Do you believe that religion will save you?

[BMR Ivy]

 

[badbull]

Religion can't save you, but GOD can

 

[BMR Genie]

Religion alone, no. Faith? I can only hope. I am not religious but I have faith in Him. Is there going to be an afterlife? I don't know.

 

[BMR Genie]

@flyingillini is going to love this topic.

 

[flyingillini]

I will be going into depth about this in this thread. I have a lot to offer. We can start slow and work our way in.
Peter and the apostles exhorted the multitude in Acts 2:40 to “save yourselves from this crooked and perverse generation”. There is a part each one of us has in our salvation.

 

[flyingillini]

We can't save ourselves because 1) just one sin separates us from God, 2) sin distorts our efforts to do good, 3) the good works we do are not sufficient to save us. OBJECTIVE: The listener should understand that only by trusting in Christ Jesus can we be saved.

 

[flyingillini]

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” Jesus requires a radical condition for his followers: to enjoy the crown of life, we must first endure the cross of death

 

[flyingillini]

I am a firm believer you need a combination of things in your life. You need to live by the teachings of Isaiah and Mathew, if you follow their lead, be kind to your neighbor, do good deeds, Christ will await you. There are steps and a progression to for salvation.

 

[chuckythegoat2]

Straight from the Horse's Mouth:

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I do not believe in any religion. Most lives are lost under the name of religion till now. But shooting people who throw rocks with real bullets and snipers and drones is beyond my imagination. Because of that I'm on the side of humanity and innocent people.

 

[BMR Genie]

We can't save ourselves because 1) just one sin separates us from God, 2) sin distorts our efforts to do good, 3) the good works we do are not sufficient to save us. OBJECTIVE: The listener should understand that only by trusting in Christ Jesus can we be saved.

Does this mean following the 10 commandments is not going to save me?

 

[flyingillini]

Christ was brutal , he had many battles and also carried a sword at times.

 

[flyingillini]

Does this mean following the 10 commandments is not going to save me?

Do you live in Sin? Are you kind to your fellow neighbor? Do you follow Mathew and Isaiah on a daily basis? Do you cheat, lie and steal?

 

[flyingillini]

“Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine: continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee” (1 Timothy 4:16). Guard your salvation from those things which would take it away from you.

 

[JDS]

Definitely a man of faith here, if I’m wrong about my beliefs I’ll just go to the same place non-believers will go. I think of it as a freeplay in a sense to use a gambling analogy.

 

[flyingillini]

He overturned the tables of the money changers in the temple and drove them away with a whip of knotted cords. That qualifies.
He called the Pharisees and Sadduccees (the evangelicals and fundamentalists of the time) a “nation of serpents” and “sepulchres whited with hyssop, all gleaming on the outside but rotting and putrefaction within”. They would not fight him and arranged to have him crucified instead.
He blasted the fig tree for not providing him with fruit. A very one sided fight.

 

[flyingillini]

Jesus was a pacifist, but he was never weak.

Others have mentioned the famous rampage he went on in the Temple when he saw all those businessmen turning religion into a business.

But I like to think of the lesser known scene where his own neighbours in Nazareth dragged him out to the edge of town, where there was a cliff. They were going to throw him over it.

But then the Bible, in a classic understatement, says, “Jesus passed through the midst of them” and escaped!

I would have loved to see that 99-yard touchdown run through the entire crowd!

 

[jjgold]

It saves many many people, so the answer is yes

 

[fishhead]

Jesus has to be one of the biggest legends in history.

Who are the top five?

 

[flyingillini]

Jesus has to be one of the biggest legends in history.

Who are the top five?

1. King Arthur. King Arthur: File:Charles Ernest Butler – King Arthur. ...
2. Medusa. ...
3. Robin Hood. ...
4. Baba Yaga. ...
5. Beowulf. ...
6. Anansi. ...
7. Zeus. ...
8. Mulan.

 

[badbull]

Jesus has to be one of the biggest legends in history.

Who are the top five?

@fishhead I have no idea, I need @jjgold here