Whether or not one may
escape hell by reading the Bible is addressed today, along with more on the
scale of acceptance for the resurrection of Jesus. The “Yahoo! Answers” writer
using ID “Mystaku” (Level 4 with 3,733 points, a member since January 6, 2011)
posted the following:
Christians : Question on John 12:47-49
- Did I interpret it correctly?
So I had asked the question "Christians : If a
hindu reads the bible & chooses to remain a hindu & not accept christ
will he go to hell?"
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…
And one of the answers had the verse from John
12:47-49
47 “As for the person who hears my words but does
not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to
save it. 48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my
words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day. 49 For I
did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to
say and how to say it.
So this means that anyone who has read the bible
but has chosen not to accept jesus/bible, he/she will be 'condemned till the
last day" aka eternal torture in hell?
If you believe that a good person will go to heaven
regardless of whether or not he/she has read the bible and/or follows/rejects
jesus, are you saying that this verse from John is wrong?
THE BATTLE AXE: Given
the Cloud of Witnesses (11/29/2012)—The holy writings and the indwelling spirit
always agree; and by their combined testimony every believer experiences the
exact same awareness given to an eyewitness. (See Isaiah 43: 8-12 and 44:
6-9, KJV.) In modern society, many declare that spiritual truth must come by
personal understanding, and to that extent, belief is achieved in isolation, and
may not depend upon trusting others. Many events from sacred history are
recorded in the Bible that foretell and attest to the resurrection of Jesus.
From the death of Abel and birth of Seth, to the account of Jonah delivered from
the belly of a great fish, and to the raising of Lazarus, there are innumerable
sacred documents of “witness” to the resurrection of Jesus as Christ and
Messiah. However, the holy writings only permit shared focus and language to
make visible a witness that is itself divine person residing within a believer.
The conclusive proof and testimony a believer desires must come as spiritual
substance from GOD, and is more than merely a record of extraordinary behavior,
exchanges and social interactions. Believers, therefore, have been given
clarifications that include John 5: 36-37, John 7: 16-18, 1st John 2: 20-27
and 1st John 5: 1-13, King James Version.)
THE GOLDEN ARROW: For
the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which
are saved it is the power of God. (1st Corinthians 1: 18,
KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER:
Believing Everything? (11/23/2012); Attending Church? (11/12/2012); Does
Everyone Go To Heaven? (10/28/2012); Magick and Prayer (10/29/2012); Sin
Unknown? (10/10/2012); The Gender of Angels (10/09/2012); A Man in Heaven?
(09/23/2012); By Grace (09/04/2012); Shaken Once More
(08/22/2012)
When a reader properly appreciates the
holy writings (i.e., places the correct value upon them), it becomes clear that
they are making more than a simple choice of pancakes for breakfast instead of
waffles, and they are not just getting a “golden ticket” to heaven. The carnal,
material and fleshy decisions are overshadowed by the weight of divine
imperatives, and eternal issues. To a beginner, the full spectrum of divine
person that finally is revealed cannot be recognized. More than this, beginners
may fail to grasp that they are entered into a continuous process of
transformation whereby GOD reconfigures their spirit makeup. The Gospel and
other teachings infused with the Holy Spirit are more than an evidence or
“foot-print” that records where the divine presence once existed. The
Scriptures are an immediate and present appearance of Divine Person using the
forms (i.e., body, incarnation) of utterance. Included are pledges, praises,
prayers, proclamations, promises, and prophecies.
Where one embraces the word from GOD as did
James, John and the Apostle Paul, “to believe” means more than simply “to hold
an idea” or “to support a peculiar statement.” Believing is an aspect of
realizing what you are, and how you exist. Thus, believing is not at the level
of an intellectual exercise, meditation and mental gymnastics. Also, ideas of
argument, debate and self-expression are inappropriate. Believing pertains to
faith, a divine substance that exists only within the fullness of spirit-person
that men now speak of as “GOD.” Faith is inseparable from such other sacred
content as glory, holiness, humility, joy, love, wisdom and wrath against sin.
(So to speak, you can’t find one without the other.)
There is far more to be said, correctly
applied, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, believers must “die to
sin,” be re-born, grow and mature before they completely leave behind the flawed
human idea of “good person” to direct their own choices and decisions after the
model of Jesus. Various operations of the Holy Spirit must occur within them
including illumination, insight, regeneration, and sanctification. Only ones
beginnings may be regarded as simple and childlike. For believers are dealing
with the grand issues of the universe: being, cause, consciousness, existence,
knowing, origins, and eternal sovereignty.) Even so, I trust this fragment will
be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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