ARE YOU 100% SURE THAT IF YOU DIED TODAY THAT YOU WOULD GO TO HEAVEN?

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:

1. REALIZE THAT YOU ARE A SINNER AND IN NEED OF A SAVIOR:

Ro 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"

Ro 3:10 "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:"

This all began with the story of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. God created them perfect, there was no death or sorrow. God told them not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They disobeyed God and as a result, sin entered into the world. The pain which this world sees is the result of sin.

2. BECAUSE OF OUR SINS, WE DIE BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY, BUT GOD SENT HIS SON TO TAKE OUR PUNISHMENT AND GIVE US A CHANCE NOT TO HAVE TO GO TO HELL.

Ro 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Ro 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

Every person who has ever lived is a sinner and is not righteous because we do bad things. A sin is a crime against God, just as if you steal something at the store, it is punishable by going to jail. It's the same thing with sin. Even if we lie one time, the punishment is hell, which is a prison for those who commit crimes against God. No matter how well you live your life from then on, you have already committed a sin which will be punished if you are not pardoned. If you commit a crime, and then live as a good citizen you still will go to jail for the crime you committed. Right? Just as the president can pardon a crime so you won't go to jail, Jesus can pardon your sins so that you do not go to hell, and can go to heaven when you die.

3. IF WE WILL ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS OUR LORD WITH OUR MOUTHS AND BELIEVE IN OUR HEARTS THAT HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD, BY DOING THIS WE ARE RECEIVING HIM:

Ro 10:9,10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

Joh 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: {power: or, the right, or, privilege}
(KJV)

You cannot get to heaven by being a good person, going to church, baptism or any other way other than by turning to Jesus and asking Him to forgive you for your sins and save you. While these are good things to do, some people believe that they will get to heaven if they do these things, but the bible says that there is only one way to heaven and that is through receiving what Jesus Christ did on the cross for you.

Will you do that today? If you will, you can be 100% sure that you will go to heaven when you die.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD FOR YOUR SINS? DO YOU ACCEPT WHAT HE DID FOR YOU TO PAY FOR YOUR SINS?

4. If you are willing to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior please pray this right now, from your heart to God,

"Dear LORD JESUS, I believe that YOU died on the Cross and Rose from the dead for my sins. I ask you to come into my heart and forgive me for my sins, take me to heaven when I die. I now receive You as my Lord and Savior. Thank You for saving me. In Jesus holy name, Amen."

If you prayed that prayer from your heart to God, and meant it with all of your heart, you are now a child of God and will go to heaven when you die.

Now that you are on your way to heaven, you should attend a bible believing church and follow in baptism.

Oh, well that sucks.

My responses are in bold.

so are mine,

this is not a debate, gtfo you crazy ass

^yeah, it is a debate...

This is such a good tutorial. I really think everyone should read this; it's so helpful. I feel so much better after have absorbed all this knowledge.

It's obvious to tell the difference between Christians and Aethists in this forum.

Aethists flame, insult, and overall try to gun down the OP. So much hate. If there were a word similar to racist except for religion, you guys would definitely be it. You guys would be the KKK seriously, I bet you'd lynch the OP if you had the chance.

The Christians, even the ones who disagree with the OP (like myself), respond in a non-aggressive manner.

Sure, there are hypocritical Christians out there who do drugs or run guns or whatnot, but you can't make a generalization about Germans according to what the Nazis did, could you?

Let's say this OP believes every word he says. He comes here, not offending anybody, and offers you a way, that he believes sincerely in, to go to heaven. Assuming this is FALSE, and that you choose not to accept what he says, at LEAST show him the courtesy and gratitude for having spent time in trying to "save" you guys.

If you don't believe in God, at least try to follow Ghandi's example. So much teen anger and angst on these forums. I can't believe the insane amount of HATE towards Christians.

Let's say some guy offers you pie. But no, you hate pie. What do you do?

Most of you guys would take the pie, shove it in said guy's face, and walk away, perhaps after shoving a broom up their ass.

As you know, aggression cannot be measured by words alone, it is also judged by behavior, and subtle aggression does not tantamount a lack of it. The OP is also aggressive, or do you not see it in your narrow pursuit of calling out all the aetheists here?

