i believe "just" being a good person who believes in God should grant you access to His kingdom...but maybe that's just me.
i don't believe for one second that a person sits around & one day decides "poof, i've decided i'm gonna be gay because now my life is gonna be great - i'll be ostracized by the majority, ridiculed by most, & spat on in public - woo hoo - i'm so glad i made that decision."
really people - come ON!!
now i'm gettin all fired up...walking away. :D
"Cheesey" wrote:
Please don't get mad at me. All i was doing was stating what the Bible says on it. If you believe the Bible is inspired by God, then you will see that HE has written very specific things about salvation and how to recieve it for FREE. All it's "costs" a person is to accept it. Again, pretty easy if you ask me.
The Bible says "all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment" (Isaiah 64:6) in other words, at our BEST we can not EARN salvation. It can be only recieved as a gift from God.
The WAGES of sin are death. ALL sin, right? And a WAGE is earned. Salvation is a GIFT from God, it can't be earned, no matter how "good" you are.
Again, thats only if you believe what the Bible says. If you don't, then what i am saying will seem stupid.
I myself find it hard to understand WHY people would NOT take the step of faith and accept. I mean, what does it cost you? And if i am wrong, what will you lose? If i am wrong, you will just cease to exist, and you won't care if what i said was right or wrong. But if a am right, and you reject it, then what happens?
Again, i am NOT saying this to upset anyone. Just saying that i believe what the Bible says, and thus, i want it for every one of my friends here.
If that makes me a bad person, for wanting EVERYONE here to spend eternity in Heaven, well, i guess i'll be a bad person then.
Salvation is so simple.......yet so many reject it. It's very sad to me.
Yet so many will jump to defend "alternate life styles", or "abortion rights". But people get mad at me for trying to share my faith, so that they can feel the security i feel. I don't get it.
"4PackGirl" wrote: