14 Oct '07 17:42>
When is the penny going to drop? I hear theists and atheists make the same mistake over and over again. All this talk of "earning" heaven and being "rewarded" or being "good enough". Hoops that have to be jumped through and criteria to be fulfilled etc etc.
Let's clear this up. Heaven (salvation) is a gift. You cannot buy it or gain it through good favour with God. There's no cheque big enough you can write to get it. You cannot be 'pure' enough or humble enough to earn it (as if God will look at your humility and think you are worth a place) NO NO NO NO
Heaven is a gift from God , he gives it to us freely and unconditionally. The ONLY part we play is being humble enough to accept it and receive it.
It 's THAT simple , so simple we just don't get it. We somehow complicate it by imagining God has to see some kind of performance or something.
(BTW- Don't think that accepting a free gift is as easy as it might sound)
Let's clear this up. Heaven (salvation) is a gift. You cannot buy it or gain it through good favour with God. There's no cheque big enough you can write to get it. You cannot be 'pure' enough or humble enough to earn it (as if God will look at your humility and think you are worth a place) NO NO NO NO
Heaven is a gift from God , he gives it to us freely and unconditionally. The ONLY part we play is being humble enough to accept it and receive it.
It 's THAT simple , so simple we just don't get it. We somehow complicate it by imagining God has to see some kind of performance or something.
(BTW- Don't think that accepting a free gift is as easy as it might sound)