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15352953 No.15352953[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

How can I be certain that I will go to heaven when I die? I believe in Jesus (at least I think I do, or maybe I'm just lying to myself) but do I actually love Jesus? I don't know. I'm just a coward who doesn't want to go to hell. The thought of going to hell and suffering forever frightens me. I just don't want to suffer. I'm just thinking about myself, not anyone else.
And like I said, do I truly believe in Jesus or am I lying to myself?

>> No.15352963

>>15352953
doubters will get in as long as your just.

>> No.15352970
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15352970

>>15352953
>How can I be certain that I will go to heaven when I die?
You can't

>> No.15352981

>>15352953
why believe in all this?

>> No.15353000

>>15352953
All Christians feel this way. That’s the trap, you fucking pathetic motherfucker. Hell doesn’t exist.

>> No.15353021

>>15352953
God wants a complete inner conversion in imitation of Christ. It's impossible but the goal is to completely strive with every part of your being all the time. The extent to which we sincerely do that is the extent to which we love God authentically, the way He wants us to love Him.

>> No.15353036

>>15352963
>>15353021
But what if I am a coward who just doesn't want to go to hell?

>> No.15353310

>>15353036
bump

>> No.15353428

>>15352953
That's not Christianity; when you believe you'll know it. It is a great feeling of surrender to the infinite. When you become a Christian, heaven and hell won't be on your mind, only God. You'd be closer to Him when you realize that you cannot save yourself from death.

>>15352963
Wrong

>> No.15353449

>>15352953
>g-guise am I good enough goy to go through them pearly gates?
Imagine buying into jewish fairy tales this hard lmao

>> No.15353469

>>15353428
as long as you carry out Gods law and still hold onto faith you get in even if you doubt.

>> No.15353470

>>15353428
>That's not Christianity; when you believe you'll know it. It is a great feeling of surrender to the infinite. When you become a Christian, heaven and hell won't be on your mind, only God. You'd be closer to Him when you realize that you cannot save yourself from death.
How do I do it

>> No.15353481

Why would you want to go to heaven? Being eternally conscious sounds like a literal fucking nightmare. The fact that life ends at some is what gives life meaning in the first place. Also, the idea of a place of eternal bliss is completely stupid, as the very concept of bliss is completely meaningless with sorrow. Essentially, heaven would barely be any different from being dead forever. Both are states in which nothing ever changes, which would be completely unbearable. The only upside to being eternally dead is that you’re not conscious of it, which softens the monotony.