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Yeah tarifa,
Something like that, i have always felt the same about religion (maybe because of all the bloody religious schools and stuff i had to go to),
i would like to belive that there is something or someone out there making the choices and keeping an eye on the world but i just cant see it. To me there is no god, the only person who controls my life is myself. Its the choices i make that direct me in life (even though i am crap at it).
In the past i have had some friends who have had some urm well ‘unusual’ beliefs, EG spirit guides, stones that comunicate with them, meditate all night in a dip in a hill side. (might be all the acid and shrooms they did).
Even though this is not what i found to be normal i would never point this out, i would sit back and let them get on with their own thing, they seemed happy and content with what they believed in. Also they made the room feel well cosy with candles and crystals so was lovely to chill out and have a smoke with them. Well i treat all religions/beliefs in the same way, never i never ridicule or thell the followers that they are pathetic. Its what makes them happy.
Who knows one day i might find religion could be a crazy arse cult or something spiritual, for now i will keep with what i have always done and just respect other people and enjoy life….. who knows what will happen.
Here’s what most people say about what gets you into Heaven:
Everyone becomes an angel and goes to heaven when they die.
Whoever obeys the Ten Commandments will go to heaven.
Whoever goes to church will go to heaven.
Whoever does more good things than bad things will go to heaven.
Whoever believes in God will go to heaven.
Whoever has not done anything really bad will go
to heaven, or if their good deeds outweigh their bad deeds.
Everyone in a Christian household will go to heaven.
Well, these statements may SEEM ok, but they are NOT TRUE. None of these will get a person past those pearly gates.
To get into heaven you must:
1. Admit you are a sinner. Romans 3:23 from the Bible says “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”. That means that EVERYONE has sinned.
2. You must then realize that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins and took your punishment so that you could have eternal life in Heaven.
3. You must now REPENT of your sins and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord and to forgive you of all your sins(things you have done wrong). This means that you must totally and sincerely turn from your sins, and simply ask Jesus Christ to be your Savior and Lord and to come into your heart and change it. It doesn’t matter how bad you have been, because Jesus will take you anyway. All you need to do is accept his offer of eternal life.
Here’s a prayer that you can pray if you decide to accept Jesus as Savior:
“God, I recognize that I have not lived my life for You up until now. I have been living for myself and that is wrong. I need You in my life; I want You in my life. I acknowledge the completed work of Your Son Jesus Christ in giving His life for me on the cross at Calvary, and I long to receive the forgiveness you have made freely available to me through this sacrifice. Come into my life now, Lord. Take up residence in my heart and be my king, my Lord, and my Savior. From this day forward, I will no longer be controlled by sin, or the desire to please myself, but I will follow You all the days of my life. Those days are in Your hands. I ask this in Jesus’ precious and holy name. Amen.”
All it takes is faith to accept Jesus as Savior. Faith is simply trusting in Jesus. You trust that your parents will take care of you, right? That’s faith in your parents, however that’s not SAVING faith. That’s just an example of what faith is, so have that same attitude in Jesus. If you sincerely prayed that prayer with all your heart and have accepted Jesus as savior, then just trust that Jesus has forgiven you of your sins and is now your Savior, Friend, and Lord.
Well, you might ask, what if I refuse Jesus’ offer? Well, that’s what I’m going to discuss now.
If you refuse to accept Jesus Christ as Savior and die without accepting him as Savior, then you will die in your sin, and then there will be no hope for you. Instead of spending eternity in Heaven, a place of pure bliss where everyone is happy and there is no suffering and the streets are made of pure gold, you will go to another place. A terrible place.
A PLACE CALLED HELL!
God originally made Hell for Satan and his band of Demons(Satan and his demons are former angels who turned against God, so God kicked them out of heaven). God never wanted any of us human beings to go there. But, if you don’t accept Jesus’ offer of Salvation, then Hell is where you will go. God takes no pleasure in this, but this is YOUR CHOICE. You might say “God wouldn’t send anyone to hell”. Well, God doesn’t send you to hell!
YOU SEND YOURSELF TO HELL if you don’t accept Jesus’ offer of Salvation!
Here’s what Hell is like just incase you’re wondering:
1. HELL IS A REAL PLACE! IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU BELIEVE IN HELL OR NOT! IT’S STILL THERE AND YOU’RE STILL GOING TO HELL IF YOU DON’T ACCEPT JESUS AS SAVIOR!
