RE: Why do Christians trust the Bible?
October 10, 2014 at 11:24 am
(This post was last modified: October 10, 2014 at 11:25 am by Neo-Scholastic.)
(October 10, 2014 at 10:55 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: ...the one I was indoctrinated in asserted that the payoff in accepting Jesus into your heart and asking forgiveness for you sins was that you'd go to Heaven after you die.Salvation and the forgiveness of sins is not reserved for the afterlife. It starts with repentance - dying to the flesh and being reborn - , regeneration & the renewing of your mind, and only then glorification in the afterlife. Seems your church focused too much on the prize and not the beautiful journey.