Has anyone said this to you? What would your response be?
To me, God is IN everyone. In Genisis he BREATHS LIFE into Adam. From the very begining. He is the begining of our souls, of our having souls. Because of this, whether or not you acknowlege his prescense in your life, or accept Jesus as your savior, God is in you. Before you are even able to have your souls saved, you must have one in the first place. You have one whether you want it or not. Because God gave it to you. It's what seperates every one of us from the birds and bees and rocks and trees.
God is synonymous with Love. GOD IS LOVE. GOD EQUALS LOVE. If you have love in your heart for anyone, it is actually God. THAT is how you can be in service to others without being a "Christian."
A Christian is someone who accepts Jesus Christ as their savior. The keeper and healer of their souls. Without the cleansing of his blood, your soul does not go to Heaven... supposedly. I don't KNOW this to be true- I HAVE FAITH that it is true. Faith is simply believing in things impossible to be proven.
Now, it would make sense to me, that even though God wants us to "accept Jesus in our hearts" early on, He would not close off the gates to Heaven so quickly... even after an entire lifetime of opportunities given. If he cares that much about us, and has seen the suffering that has happened here on earth (which instead of God's kingdom seems like a kingdom of Temptation..) he would bring us face to face with Jesus after we die. Can you imagine, WHO THEN would make the "wrong" decision...
We stand face to face with Satan every day. He disguises himself as small temptations... breaking promises, not putting our 110% best into our job or school work, not telling the complete truth in every situation. He sneaks himself into the hardest, bleakest, darkest times... when we are the most vulnerable. He says things like, "You are very poor and your family is hungry... why NOT take a few bags of bread from the shelf while you do inventory... no one will ever know. And the grocery store has plenty of money anyway..." This situation is tricky, and I am sure is pretty common in this day and age where most of us are financially stressed.
In most situations, the person probably wouldn't get caught stealing bread and lose his job. God still knows. He knows that you did wrong. He also sees your starving family. He also sent his Son to forgive your sins because he knows that 1) your family is hungry 2) you're human and a sinner by default 3) Satan is knocking at your door 24/7 and leading you astray.
I have come to the conclusion that is God allows us to live in a sinful world HERE ON EARTH and face Satan on a sometimes DAILY basis... Wouldn't he also allow us to face Jesus face to face... at least once??
I believe that when you die, you get to see Jesus, whether you have been a "Christian" your whole life, or never before. I think that you meet him face to face. THEN when you do not accept him as your Lord and Savior you will go to Hell. What a fool would do that! Only someone who actually deserved to suffer eternal damnation. And what a slap in Satan's face... the Devil has to sneak into our lives repetitively in order to entice us away from God... but with one look at Jesus face, surely we would all acknowlege and accept Him. Thus, God wins the whole game.
SO you may ask... what is the point of living a Christian life NOW on EARTH if we all get that one last chance when we die, to meet our Maker... more on this later. :)
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