Once saved always saved.
By hardluck
@hardluck (375)
United States
September 10, 2008 9:15pm CST
Do you believe this? I had a boss lady that asked me about going to her church, and I told her I didn't really go to church any more. Then she asked if I had ever be saved and I said that I had. Then she said well your going to Heaven, But you will not be as high up as people that go to church and live right.Do you think God is going to cut Heaven into class acording to how much you go to church and your works? Or do you believe like me that if I don't redeicate my life to God before I die that I will go to Hell. So what do you think can a backslider like me get to heaven?
3 responses
@vonkristoffer (833)
• Philippines
11 Sep 08
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your the one who can know it.. since this is a marathon race.. its between you and Christ.. the people around you is just to edify you.. as God said in his word.. its your choice to depart him or not.. then if you depart him then you will exactly go to hell.. as what i have said this is a marathon race.. its up to you to finish it or not..
@mom4kids (657)
• Canada
29 Sep 08
I believe that you are saved. If you weren't still then your salvation would be based on works and it is by grace you are saved not by works. I mean it would be wonderful if you rededicated your life to him but doing so is a work and that isn't going to get you into heaven. You shouldn't rededicate yourself to the Lord because you fear going to hell but because you desire a relationship with him. AS far as class in heaven, no, the bible says there are heavenly rewards, you are rewarded in Heaven for things you do for God, say you sponsor an orphan child, I believe you get a reward for that, you feed the hungry, there's a reward for that, you take care of widows, there's a reward for that. Ect. So some will have more rewards but I don't think Heaven is going to be like earth that we would be looking and think oh he has more rewards than I do, we will just be worshiping God.
@seraj143 (75)
• India
11 Sep 08
I dont think that God considers whether you go to the church or not. I would rather say God considers only in the wilfulness in what you do whether you go to the church/mosque/temple/sinagogue..........etc.,etc., is immaterial for him. He only looks at the intention behind doing any task.Even after going to these holy places if your intentions behind the same is not of repenting for the sins and mistakes that you had commited and dont seek for the mercy of the god.then it doesn't make any sense of being there. I think the person who neither goes to these places but leads a right life and fears of the god and repents for his sins and thanks god for giving him the best of the life is far better.
I hold the belief that the person who is not right in his life can never go to the heaven. I also believe that whether that be the class in human society,financial,..........and so on when God is capable of cutting and differentiating between the dawn and the dusk,river from sea,soil and water by dividing into classes then he is quite capable of dividing any thing whether that be heaven or hell.
Finally I am not sure of whether he will allow the backslider like you to heaven or send you to hell,coz i am not God and he is the almighty and he can do anything as he desires.