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Who gets in Heaven? A serial killer who found Christ in jail or their Atheist victims?
If its the killer then I need to know how you justify this as mercy
Im thinking of killing loads of people so I can be put in a cell and have the time to find God, that way I be saved. (= am I immoral? Should I be saved? Is that justice? Is that mercy?
15 Answers
- ANONYMOUSLYLv 64 weeks ago
THE KILLER IF TRULY REPENTANT WILL BE FORGIVEN.
THE TRUE ATHEIST Couldn't care less FOR IF THEY TRULY DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD.
IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT MERCY, WHY ARE YOU CALLING YOURSELF AN ATHEIST??? IT STANDS TO REASON IN YOUR HEART YOU BELIEVE IN THE LORD YOUR GOD!!!
BTW, THOSE WHO THINK THEY CAN SIN ALL THEY WANT TO ON PURPOSE AND THINK, OH! GOD WILL FORGIVE ME IF I REPENT BEFORE DEATH?
FIRST OF ALL, YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU WILL DIE IT COULD BE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, THEN IT WOULD BE TOO LATE IF NOT CONFESSED ALL SINS BEFORE HAND.
ALSO READ THIS ABOUT THE MORTAL SIN OF PRESUMPTION>>>
Presumption (that is to say the expectation of automatic forgiveness from sins regardless of whether one is repentant or not) is, indeed, a mortal sin, since it usurps the will of God. We have hope that forgiveness will be given to us if we die in a state of sin, but we cannot assume that it will be. This is, effectively, a check upon our sinning freely and with abandon if we continue to still believe in a God. Essentially it means that we must take responsibility for our actions. It is only good practise to hope for the best but be cautious about the things that we do.
Presumption would seem to be a sin regardless of the matter of fact which you are making 'presumptions' about since it is the intent with which you do something that matters in this case. If I do something while understanding it to be sinful - whether or not that understanding is erroneous - and expect forgiveness regardless, then I am presuming upon God. It essentially raises me to be His equal, which is a status I am most definitely not entitled to.
- ?Lv 44 weeks ago
Any sin committed, no matter how horrible, can still be forgiven as long as he who has committed the sin is still living.
- PubliusLv 74 weeks ago
Not the killer, that's for sure.
Every single one of God's human children shall have a fair chance to learn the gospel of Christ (1 Peter 3:18-20; 4:6) and benefit from it (1 Cor. 15:29). God's love, justice, and mercy are all intact.
Besides, Jesus clearly teaches that he shall reward us according to our works, not our beliefs or some arbitrary shim of God's.
- 4 weeks ago
Serial killer gets into Heaven because every serial killer finds Christ after being caught.
- JustinLv 74 weeks ago
Anyone who enters the New Covenant of Christ becomes part of a 'multi-generational project' inspired by the Holy Spirit that actually reverses the evil effects of every member's sin over the successive generations as part of a system of irreversible goodness, (Romans 8:28).
That is why its members may enter heaven and all others may not. It has NOTHING to do with the severity of their individual sin. In fact, the more severe it is, the greater glory is given to Christ as its evil effects get fully reversed over the generations. People who reject Christ have no such 'covering' for their sins. Even the good they do gets corrupted back into a separate system of irrecoverable evil and exploited to cover the worst possible crimes and atrocities.
Saul of Tarsus was the most evil man who ever lived. We know him better as the 'apostle Paul.' Even if you chop up thousands of people and eat them over an entire lifetime, you will never be the 'chief of all sinners' as he once was, (1 Timothy 1:15).
Saul of Tarsus was zealously trained in the Torah and actually used its wisdom against GOD without realizing it by organizing international campaigns to kill all Christian leaders and destroy the Church itself. Jesus Himself had to stop him with a powerful personal vision.
GOD had mercy on Saul because he acted in ignorance and believed he was doing GOD's work. Had Saul lived during an era of high technology and mechanized warfare, the human race itself would likely not have survived him. So GOD had mercy on the rest of us by having him appear early in history instead.
If the most evil man who ever lived can be our greatest leader, there is no one who can 'sin' egregiously enough to disqualify themselves from participating in GOD's vision. However, those who sin knowingly and willingly will never be shown mercy.
- ?Lv 74 weeks ago
If you mean by "found Christ" the killer became a faithful Christian, the killer.
Fortunately, by God's grace, he has provided a way through an obedient faith in his Son Jesus (Rom 1:5; Ac 6:7; Heb 11:8) where even though one is a sinner and thus deserves to go to hell (Rom 6:23), they can instead go to heaven to be with God forever, something no one deserves.
No one can ever be "good enough" to go to heaven, so God doesn't require that of any one. But he does require repenting of ones sins and obeying the gospel (Lk 13:3; Ac 2:38; 2Th 1:8) and remaining faithful to him until death (Rev 2:10).
- EddieJLv 74 weeks ago
Only people who have been sanctified by the Emperor of Mars are allowed in heaven.
- FireballLv 64 weeks ago
the killer....ATheists are UNsaved...WITHOUT BEING BORN AGAIN NOBODY RAPTURES TO HEAVEN...THINK AND PRAY TO JESUS WHEN ALONE AND REPENT.