Sad thing isnāt it, that we actually donāt really know how much time we have. The poster you addressed this too could go off to teh shower, slip on the soap and break their neck, and then at this very instance find themselves standing before God.
As for the OP, God offers the sure fire way into Heaven, through Jesus Christ and His Holy Catholic Church.
Does that mean every other Christian is damned? Of course not, either through ignorance, or lack of exposure or just beleiving the lies of well meaning individuals the Protestant thinks they are right, they are following their conscience, and at the heart of that is a true love for Jesus and acceptance of him as their Lord.
We can contemplate on whether heathens and atheists and the Aztecs are getting into Heaven, but then it all boils down to what they know, how they know it, and if they have had some reason or experience that gives them a hint of Godās existance, and they still refuse to believe it.
To be honest, I think a lot of atheists today really donāt know squat. They think theyāre rejecting God, but they donāt even know God! How can they truly reject something if they donāt know something? Itād be like saying āI hate feijoasā and never even having seen a Feijoa! Whether Peer pressure and the desire to look ācoolā and āenlightenedā are damnable attributes I donāt know.
But who knows, maybe when Hichens faced God he screeched āYOUāRE WHAT GOD IS??? I would never have rejected you if I had known that!!ā
While weāre on Earth I think we need to have hope for all souls, that God has provided them a means of salvation unware to the rest of us, but the best, most guareented way to get through the Pearly Gates is to accept Christ and join his Holy Catholic Church.
It really is sad and scarey at the same time. I agree with you, we must pray for all souls living and deceased.
I have tired to explain how we cannot put demands on God. There are many who in their hearts refuse to accept God, and God knows a heart.
If you want God he left his word and his Church for all who want him. All are welcome and will find a way to find him if they want him. He will help them in thier search, in whatever door he opens for them when they are ready and if they are ready to accept him.
I highly disagree not with the scripture of 1voice, but as usual her way of interpretating it.
God can do anything if he wills it. We cannot. If it is not the will of God nothing happens.
You must be sincere if you want GOd and he knows who and who are not. You can do anything to try to make God prove to you he is here. But if you truly do not want him he knows.
You never test God period. That is why I highly disagree with what 1voice is saying. We cannot promise anyone anything about what God will or will not do.
The only promise we can make is he loves everyone and wills no one to hell. But although God can do everything he will not. He gave us free will also to either reject or accept him.
If you want him and you pray and ask him to enter your heart, and you are sincere he will find a way. But if you truly do not want his love, but want to just test him to have him prove he is real, it will not happen.
It is in the scripture, the devil even tried to test him to have him prove himself, as I showed the devil had said if you are God turn the bread to rock. God did not do that. Why? Because he could not? Of course not. Because God knew the devil asked for the wrong reason.
If you ask God and you have the right heart and right reason, he will help you when and how he sees fit. Not how we see fit. God will not prove himself to us. But if we truly are one of his, he will fill our heart with the Holy Spirit, and we will prove OURSELF to him.
Thats how it works. When you truly Love God and want him, you feel him, you need no proof. BUt you feel the need to prove yourself to him. Thats faith. Not putting demands on the One true God.
You can indeed ask for your pain to leave, or someone to live etc. But if you have real faith you donāt even ask. You say God help me, and I trust you to do what is right, and know and trust you, and help me to have my will and your will the same. When that happens we know the correct thing and the right thing will happen.
God gives us many crosses to carry. Sometimes we must continue to carry them for sometime. But carry a cross, and knowing God is helping you carry it, makes you become a different and better person. Then to put your will above God and ask him to take it away. It takes alot of faith to understand this.
The Bible doesnāt belong to the Catholic Church, no matter how bad itās members want to believe that it does.