2. Hell is a place where you will burn forever and ever in a blazing fire. Your suffering will NEVER end, and it NEVER stops. You will never get even one SECOND of rest from the pain. Revelation 14:11 says that “…and they have no rest day nor night…”, that’s not all of the verse, but it’s stating that you will never get any relief from your torment.
3. You will cry and weep forever and ever over your refusal to accept Jesus as Savior, which will add to the torment since that simple prayer would have saved you from this place of never-ending torment.
4. You won’t even get a DROP OF WATER to ease your pain(Luke 16:24). Nothing. Your pain is NEVER eased. NEVER.
So, there you have it. A description of what Hell will be like if you decide to go there by rejecting Jesus.
DON’T LET THIS CHANCE TO ACCEPT JESUS SLIP BY!
You might not get another chance! This might be your last chance to accept Jesus as Savior, since you really don’t know when you’re going to die! Don’t think “Well, I’ll just wait until I get older”, because you could die before then! You could even die tonight even! And if you die without Jesus, then you will go to hell. Proverbs 27:1 says “Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” So, you see, you don’t know if you will have another chance to get saved, so heed this warning now!
Here’s the Salvation Prayer again that I put up earlier that you can pray if you want to accept Jesus as Savior.
“God, I recognize that I have not lived my life for You up until now. I have been living for myself and that is wrong. I need You in my life; I want You in my life. I acknowledge the completed work of Your Son Jesus Christ in giving His life for me on the cross at Calvary, and I long to receive the forgiveness you have made freely available to me through this sacrifice. Come into my life now, Lord. Take up residence in my heart and be my king, my Lord, and my Savior. From this day forward, I will no longer be controlled by sin, or the desire to please myself, but I will follow You all the days of my life. Those days are in Your hands. I ask this in Jesus’ precious and holy name. Amen.”
You must pray in Jesus’ name! If you don’t do that, then the prayer will not reach God’s ears! Sorry, but I’m not the one who makes the rules. This applies to every prayer you pray, not just the Prayer of Salvation! If you pray and don’t say “In Jesus’ name I pray”, then the prayer will not reach the ears of God.
I can’t explain everything, so I will leave you with two good Bible-Based websites to visit if you have internet access:
http://www.bible.com/ (Good website, it has the Bible on here, which you can read, and it also explains a few things).
http://www.amazingbible.org/ (GREAT site about the Bible, has TONS of information about prayer, Jesus, the Bible, and lots of other topics.)
However, you must not rely on these sites alone. You must also find yourself a good Bible-Based Church so that you can be with other Christians. Also, Jesus must be your primary teacher, but these sites can help you a lot in learning more about Jesus and about how to be a good Christian. I, personally, have gotten lots of good information off of these sites. However, these sites do NOT replace Praying and Studying the Bible, so you still have to Pray and Study the Bible, but again, these sites can be used as a HELP, but NOT as your primary source.
Alright, I pray that you will accept Jesus as your Savior and Lord and that those sites will help you in your walk with Jesus, should you accept him as Savior.
May God richly Bless your life.
YAY!!!BLESS THEE!one soul sister here IN THE HOUSE!re-re-born again Christian.was born again in 2001 after huge house fire n miraculous saving then i fell big time n became a wiccan,doin tarot etc had nothing but nightmares because of it,n no blessing ccompared to the blessings i had wen i was a chrsitian n had no healing wen i was a wiccan..then i had huge revelation but basicly i sent myself to hell.because i lived a selfish life.<
i felt the fire thru my veins there sheer toment ,but anyway one thing i disagree on you with is our father God sending his children to hell for a eternity,if u look into the hebrew bible you will notice there is not one mention of hell,just fire of lake,and if your name is not down in the book of life thats wer u shall go to perish(your soul will die)they will NOT be tormented for an eternity! wat loving father would do such a thing? the beast goes there for a eternity in torment so does the anit christ n one other thing does too i forget it of the top of my head.
