(December 14, 2015 at 6:05 pm)TrueChristian Wrote: Dear friends,Firstly I suggest that you seek wise counsel.
I have had a sad thought about my savior today.
I realize He is the word, He is the truth (Not Muhammad! Got it?!?!)
That being said, I realized he is much different from most of the Gods of history.
Take the Greek/Roman Gods for example. They weren't nice entities. But unlike Jesus, they doled out one's lot in the afterlife based upon their conduct on earth. Zeus never sent anyone to Hades for not believing in him. Jesus will do just that.
There doesn't seem to be "justice" in terms of Hell. Its basically, no matter what everyone deserves to be burned in tortured forever. It's just certain people with magic coupons (Christians) can escape that fate.
I realized... Jesus is the ONLY God who operates in this fashion.Not Thor, Not Shiva, Not Quezalcoatl. Only Jesus
It seems Jesus will barely take pity on those who died in the holocaust. As terrible as their suffering was in Aushwitz, it would be nothing compared to their suffering for rejecting Jesus. The Christian camp guards on the other hand... will be a-ok, as long as they believed in Jesus![]()
I am so depressed.. it almost makes me think you dark creatures have at least a point, though I will talk and pray about this issue with my pastor.
Secondly, I'm sincerely concerned that no one has preached the gospel to you. The gospel is the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 15:1-4). And the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation (Romans 1:16). And the Gospel is received by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8-9). So what does it mean that the gospel is the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. [Life] Jesus is God incarnate (John 1:1,14), born under the law (Gal 4:4), fulfilled the law perfectly (Romans 10:4), was made to be sin [who knew no sin], that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor 5:21). [Death] Our sin debt was removed at the cross (Col. 2:13-14), the shedding of blood forgives sins (Matt 26:28), the testament [we the beneficiaries] was established by the blood and death of Christ (Hebrews 9:16-17). [Resurrection] Without Christ's resurrection we are not justified, and with it we have hope of our resurrection (1 Cor. 15:16-23).
The point isn't that somehow our 'belief' in Jesus Christ is elevated to the point that denying it (unbelief) condemns us to hell (this point can be made superficially by saying something like it's ok to murder but God will send you to hell if you don't believe in Him), but rather we stand condemned because apart from Christ there is no forgiveness for any of our sins (unbelief, murder, hatred, lying cheating, stealing, etc. etc.). There is only one sacrifice for sins. There is only one who can impute righteousness. There is only one who can reconcile man to God. That is the man Christ, Jesus. Trusting in his life, death, burial, and resurrection is the power of God unto salvation.
"But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe for there is no difference: For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time, his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus." (Romans 3:21-26)
If it could be proven beyond doubt that God exists...
and that He is the one spoken of in the Bible...
would you repent of your sins and place your faith in Jesus Christ?