(May 30, 2011 at 9:26 pm)Cinjin Cain Wrote: Sitting at a campfire this Memorial Day Weekend, I got caught up in the following conversation:
Woman: I'm a Christian and I believe what I believe, and I don't care what anybody else believes.
Cinjin: That's cool. I do truly appreciate that sentiment. Be religious if you want - but allow others the same privilege. (offered a salute with my beer)
Woman's Husband: She wishes we'd go back to church, but I just think it's a waste of time.
Woman: Well, I think it would be a good idea. (She chuckles) Whatever, I guess I'll be the only one in this relationship going to Heaven.
**awkward pause with nervous laughter from all around**
Cinjin: So wait? You really do believe your husband's going to Hell?
Woman: Well ... yeah. He believes that if you're good to people you go to Heaven - and I think that's just not right.
Since I wanted to keep the atmosphere pleasant I didn't tell them that I think they're both painfully misguided and that the idea of Heaven and Hell is as stupid as Santa's Workshop at the North Pole and Captain Hook's Never-Never Land.
The conversation continued for a bit, but I wonder ... What would your response be to that woman's last remark if you were married to her?
She doesn't know that. A thief went to paradise on his dying day merely for recognizing Jesus as Lord. Imputed righteousness (Roman's 5) and the cross mean God can save anybody he wants to, anytime. The savvy Christian has the least reason to assume otherwise.
