If You Were to Die Today

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If I was to die today...

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Mayflower

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I am curious what everyone's response would be for this question. If you were to die today, would you know 100% sure you would go to Heaven? Why or why not?

As for me, I know 100% sure. I was raised in a once saved always saved church. I have sort of went back and forth over the years on this, but what I do believe is trusting in Jesus Christ's shed blood on the cross, I have been forgiven. I don't know if we can walk away, but I know for certain we cannot be plucked out of His hand.

My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
John 10:29

So as long as I am following Jesus, Satan can't even put seeds of doubt in my mind. But by Jesus Christ we are saved. Thoughts?

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
 

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Yes, if I died today I am 100% sure I am going to Heaven because of what Jesus has accomplished and promised, and my faith in Him. His sacrifice is to the degree that not only is it right that I be there, it is wrong if I am not there.

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I too voted 100% sure.

Im not sure of me, but I am sure of HIM. My trust is in Him and all He came here to do.

Phil 1:6 " Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ ".

2 Tim 1:12 "I am not ashamed: for I know Whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day."
 
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Going to Heaven has nothing to do with my opinion. I am experiencing transformation into a citizen of Heaven as we speak and I trust God to finish what He has started
 

Jay Ross

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If I am to die today, is it really any concern of mine?

If it is, am I in the right relationship with God?
 
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I think the real question Christians should be asking themselves is, ‘why am I a Christian?’

Is ‘going to heaven’ really your primary reason? If so, it seems a bit selfish and self serving.....sort of like pursuing relationships with the opposite sex for singular reasons. Ultimately, it would seem, acheiving ‘salvation’ with this mindset would result in a hollow experience......CS Lewis describes a similar experience in the Great Divorce, when citizens of hell visit heaven. Indeed, doctrine monkeys and other Christians-in-name-only folks are just tapping their foot in an orchastra and calling themselves musicians.

Christianity is a journey and transformative experience. Without accepting love from God and loving others through service (not indoctrination or tribalism), heaven is just some utopia we dream about acheiving someday.

When you are kneeling at the Judgment, will you be afraid of hell or heaven?
 
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I think the real question Christians should be asking themselves is, ‘why am I a Christian?’

Is ‘going to heaven’ really your primary reason? If so, it seems a bit selfish and self serving.....sort of like pursuing relationships with the opposite sex for singular reasons. Ultimately, it would seem, acheiving ‘salvation’ with this mindset would result in a hollow experience......CS Lewis describes a similar experience in the Great Divorce, when citizens of hell visit heaven. Indeed, doctrine monkeys and other Christians-in-name-only folks are just tapping their foot in an orchastra and calling themselves musicians.

Christianity is a journey and transformational experience. Without accepting love from God and loving others through service (not indoctrination or tribalism), heaven is just some utopia we dream about acheiving someday.

When you are kneeling at the Judgment, will you be afraid of hell or heaven?

What a stupid question...why am I a Christian? The Christian knows why. Are you confused? Says a lot.

And C.S. Lewis is not Scripture.

You reject doctrine and Scripture because it is always easy to say, 'we just must love everyone'. Just makes me want to break forth in song.

You better believe that those who are kneeling at the Great White Throne judgement will be fearful of hell and the lake of fire....just before that big angel grabs them by the short hairs and tosses them in.

Stranger
 
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Where is my donger to club the other person with in my display of my greatness? Oh is it in my hand? Surely not.
 

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Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? Even the demons believe.......

We are called to follow Jesus which means to imitate Him, which means to love our neighbors as ourselves. Stange that this is a foreign concept for you

aspen: this quote should be explained more clearly as not to confuse a reader and I know you don't mean to do that. The way it is written seems to indicate that someone seeking God should not believe in Jesus because demons believe in him as well - for a very different reason.

you said: "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? Even the demons believe...…."

Yes, demons believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, although not to salvation. They believe because they know what role Jesus will play in their bleak future. To the believer they believe because they know Jesus' role in their glorious future.

Bless you,

APAK
 

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I have been reading this and really find it sad to see y'all going at each other's throats like this. This thread was not about "white or black heaven" which really started this entire arguement. Neither was it about Trump and who loves and hates who. This is judgement. And it isn't true debate. It just sounds like accusations.

