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follow gemarsh at http://twitter.com Tags Aviation Beer Home Home Security ELK e-mail blackberry Homebrewing Humor Immigration Kids Landscaping Lawn Life in General Places Quotes Religion Things Travel	The Marshall Family Religion Will you go to hell if you don’t believe in Jesus? George Marshall September 17 2008 12:36:06 PM I got word from my sister that my neice was stuggling with one of her Catholic high school teachers on the topic of hell. In particular he made the comment that "If you don't believe in Jesus you will go to hell." That's certainly something to wrap your head around. And as you can imagine it touched off a heated discussion. Catholics understand hell as "To die in mortal sin without repenting and accepting God’s merciful love means remaining separated from him forever by our own free choice. This state of self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed." (The Catechism of the Catholic Church 1033) I found a couple of verses that go down that path of believing in Jesus: "He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:18 "because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:" Romans 10:9 God created such wonderful beings and He also gave us free will to decide on how we want to live out eternity. I don't believe that God has set the destiny of anyone to go to hell. However, if there is a willful intent to abondon God without repent than God honors that choice by allowing that soul to remain seperated from him. Hell is a choice and we do not have to choose it. Ultimately the answer of the question "Do you have to belief in Jesus to get into heaven" rests on the understanding of the blessed trinity. Jesus said: "I and the Father are one." John 10:30. So if you have someone who does not believe in Jesus but they believe in God will they go to heaven? Jesus and God are one and therein lies the answer in my mind. Despite the fact that I believe in the trinity I don't think we have a complete understanding of the complexity of it and the structure of his kingdom. Does a nonbeliever get to the gates of heaven and then have an epiphanic experience and believe in the Holy Trinity at that moment? Hence upon belief of the Holy Trinity they believe in Jesus. I would like to think that's the way it will happen. Comments [0]	Feeds Content Feed Comment Feed Recent Entries Nice work done by DR Hort A very powerful handgun Where are we going? Things to do/Places to Se Will you go to hell if yo Recent Comments Got the shaft from Cherry Got the shaft from Cherry Sending e-mail from the E Where did you purchase yo Sending e-mail from the E Links Elk Family Tree Jo-Dee and Pat Collins John and Lisa’s Blog O’Donnell-McReynolds Family Tree Photos PilotThings.com Weather WebGuide Archives January 2009 (1) December 2008 (1) November 2008 (2) September 2008 (2) May 2008 (1) April 2008 (9)