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Originally posted by NOTurTypical
I want to spend eternity with Jesus for who He is and what He has already done for me.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by NOTurTypical
What has he done for you exactly? Directly I mean.
You want to spend eternity in heaven because you don't want to spend eternity in hell. Am I wrong to assume that?
Originally posted by arpgme
reply to post by NOTurTypical
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
I want to spend eternity with Jesus for who He is and what He has already done for me.
Good for you. That is your perspective of Christianity. Many are in it because they fear hell, and some even think that you are either a Christian or an Atheist and they don't want to be atheist so they be Christian or if they stop being Christian they become atheist and don't care about spirituality anymore... I know I'm sort of getting from the point, but it is still true that many are only in it because they don't want Jesus to throw them in hell and somehow they still believe he loves them with this mentality...
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by NOTurTypical
So the flipside to that is you don't want to spend eternityaway from Jesus, a.k.a. hell. You are afraid yo be away from Jesus, so you don't want to go to hell.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by lonewolf19792000
Jesus is your shepherd and you are the sheep. Hell is the sheep dog, the constant threat that keeps the sheep in formation and keeps them manipulated.edit on 31-7-2012 by 3NL1GHT3N3D1 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by NOTurTypical
So you do not want to be where he isn't, a.k.a. you don't want to go to hell, which is why you want to go to heaven.
Thanks for clearing that up. Deny it all you want but if you want to be where Jesus is then by default, you do not want to be where he isn't which is in hell.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by NOTurTypical
Before you didn't believe in it someone told you about it and you feared it and that is why you wanted to believe in Jesus, because you were afraid of hell and you wanted to stay away from it. You may not 'fear' it now but you definitely don't want to go there.
Religion used your fear of hell to get you to believe what they told you, and now the thought of going there is always at the back of your mind.