Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: VoiceOfBruck
I know you didn't ask me, but I'll answer--if you murder 11,000 people you can still go to Heaven. That is, if you truly repent and accept Jesus Christ as your savior, like he wants you to.

It seems to me that if you murdered 11,000 people, after which, in your real, true, heart of hearts, you accepted Jesus Christ and his ministry, then you would want your victims to go to heaven, and you would want you, yourself, to be sentenced to eternal damnation.

35 posted on 10/10/2001 7:02:36 AM PDT by SlickWillard
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies ]


To: SlickWillard
...and you would want you, yourself, to be sentenced to eternal damnation.

If you've "accepted" JC and his ministry, you could not want such a thing. You cannot simultaneously long to be both with God and separated from him forever.

37 posted on 10/10/2001 7:19:39 AM PDT by Romulus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies ]

To: SlickWillard
then you would want your victims to go to heaven, ...

Yes, that's certainly true, but Jesus Christ himself will be their judge.

... and you would want you, yourself, to be sentenced to eternal damnation.

That doesn't follow.

38 posted on 10/10/2001 7:24:53 AM PDT by VoiceOfBruck
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies ]

To: SlickWillard
It seems to me that if you murdered 11,000 people, after which, in your real, true, heart of hearts, you accepted Jesus Christ and his ministry, then you would want your victims to go to heaven, and you would want you, yourself, to be sentenced to eternal damnation.

Yes, I think that's true, in a way. But that's not what God wants for someone upon whom He shows mercy. What happens is that you eventually accept God's judgment upon you that that is what you deserve; you also accept the fact that He intends to show you mercy. Before conversion I spent a long time trying to punish myself for my sins. It was never enough punishment for me to think, "ah, I've suffered enough. I'm not guilty anymore". At conversion, I was actually glad to know that God was furious with me, because I knew He had a right to be. The correct response, however, to God's mercy, is gratitude and humility -- not a questioning of what He has done for you, or why.

68 posted on 10/10/2001 8:59:29 AM PDT by JenOPCer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson