Various questions and answers about Christianity

Various questions and answers about Christianity

What is sin?

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What is so wrong about that?
God created you to love him, and to enjoy the blessings that he bestows on you.
God loves you, and wants you to love him in return.
If you loved him you'd want to talk to him, hear what he has to say to you and spend time with him.
How would you feel if you really loved someone and you showered them with many gifts and yet that person took those things and never bothered to even say thank you, or to acknowledge your presence?
Give you some idea of how God feels?
What blessings?
God created you, and gave you life.
He also created the world and all the many wonders and beautiful things it contains.
Presumably you had parents?
Or had people who you cared about?
God gave you them, and them you.
The light and the heat of the Sun.
And many more; the problems in the world are due to us not doing a very good job of looking after it,
we don't do a very good job of distributing wealth, food, etc. so that everyone has enough.
Yet there is enough for everyone if it was shared out fairly.
God gives you all these and he will also take them away, eventually.
Take them away?
Yes, take them away!
God will not keep blessing you forever if you aren't going to recognise who the giver is.
God has decreed that because of our rebellion against him, we will die and then be judged.
This judgement is against everyone (including Christians).
Those that have been made righteous (i.e. Christians) will be allowed to enter heaven and spend eternity with God.
Those that aren't will spend eternity in hell.
What's hell like?
Many of the popular images of hell are those of people being tortured by devils in a very hot place.
I don't subscribe to that picture.
Why should the devils have a nice time in hell torturing people, when hell is punishment for them as well?
Also, you have other people around you, so you can at least have some sort of comradeship.
And how long will it take for the devils to get bored? You are there for eternity remember.

No, I see hell as the complete absence of everything except you and your memories.
Doesn't sound that frightening but think about that for a minute.
You will be spirit, therefore no body. Only those entering heaven get given a new body as far as I am aware.
You will be surrounded by nothingness, no light, no heat, no friends, no-one to talk to.
There will be nothing to hear except your own thoughts, because there will be no-one or nothing to make any sound.
Just you and your memories for eternity.
Just think. You will remember reading this web site, and knowing that you could have found the time to find out whether what I have said in these pages is true.

On what do I base this idea of hell?
Well, we've just looked at the fact that God provides everything that we have.
God's punishment on those who rebel against him is to take his blessings away from them.
So if God gives everything, and he will take away everything, then you are left with nothing!
But punishment wouldn't be much punishment if you didn't know why you were being punished,
which is why I said that you would have your memories.
Scares the heck out of me I can tell you!

But whatever the truth is regarding hell, it is not a nice a place to be for people or devils.
I would prefer to be in heaven - and to know for certain that I am going to get there!

What does holy mean?

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What is faith?

Simple!

What is Grace?

What is Mercy?

NOT

What can I do to get God's Grace?

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Lord Jesus, I know that you are God and rightful ruler of the world and my life.
I am sorry that I have rejected you and run my own life and that my heart is unclean and evil.
Thank you for your amazing offer of rescue and forgiveness in Jesus' death.
I turn back to you, please forgive me and take over the running of my life.
Amen

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