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
Luke 6:37‭-‬42 KJV

Focus on yourselves okay? And love each other instead of picking out faults.

The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent."
Exodus 14:14 NASB

Going round and round about it isn't going to help things.
 

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At least he's not a racist.
Is being a raciest a sin bro ?
I have never met a person in my life that was not a racist in some regard and that's coming from the Christian understanding of who we are, Sinners and all.

The fact of prejudice that we can not be separated from and I am not talking about such from the position of a worldly Socialist stuck up point of views that are just totally conceited in there own ignorance and trying to making out that they are some how above the realm of such, being above sin some how.
From such people I have seen the most evil types that don't say there own true thoughts but they sure do the works that cause strife against who they think lower then them for even stupid reasons.

The New age political correct type of person nowadays is the biggest creep show on earth because they are living a lie and perpetrating just lies, like the devils that they truly are, the biggest bigots that can't see past there nose, sprouting worldly works, Jesus Christ is far from them, because they do not know him and the fact is that such twerps have the audacity to claim that they are going to heaven, they are totally sin laden bigots trying to tell others who they are, fact is with all there sprouting is that when the day comes, what are they going to tell Jesus ? hey ! morons, Jesus said they say look at all that we did in your name, like Socialism and good works of man etc but they never knew Jesus Christ and he never knew them, there works are not of Jesus Christ at all. they are not humble servants of God at all but boastful and proud and love to dictate over all, with there bigoted madness. I am this I am that phff ! what a load of crap.
At the end of the day all your boasting comes to nothing and Jesus Christ is the only one who takes you in.

You know what I am truthful to people straight up and that's talking to other races and I can point out what I am not impressed about with there people and you know what I am also critical of my own people my own Nation and you know what I see such as a positive thing, it's called positive criticism, just as a mum or dad will guide there child for the betterment of the child.

Oh don't offend the out of control child, that's what we are dealing with nowadays and brats controlling the house bashing mum wanting money you name it I have on good authority that a lot of such is going on. it's an idiots world nowadays and the whole thing has been turned upside down do to people turning away from Christ Jesus and turning to Political Correct Socialist Satanism full on, in the churches as well just Socialist dribble 24/7 spun. they have lost there way pandering to all the silly twats.
 
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I have never met a person in my life that was not a racist in some regard and that's coming from the Christian understanding of who we are, Sinners and all.
Then you clearly haven't met me, or been to my church, or perhaps even met Jesus. To be a racist is to deny scripture.
Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Bit back to the OP. Yes, if I died right now, I trust in the promises of my Saviour that I will go to heaven. Not yet though. First, the resurrection.
 

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Then you clearly haven't met me, or been to my church, or perhaps even met Jesus. To be a racist is to deny scripture.
Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Bit back to the OP. Yes, if I died right now, I trust in the promises of my Saviour that I will go to heaven. Not yet though. First, the resurrection.
What does racist really truly mean ? one could be classed a racist, if they knew the culture of another's race was some how different from another's ? but under the Socialist PC gods all people are equal and that in it's self is truly the epitome of ignorance.

Racial prejudice is another thing and I am sure everyone is that as well in some regard, so if you did not know of a culture, you could have a prejudice opinion of such but if you knew the culture well then you would be well informed and your opinion would be justified or could be justified in some way.
But in all it could come down to just how far the ignorant point is, with the rate of just how much prejudice opinion is being unfounded.

When one truly understands the gravity of Sin then we can understand that it's just natural that sin abounds and when we come to understand the truth about Sin, then don't be surprised at just how pathetic people can be, so you get some who will start flapping their wings and crowing that they don't sin and that they are going to heaven, they are like chooks scratching about pecking about how great they are and that any who oppose them is totally wrong. so it gives there Sinful ego a hammering and they have to bite back like a mongrel dog.

Anyone who bothered to study about Original Sin knows this and just as the Saints all claimed that they were sinners you know.

So when we look into such things we can see that a person could be within the realms of having a healthy outlook and a handle on such things or on the other hand be silly to foolish and even moronic about such things, but to claim such things as this satanic new age of antichrist do now, is just childish pathetic rubbish ranting about racism being a Sin is just a joke, such trend setters who basting in their inflated egos claiming 'man made sins' now with there Socialist imaginary gods floating about them like pixies.

