Christians Only!
Hello Christians!
There is something I don't understand...
I have noticed a big hole in my understanding of the faith
Hopefully you can help me fill it in
I've been reading up on Judgment Day, in which God will judge the living and the dead and then deal with them accordingly....
But how does this fit alongside the notion that to be saved (to be one of the elect) what you have to do is sincerely accept Christ as your Lord and Saviour? - i.e. become a Christian?
I ask, because that is what has been preached to me.
Do the elect bypass Judgment Day because Christ has paid for their sins (hence they no longer count) and go straight to Heaven?
But if Judgement Day is simply about "sorting the sheep from the goats" based on their acceptance of Christ then what is the point of calling it "Judgment"??? As no judgment would be involved if it's merely a test as to who has or has not accepted Christ?
Basically, I don't get what will be judged!
And what would happen to a person who God judges favourably but who is not one of the elect by virtue of them having not accepted Christ as their saviour? - surely if God were to judge such a person favourably then good things would happen to them as opposed to bad things, such as going to Hell? Otherwise, what would be the point of judging them?
I just don't get it
Hello Christians!
There is something I don't understand...
I have noticed a big hole in my understanding of the faith
Hopefully you can help me fill it in
I've been reading up on Judgment Day, in which God will judge the living and the dead and then deal with them accordingly....
But how does this fit alongside the notion that to be saved (to be one of the elect) what you have to do is sincerely accept Christ as your Lord and Saviour? - i.e. become a Christian?
I ask, because that is what has been preached to me.
Do the elect bypass Judgment Day because Christ has paid for their sins (hence they no longer count) and go straight to Heaven?
But if Judgement Day is simply about "sorting the sheep from the goats" based on their acceptance of Christ then what is the point of calling it "Judgment"??? As no judgment would be involved if it's merely a test as to who has or has not accepted Christ?
Basically, I don't get what will be judged!
And what would happen to a person who God judges favourably but who is not one of the elect by virtue of them having not accepted Christ as their saviour? - surely if God were to judge such a person favourably then good things would happen to them as opposed to bad things, such as going to Hell? Otherwise, what would be the point of judging them?
I just don't get it