10-18-2016, 02:22 AM
(10-17-2016, 09:07 PM)Matt_Crimson Wrote: But that is not what the will of God means to everyone. To a lot of Christians the will of God also means preaching the word. To a lot of others the will of God isn't preaching the word but just being a "good" person. To a lot of Christians if you're not doing "all" of God's will then you're not really doing his will at all. In terms of getting to heaven how much of "Gods will" must one do to get to heaven? Everyone answers this in different ways.
How does God answer this?
(10-17-2016, 09:15 PM)Matt_Crimson Wrote: No we're condemned to hell by our own actions. We don't go to hell or heaven based on what Adam and Eve did. We go to heaven on hell based on how we personally lived our own lives.
I don't think it's a matter of God not "doing a good job". I think it's a matter of God wanting to test our faith and make us seek him to not only understand the real truth concerning him but to show how much we actually care to know him.
He already knows how much you care thus "showing" him is a moot point. "Testing" your faith when He knows the test results is much ado about nothing.
Original sin is just another of the many topics Christians can't agree upon. You are a sinner. We are all sinners.
"Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden."
Romans 9:18 NIV
God will show you mercy if He wants. If He doesn't want to He won't. You live under an illusion you can control what He wants, but Romans 9:18 is quite clear. If He wants to show mercy to an unrepentent murderer instead of you, He will.
