本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛>> If Hitler is only using God by thinking he will be in Heaven no matter what, then he is wrong, and he is not gonna be in Heaven. Because in this case, I am almost sure that he doesn't really believe in God, rather, he is using the concept of God.
I don't think this is 100% true. For example, a parents (God) promise to give unconditional love (free ticket to heaven) to his kid (Christian), and the kid (Christian) truly believes in his parents (God). When he grows up, he realized that he can abuse this unconditional love (free ticket to heaven), choose to do so and becomes the most evil person (Hitler or any other evil man in past and future).
Just because he is the most evil person, doesn't mean he refuse to believe in his parents (God). On the contrary, the 100% true believing in the parents (God) and the promise of the parents (God) are in fact the root of his true believe that no consequence (disqualify to the free ticket to heaven) to his action.
The example might not be 100% accurate but I believe you get the point and we don't want to waste time on trivial details. The point is, you can't deny the existence of such evil person I described just because he doesn't fit in your regular Christian profile.
So if we both agree that such person qualify for the term "believe in God", then (John 3: 16) should apply to him also: "God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son so that whoever believes in Him might not perish but have everlasting life." Then he should be issued free ticket to heaven.
Go back to the question on subject line: We are actually talking about a situation here. Let's just assume he truly believes in God from bottom of his heart but still choose to do evil thing, he may even pray to let God know his action plan, Would he still be granted free pass to heaven?更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
I don't think this is 100% true. For example, a parents (God) promise to give unconditional love (free ticket to heaven) to his kid (Christian), and the kid (Christian) truly believes in his parents (God). When he grows up, he realized that he can abuse this unconditional love (free ticket to heaven), choose to do so and becomes the most evil person (Hitler or any other evil man in past and future).
Just because he is the most evil person, doesn't mean he refuse to believe in his parents (God). On the contrary, the 100% true believing in the parents (God) and the promise of the parents (God) are in fact the root of his true believe that no consequence (disqualify to the free ticket to heaven) to his action.
The example might not be 100% accurate but I believe you get the point and we don't want to waste time on trivial details. The point is, you can't deny the existence of such evil person I described just because he doesn't fit in your regular Christian profile.
So if we both agree that such person qualify for the term "believe in God", then (John 3: 16) should apply to him also: "God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son so that whoever believes in Him might not perish but have everlasting life." Then he should be issued free ticket to heaven.
Go back to the question on subject line: We are actually talking about a situation here. Let's just assume he truly believes in God from bottom of his heart but still choose to do evil thing, he may even pray to let God know his action plan, Would he still be granted free pass to heaven?更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net