Man made Social Sins, made by morons for morons under the banner of Political correctness gods.

So we get the twerps that claim that you go to heaven or hell and start jumping up and down that's the end to the matter, well is it just that they can not fathom depth of understanding so they reject Purgatory because they can not deal with such because it scares them, so they just wish it away like anything they get upset with and start making their own man made rules.

When I see someone jumping up and down ranting I know that they are just trying to hide something pushing there own wheel barrow, they have to come the heavy with others like a drunken dill.

Fact is that to deny the facts and reality of Sin is to reject scripture.
The only Church are they that are in Jesus Christ and bear fruit in him only.

A mate says this all the time to people he comes up to, where would you be tonight if you were to die tonight, heaven of hell. he only gives you 2 answers for you to pick from, well guess what I say.

I have had the blacks from New Zealand complaining about our blacks here in Australia bagging them full on, but I try to explain to them, that you have to come to understand them and there history, you know instead of just barking up the wrong tree and claiming your better than, there is differences but the Sin nature does not want to know the truth and will puff up the ego so as not to truly listen and that's how the ego driven political correct gods work by puffing up the old ego to blind all to there man made madness that undermines God.

When one such as I is involved in race relations in depth talking with people I am reminded of just how prejudice can easy come about, due to lack of understanding, the true Aboriginal people love talking with me but they hate most whites like you would not believe, but I understand why they do and agree with them just how pathetic most whites mainly are, especially Political Correct do good ers they are like a eel out of water not to mention, slippery as and then they just disappear when things get to hot.
 

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Getting back to the OP....
I am curious what everyone's response would be for this question. If you were to die today, would you know 100% sure you would go to Heaven? Why or why not?
100% sure because I know my relationship with Christ. He's my Lord, my Savior, whom I honestly strive to follow (super-powered by Him). No, I don't believe in OSAS.
 

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Why do you enter into another's statement. It is you who said all I have to do is start loving others. post #14. That is the Gospel you preach. Said so yourself.

Yet you hate, contrary to the gospel you preach.

And now you want to address my 'hate'. Yet I have never denied hating. The Gospel I preach doesn't include 'hate'.

Stranger
I think that aspens love is a worldly love that's blind to the real love of understanding Jesus Christ position.
It's more of a desire love like hippy's had and that one sees in dupes that have a guru cult, like many Christians are who idolise people, like the Pope for example, just blindly following anything he says regardless, as if he were a god.

I do have admiration for aspen and I do have admiration for Stranger but they are some what like two sides to a coin somehow.

Stranger is much like a mate of mine that I know up the road, like he is coming from a position that he gets preached on about things and want's all that to all be real and forced others that they must believe him like, he has all the answers and you must follow and will not bother to listen.

But aspen comes across to me as just typical lefty run of the mill roman catholic, average church goer that's lost in the me too crowd, a goody two shoes type that I see everywhere claiming just how good they are.
I have relations just like that and I love them dearly but they are lost as to the reality's going on around them, they have like hoses that have the blinkers set over the sides of there eyes and only can focus on one thing in one way, like as if they have been brainwashed I am sure. anything that does not sound good is just cast aside blindly and anything that comes across as good is swallowed totally, they do not understand much as in perception depth or the reality's of such things down the track.
It's like good intentions are fine, but such just does not cut it all the time, as such a road has lead many too grief. and on the other hand like Stranger and my mate that comes across as his type, they are like dictator type of thing you must this and that follow what I say totally or your wrong.
 

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Getting back to the OP. I voted 100%...I'm going to heaven. As others have said, our assurance rests in Christ, not ourselves. Isn't this at the very heart of the Gospel? That salvation is a gift? That what Jesus did for us, what he gave to us, was not only unmerited on our behalf, but guaranteed because it rests upon him, upon his strength and holiness, not our own. That is what true grace is...all his, given to us completely. If we had to work, or doubt or earn ourselves, then grace would not be grace, because we could earn some merit for ourselves (if that were even possible).
So...thankfully, it is in Christ's strength and perfection, that my assurance rests. And when it comes to him, I can have no doubt of the work he completed upon the cross. It is done.
 
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