Ask a Protestant Christian
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GhostWriter16
Deity
Your soul, spirit, and mind, not your body. Sorry if this was unclear...
Uh, mind?
I confess I'm not much for philosophy.
Perfection
The Great Head.
But your body goes to heaven, right?
GhostWriter16
Deity
No, in Heaven you get a new body, like the old one but perfect (This is partly speculation based on what I've been taught, I'd have to search for references another time.)
Perfection
The Great Head.
Do Aspies get cured in heaven?
timtofly
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God would like all people to choose righteousness, but they do not have to.
The soul is our ability to choose righteousness. IMO God gives us Himself in that we have a soul. From the "after-life" thread, I would say the soul is the will. It is free in that we can choose to follow it or not.
IMO the wisest man caused the kingdom to be split, so even wisdom will not work unless you use it. Wisdom comes from the Word and allows the soul to make the right choices and live a righteous life. The human nature passed down through our human DNA would prefer to do it's own thing. If you think it wise to have a thousand wives, then more power to you.
The soul that is made sin shall die or seperated eternally from God.
Peter said that the things that Paul said was hard to comprehend. Peter was called by Jesus to lead His "church". Now Peter was an unlearned fisherman who Jesus named the rock. Peter was given the Wisdom of God which empowered Him to be a great leader, but Paul had an education, and with his knowledge he had insight from God that not even Peter was privy to.
We each possess in us a personality that makes us different. It is the nature that is bent to choose wrong. We have a body that consists of the material and holds the brain which allows us to reason. The brain is the point at which the soul and spirit interact. Thus we are different from the animal in that we have both soul and spirit to choose freely to follow our creater or choose our own path. Predestination comes from the fact that God works in all of our lives if we "will" it. We are not forced to do that which we are predestined, but by God's mercy we are allowed to choose it. Thus God works in all of us. It has been explained that even through the hardness of one's heart, there is mercy, not that we as humans can comprehend, but that we have a purpose even though we choose damnation.
In heaven, are you able do the unselfish thing and trade places with a loved one suffering in hell?
BuckeyeJim
King
As a religious Protestant myself, I'm curious to know whether you guys believe aborted fetuses get to go to heaven. I've had some heated debates with some of my fellow churchgoers over this hot button topic.
GhostWriter16
Deity
"Cured?" Well, there's no imperfections in Heaven, so I imagine the imperfections would be taken away. Doesn't mean the good aspects (Yes, there are some) will be taken.
No, if it were possible, Paul would be in Hell since he said quite clearly he would suffer eternity in Hell in return for the Salvation of Israel if it were possible.
We cannot pay the sacrifice for sins, only Christ can.
I believe they do. I don't see any logical reason to say "No" except they haven't believed, but they can't, and we are to be as little children...
I'm really tired now as well, so I'd be willing to discuss in more details at another time.
Perfection
The Great Head.
So the soul is some function in my mind?
How can our "our ability to choose righteousness" be "made sin"?
BuckeyeJim
King
Cool. So here's part 2.
Do parents get to hang out with their aborted fetuses in heaven?
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Jewel Runner
No. In heaven, your mind and soul exist incorporeally awaiting the Final Resurrection where your old body will be raised and perfected.
So we are supposed to aspire to be more Christlike, but are forbidden taking action that would be Christlike?
GhostWriter16
Deity
Well, I highly doubt it would still be a fetus. I believe everyone will be in the prime of their life in heaven, forever, at least physically. I don't have hard Biblical Evidence here, its just my theory.
Actually, that is true, since technically speaking Earth is our final destination (Heaven comes down to Earth.) But I was talking about the very end. You are correct. I worded myself poorly.
That said, while I was literally wrong, most people think of "Heaven" as the place we will live forever, so when I said we'll have a body in "Heaven" I meant the final, New Jerusalem, and I bet the majority of the people that are asking questions here aren't aware of the difference. But yeah, you're correct.
Some things are simply impossible. There's a reason Christ turned water into wine using nothing but the power of the Holy Spirit, yet we cannot do this.
I think the ideal would be for us to be willing to take someone else's place in Hell (Paul said he would have, though I doubt the vast majority of Christians would) but I think such an action is quite literally contrary to the laws of existence.
My protestant church claimed it was grape juice. If they don't repent from this lie, are they going to hell?
GhostWriter16
Deity
Salvation is not based on absolute perfect understanding of the Bible. It is clear that the wine was strong, as this is clearly implied by the text, but nobody is going to go to Hell for being wrong on this point.
It being grape juice would be totally inconsistent with the culture at the time it was written.
It being grape juice would be totally inconsistent with the culture at the time it was written.
What if they are wrong on John 3:16?
GhostWriter16
Deity
Which part of it?
I am not to judge who is saved, because it depends on stuff we can't really see, such as the heart of a person before God. Their life can give evidence for and against salvation, but in general, I prefer to let God judge.
Doctrine does not save you, but if you do not recognize that Christ died for your sins and rose from the dead, you can't be saved. So there is a fine line between important doctrine and critically important doctrine.
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