We're all going some place when we die. Where will that be? Wherever you decide.

@Ferise1 You can disagree, but need not mock someone who is trying to help you!

Thank you @LadyGrace . You had already mentioned it in your post. I just rephrased it.
Very nice post.

@SW-User I appreciate that very much. Especially you and your faith and testimony here and on SW.

Thank you @LadyGrace

@butterflybaby75 Isn't that an unfair evaluation? How can you expect someone today to personally witness the events that happened ~2000 years back?

@butterflybaby75 A lot of people read the bible, yet are still unsaved. That is no criteria for salvation.

The Bible can be trusted, because God gave the writers inspiration from his Holy Spirit. Sin is a trait all of us have, yet we can still talk to God and be inspired by God. Ministers have sin while on earth, but God still uses them to give their message, and leads them by the Holy Spirit.

God did not entrust the spreading of his precious Word to just anyone. God's Word says He chose [u]holy men of old[/u] to transcribe what the [u]Holy Spirit[/u] inspired them to write. The Bible says in 2 Tim. 3:16, that “all Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, and equipped for every good work. The Greek word is [b]theopneustos[/b], which means "God breathed, inspired by God, due to the inspiration of God."

Our sin is not greater than God's grace and power. God is able to work through sinners, who have been saved by grace, to accomplish his will and to make sure the Bible is trustworthy and sufficient to give us what we need to know, and the most IMPORTANT thing to know....how to get to heaven. Those who have tried to add or take away from its message, have still never been able to ruin or destroy God's message of salvation through the ages.

The differences of writing styles within the biblical documents, only reflect the different writers in different times. However, the Holy Spirit of God moved through all those writers, along with their personal styles, to produce documents that were accurate and without error.

2 Peter 1:20-21 - "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but HOLY MEN OF GOD spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."

The disciple John, for example, was unschooled. It took the Holy Spirit to give him what to write. The part I find most astonishing, is that some obsess over the authenticity of the Bible, its origin and so forth, yet entirely miss the most important message of all time, and if you miss that, you've missed everything....which is the promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ, the Savior to the world. John 3:16

There are many books in the world, but the Bible is the only one that has the right to be called "The Book". It is different than all other books, teaching us spiritual truths. No other book has survived through the ages, nor printed for all throughout the world to read, than the Bible. The Bible is the only book on earth, where the author who died, is still alive. And shall be forevermore.

@Ferise1 How can you fall if you say you don't believe in heaven or hell or God? You said it's meaningless. You also said, [quote]We all shrivel and die and nothing happens after. Deal with it.[/quote]

@Ferise1 There is no fear in perfect love. 1 John 4:18 There's no need to be scared when one comes to Jesus. His love is perfect, and keeps us forever protected and secure.

Hey 😎

[quote] is it fair to expect Jesus take the blame? [/quote]

Absolutely not - I don’t believe in blaming any entity or religion for a persons own wrong doing.

A person should take responsibility for their own mistakes - they could have chosen differently yet they didn’t and that’s on them.

[quote] About your last phrase, do you mean uncertainty regarding different belief systems in this world? Do you mean different religions ? [/quote]

I do - particularly people who believe in multiple deity

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@Elanor Thank you 🙂
I am glad that we both agree on the first part.

I understand the complexities involved in the second part of your question and it is logical.
[quote] I do - particularly people who believe in multiple deity[/quote]
Many people in this world do face this challenge. However God loves everyone and for that reason he has already made sure that every one on this planet will receive his message.
Missionaries are working tirelessly and selflessly in different parts of this world to ensure that they will help the unfortunate. For example even this post serves the same purpose. We need to thankful to God and also to those who work tirelessly for God's glory.

@Elanor [quote]How come it’s believed that ‘no man will enter heaven without excepting Christ’? Isn’t a good person a good person ~ isn’t an all loving Jesus excepting of this and forgiving of their uncertainty re beliefs in this world.[/quote]

Sorry I'm late with answering this. My sister is in the hospital so I was away for a bit, but I'd like to discuss this and answer your important questions.

The reason I and other followers of Christ believe that 'no man will enter heaven without accepting Christ, is because it is Jesus who said so in His Word. It is He who set the standard for salvation, not man.

Everyone in the world, Jesus said, need to have their sins forgiven, if they are to enter heaven. It's not about being good or bad. Sin is sin, no matter what that sin might have been. Therefore, the point Jesus was making is that all sin, no matter what type of sin, keeps us separated from God. He is in heaven, where there is no sin and He is so Holy, he cannot look upon sin. If sin could enter heaven, it would no longer be heaven.

We're all in the same spiritual boat. When Jesus said we're not good enough to enter heaven, He was only saying that because our nature is one that has sin in it, it naturally does not match nor meet God's perfect [i]standard[/i] for entering heaven UNTIL we ask Jesus to forgive us of our sins. Remembering that we cannot bring sin into heaven with us. The important thing to remember here, is that Jesus came to specifically save the world, not to condemn it. He came to offer forgiveness of our sins, as our Mediator between God and man, so that sin could not bring us condemnation and seperation from God and heaven, ever again. Once our sins are forgiven, they are erased and remembered no more. We are then spiritually reunited with God the Father, forevermore, and heaven awaits us in the future. If we do nothing and leave our destiny to chance, our sins will keep us separated from God and heaven, forever. Jesus turns no one away. He wants everyone in heaven with Him.