That is by studying the scriptures, the word of God. If you do not understand what the scriptures are trying to tell you, you will be in for a big surprise at the end of this age!
Contemporary Christianity would have you believe that when you die your soul and\or your spirit goes on living separate from your body. Christians believe that the good go to heaven and the bad go to hell. The problem is, the Bible does not teach this. The only way you can establish this concept is by taking scriptures and interpreting them out of context. Your soul and your spirit do not exist separate from the body. Your body is powered by your spirit which in turn generates your soul. Without the body, the spirit has nothing to power and therefore the soul can not be generated.
Contemporary Christian doctrine teaches that dying is like going through a door. You will often hear the phrase when someone is near death, "he/she is a deaths door". The problem is what Christians believe is on the other side of that door. Contrary to popular belief, nothing is on the other side of the door. When we go through deaths door, we do not meet with God, we are not with Jesus. Bad people do not go to hell. You simply no longer exist.
There is a joke that says, " there are only two things in life that are certain, death and taxes.". This is more true than most people realize . Both death and taxes are two evils that man imposed on himself. Taxes are imposed on the people by their governments. Death was imposed on man because the first man, Adam, chose to disobey God. Because of disobedience, all men are destined to die a first death .
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned. (Romans 5:12)
This is a punishment by God that must be endured by "all men". It would not be much of a punishment that if when you died you went immediately to be with God. The Bible tells us that ". . . because all sinned . . ." that ". . . death spread to all men . . ." . Yes, the Bible tells us that because of Adam everyone, even Christians, will suffer the punishment of death. But Christian, do not despair because we have hope.
But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5: 19)
The Bible does teach us about eternal life. It is just not the way contemporary Christianity teaches it. The Bible does teach that eternal life is offered to all men through the grace of God. It does not teach that this eternal life starts as soon as we die. Much more in God’s plan for mankind has to happen before we are given eternal life and get to be with God and His Son Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.
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Contemporary Christianity would have you believe that when you die your soul and\or your spirit goes on living separate from your body. Christians believe that the good go to heaven and the bad go to hell. The problem is, the Bible does not teach this. The only way you can establish this concept is by taking scriptures and interpreting them out of context. Your soul and your spirit do not exist separate from the body. Your body is powered by your spirit which in turn generates your soul. Without the body, the spirit has nothing to power and therefore the soul can not be generated.
Contemporary Christian doctrine teaches that dying is like going through a door. You will often hear the phrase when someone is near death, "he/she is a deaths door". The problem is what Christians believe is on the other side of that door. Contrary to popular belief, nothing is on the other side of the door. When we go through deaths door, we do not meet with God, we are not with Jesus. Bad people do not go to hell. You simply no longer exist.
There is a joke that says, " there are only two things in life that are certain, death and taxes.". This is more true than most people realize . Both death and taxes are two evils that man imposed on himself. Taxes are imposed on the people by their governments. Death was imposed on man because the first man, Adam, chose to disobey God. Because of disobedience, all men are destined to die a first death .
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned. (Romans 5:12)
This is a punishment by God that must be endured by "all men". It would not be much of a punishment that if when you died you went immediately to be with God. The Bible tells us that ". . . because all sinned . . ." that ". . . death spread to all men . . ." . Yes, the Bible tells us that because of Adam everyone, even Christians, will suffer the punishment of death. But Christian, do not despair because we have hope.
But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5: 19)
The Bible does teach us about eternal life. It is just not the way contemporary Christianity teaches it. The Bible does teach that eternal life is offered to all men through the grace of God. It does not teach that this eternal life starts as soon as we die. Much more in God’s plan for mankind has to happen before we are given eternal life and get to be with God and His Son Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.
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ETERNAL PUNISMENT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE JUSTICE.
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