If you believe in God, try to not to aggravate people who don't by forcing things down their throat or coerce them to accept your words as truth. Offense, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. He may not think he's being offensive, but that doesn't mean what he thinks is right for everyone else.

Again, we're taught to avoid bring up politics and religion in polite conversation BECAUSE they cause CONFLICT and OFFEND people. That is a given. The OP blatantly ignores this so he should not expect anything more than the responses that were given to him in this thread.

Some folks are just more honest than others and some are callous in their honesty. However, that doesn't mean they're not honest.

There is no evidence of any hatred in this thread. Where did you get the idea? I see plenty of annoyance but no hate. Hate is burning women on the stakes, accusing them of being witches, or mass murdering and pillaging people who are not of the same faith.

And when you offer someone pie, that pie better be good, not something you cooked up in 5 minutes with the wrong ingredients. And, if a person turn down your offer, you shouldn't try to stuff it down their throats.

Only if that said guy was Jesus.

Oh dang.

took the words right out of my mouth

Look, I don't completely agree with this guy, and I'm Christian. He's coming off pretty direct for someone trying to preach the word of God, but at least I'm not bashing him.

At least he's trying.

Dude, you don't believe in the Theory of Evolution.

You're not bashing him doesn't mean others shouldn't. He's not offending you but he is offending others. He's done a pretty good job at ignoring anyone who tries to tell him differently though, so no harm done except that people are rightly annoyed.

Heck, I've been trying to get him to answer my questions but he's danced around them or completely ignored me all the same, so I'm annoyed, too.

I don't believe that it's proven. It is very probable, however, and convincing. At least I pay attention in class and I don't twist what others say, and I genuinely consider it as a possible explanation to why we are here.

It's just my faith and willingness to believe in God outweighs my faith in science. Sometimes there are things that just can't be proven/explained.

yet

Thats why its called the theory rather than the fact of evolution.

But a theory is very different from a hypothesis, contrary to what your tone suggests.

I love you. Do you love me?

What the f**k are you talking about?
So, you think evolution is convincing, but you think that Christianity is just that much more convincing? And, science doesn't require that anyone have "faith" in it. It has something a lot more useful and meaningful - reason.




Yes.

"Meaningful"?

Tell me, if everything you say, feel, and do is simply a series of chemical reactions, and that you are comprised mostly of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, and Hydrogen, does life have meaning?

If you put that much faith in science, why don't we all eat a bland substance which provides us with all the nutritions required for survival and growth to maximize efficiency and lower starvation? What's the point of art? Artists can be put to much more efficient uses, such as constructing buildings.

And yes, science does require faith. In fact, everything requires faith. When you sit down on a chair, you put faith in the chair that it can support your weight. When you go to class, you put faith in the fact that your teacher will be there. When you leave the room, your faith in Conservation of Energy tells you that everything is still present, even though you can't sense it. That's all part of a psychological "religion" though, saying how things don't really exist and such...

I can't explain it, why I believe in Christianity. It's just somehow, I know God is there.

Well yeah, but a theory is basically just a tested out hypothesis.
And yeah, ily. lol.

a theory in science is good enough that u can essentially just call it fact for the most part. i don't really see the point in stressing that it's just a theory. when we talk about gravity we don't say, "OH BUT YEAH, I MEAN IT'S JUST A THEORY OK, IT'S JUST A THEORY, GRAVITY IS A THEORY". we don't do that while talking about any of the other scientific theories that are just as valid as this one. so why only stress this point with evolution? that's what i never understand, let's be consistent.

haha i pretty much agree.

then u too should show us the examples of "hate"

Your accordance has no grounds. I ditto what brooklyneast05 said, so can you clarify?

i agree with what Call911Quick said.
thats why i quoted it and said i agree.

but i already posted my thoughts about this topic earlier. so if you really care you can find them.

he said this thread had hate in it, and u agreed with him. then we asked u to show us where the hate is. yeah we can go read ur post but why would we? we weren't asking about that, we were asking u and him to show us the hate against christians that u claim is in this thread.