RE: The holes in religion are like those in a time travel movie.
January 7, 2013 at 12:18 am
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2013 at 12:23 am by Lion IRC.)
(January 6, 2013 at 11:40 pm)RichardP Wrote: You are going to hell if you don't confess all of you sins?
John 3:16 says:
God gave his only begotten son that whoever believes what he taught might not parish but have eternal life.
Paraphrasing scripture can get messy.
Here. NIV
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
John 3 coupled with 1 John 3 make for very powerful teaching about a) Forgiveness of sin and b) What will keep you from sinning.
Constant threats @ sinners about damnation and hellfire isnt what keeps us from away from sin - its what keeps us away from church.