Will most of us go to hell?

[goout]

goout:

Christ goes to his death in sacrifice to our free will to love him back.

Goout
I do not know what the above means.

You also wrote “He will not violate your free will, because that is not love and it is not Godly power.” You seem to believe love is payment for a service or gift. Not so, one should love without making a deal or contract. One does not love one’s child or wife because of their obedience to you.

This is what I said, and I don’t know how I could explicate more simply so I’ll just repost it:
in response to why God does not forcibly remove the impediments to faith:

What is Godly power? How do you know what it is, and how is it exercised by God? What is the relationship (hint hint) between God’s omnipotence and God’s love?
(the cross is the key here…rather than force himself on humanity, Christ goes to his death in sacrifice to our free will to love him back. The offer is still open. to believe means to respond to Gods grace. If you believe he will raise the un-responsove to new life you are mistaken. He will not violate your free will, because that is not love and it is not Godly power. He loves you and respects your free will. )

 

[Usagi]

One unrepented mortal sin, persisting until death, can send someone to Hell, yes.

And we must always be wary of presuming on God’s mercy and imagining that we will have time to repent later.

That said, God knows the true situation and intentions of everyone, and desires that all join Him in Heaven. He’s not going to play “gotcha” games based on an accident of timing, like the classic sinner who gets hit by a bus on the way to confession.

The sacraments are the ordinary means of conveying God’s grace, and we are bound to seek out and make use of them if it is possible to do so. They exist for our good, to make invisible spiritual realities visible and tangible to us. But God is not bound by the procedures He has given to us. There will never be a situation in which God is trapped into damning someone whose will is turned against sin just because they didn’t cross all the Ts in time. And if that person’s will is turned toward sin and away from God, then it is their own choice and not God’s that damns them.

 

[Usagi]

If I am hanged if I do a certain act I am not free to do it.

Not so, as demonstrated by the fact that plenty of people manage to murder despite the fact that there is a prescribed punishment for it.

Free will to do a thing means that you can choose to do that thing, not that you can do a thing without consequences.

 

[RRusso1982]

I always think that when a person dies, God looks more at the big picture. Say an 80 year old man dies. When he was younger, he did some wrong things like premarital sex, or not going to church, but later changed. Went to church, had a family, raised his children to be good people, volunteered for good causes. I think that the simple act of not confessing sins from a long time ago may not send him to hell. The big picture is overall a good person.

 

[MonteRCMS]

Every time I hear Frank Sinatra’s song “I Did It My Way”, I cringe.

Creeps me out.

Interesting.

My understanding is that Frank Sinatra’s last wife, worked overtime to get Frank “re-instated” with the Catholic Church and his Catholic faith before he died.

I think she was not even Catholic.

 

[MonteRCMS]

 

[MonteRCMS]

http://files.hgsitebuilder.com/hostgator131307/file/homily-19thsundayc.pdf

Three surprises in heaven: Bishop Sheen tells us that we will have three surprises in heaven.

The first surprise: We will be surprised to see that many people we expected to be in Heaven are not there.

The second surprise: We will be surprised to see that the people we never expected to be in Heaven are there.

The third surprise: We will be surprised to see that we are in Heaven.

 

[pnewton]

we do not need to believe private revelations.

That is one I do not believe, by the way. I have noted a few errors above that make the situation seem much bleaker than it is. For example, the Church also teaches that even mortal sin can be forgive for perfect contrition, which means, the right kind of contrition, contrition for the sorrow we have caused God, not just to avoid Hell. This is the type of contrition those that believe “once saved, always saved,” have, for example.

The love of God is the strongest evidence to me that no one will end up in Hell over something like what time confession was scheduled. I have to think in the greatness of His mercy, God will see that no one goes to Hell blindly or by chance. When we think that Jesus was willing to suffer as He did to save us from our sins, which we deliberately and willfully committed, I have to think God will allow the deathbed confession, outside of time, if needed.

However, presumption upon God is still a sin. One may live as he pleases and rely on God’s mercy upon death. Besides, such a life will make one poorly disposed toward mercy anyway. A soul hardened by sin will still embrace Hell rather than God.

 

[thistle]

For example, the Church also teaches that even mortal sin can be forgive for perfect contrition, which means, the right kind of contrition, contrition for the sorrow we have caused God, not just to avoid Hell. This is the type of contrition those that believe “once saved, always saved,” have, for example.

An act of perfect contrition to forgive a mortal sin is conditional upon firm intention to get to Confession as soon as possible and applies only if you die before getting to Confession.

 

[pnewton]

An act of perfect contrition to forgive a mortal sin is conditional upon firm intention to get to Confession as soon as possible and applies only if you die before getting to Confession.

That is specifically for a Catholic. I do not remember ever seeing this expanded to a non-Catholic and would find such a requirement to run counter to invincible ignorance.

Above, perfect contrition was skipped a few places altogether. I thought it needed to be added. I have a great deal of faith in the mercy of God. I think the OP needed to understand there is a less dire understanding of salvation.

 

[oxydog]

Many, many years ago I believed that God wont send me to hell because I really am a good guy. What woke me up was reading a book called “Fatima in Lucia’s Own Words”. It was the part about when the kids are shown a vision of hell. That was a slap in the face for me. I realized that if this “good guy” (me) keeps making bad decisions I’m going to go to hell. I understand that I must always make a 100% honest effort to be and live as God wants me to live, go to Mass, confession, do penance…
With God’s grace I will have pleased him enough to make it into heaven!

 

[lilypadrees]

When I was very young, maybe 3 or 4, I was walking down the hall to the bathroom for my usual morning routine (washing face, brushing teeth, etc). I suddenly had the thought, “I’m going to Hell when I die because I’m such a bad little girl.”

Thankfully, I no longer feel I’m such a “bad little girl.” But I still must be on my toes and do my best to obey Jesus and to pray that as few end up in Hell as possible. Sadly, there will be more in Hell than in Heaven. Remember Matthew 7:13-14.

13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.

14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few."

 

[MonteRCMS]

Revisit the scenario: “Have mercy on me, Oh Lord, a sinner.”