general.
God does not even know you unless you love Him, and we love God by obeying.
1 Corinthians 8:3 But whoever loves God is known by God.
1 John 5:3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
Galatians 6:7If we're all sinners yet we can get to heaven anyway - why be good? Just rape and murder until you're old and then apologise.
If we're all sinners yet we can get to heaven anyway - why be good? Just rape and murder until you're old and then apologise.