God is love ,
Jesus is love n so is his testimony ppl who dont believe in it are basicly denying a story of love n humblness n sacrifice,wen they can believe in anything else bar Jesus tis sad really.
this is the only revolution this world is gunna see,a revival of the Lords ppl returning n helping others to return to him,zion is comming and comming fast and Jesus is gunna reighn over earth for a thousand years and ppl who believed n chose to listen to his callings n lives a unselfsih life to the bestest of there abilitys will reign there too,harmony peace purity will be zion,holy,how it should of been,ppl tho prefer to make do with this gutter of the world,But God cannot let the wickedness carry on in this world affecting his children zion is comming.
be prepard,if your ears hear l;isten n repent from your wickedness,and pray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
with love n real light amen.
the church is inside us God is angry at fake christians turning them away from OUR father God jesus christ holy ,trinity,LOVE.n the wicked who thought God couldnt see them will pay.they pay lipservice but do not obey in there hearts.
REAL christianity is NOT religion is is the way.
the ten comandments are old testiment the only law to obey is LOVE.love with a unconditional LOVE!
ten comandments is religion but real God sets us free not to worship n idolise the sun and the stars but to worship the creator ALmighty God!!!
im free of drugs and smoke and marijuanna no reiki could heal me of that,nothing compares to the holy spirit.
its is not a dead religion but it is the way to zion.
LOVE IS THE ONLY LAW.
i had a nightmare of the world ending, and i think its coming to a place near u soon!
I have a quote for you DintheG:wink:
Morality is doing what you know is right regardless of what you have been told; religion is doing what you are told regardless of what is right.
:crazy_fre
I thought it was an interesting take on the problem
AND BTW YOUR FALSE PROPHETS SHALL NEVER HELP YOU RETURN TO THE LORD.HE IS A JUSST GOD A LOVING AND LOYAL FATHER,NOT WAT SATAN TRIED TO MAKE HIM OUT TO BE!
BELIEVE IN JESUS BELIEVE IN ETERNAL LIFE N HAVE IT.
sal about faith.real faith its biblical that we judge ourselfs.and at end of day we have been subconsciously conditioned with bible storys and hell.
those who ave ears hear.
think about it.
o/stand up for what you believe even if your standing alone!
Always raaa- great advice 😉
Morality is doing what you know is right regardless of what you have been told; religion is doing what you are told regardless of what is right.
:crazy_fre
I thought it was an interesting take on the problem
i am not familiar with religion itsnot a part of me,u see im free.we all get our callings,i have seeked with a earnist heart n i have found.
i dont meen to be a doomsdayer,but God needs us as vessels for he is the host within us.
there is a very BIG spiritual warfare going on,the prince of this world is trying very very very hard to decieve us,but hang on in there if u have a ear to hear,repent earnestly n pray,my auty n uncle are REAL christians they dont believe in “church” but they are blessed ppl for it.religion free they had the snooty christian lookin down on them for not goin church,they dont celebrate christmas how most ppl do.free.
if u have a bible to hand open it randomly checkk it,tis living words.its real.see whats happening!
its spiritual warfare do not be decieved from LOVE= God the almight creator of all.jesus christ our friend our brother the son of God,us Gods children.
in real love n light! XxXbe blessed.
I dont do religion either :noway: its a corruption of the truth to suit hidden agendas and doesnt help us find the path
May your force be with you always :love:
May your force be with you always :love:
yay,real christianiy=ppl of the way.
even if mans law tells you to disobey Gods law dont do it,God is the almighty and he rules n protects us all in ways our understanding sumtimes cannot comprehend.
but he is angry at idolaships.
hell well? if your not a believer in jesus christ and dont do Gods will,we will tremble on the comming day of the Lord and there will be weeping and gnashin of teeth.pls,i pray God will touch all of us.and guide his flock back home to zion,and be liberated and free..these raves are not free they are chained to drugs.Gods children are freee.
i dont meen to be a doomsdayer,but God needs us as vessels for he is the host within us.
there is a very BIG spiritual warfare going on,the prince of this world is trying very very very hard to decieve us,but hang on in there if u have a ear to hear,repent earnestly n pray,my auty n uncle are REAL christians they dont believe in “church” but they are blessed ppl for it.religion free they had the snooty christian lookin down on them for not goin church,they dont celebrate christmas how most ppl do.free.
if u have a bible to hand open it randomly checkk it,tis living words.its real.see whats happening!
its spiritual warfare do not be decieved from LOVE= God the almight creator of all.jesus christ our friend our brother the son of God,us Gods children.
in real love n light! XxXbe blessed.
You do realise that none of that actually makes any sense dont you
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