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Does The Bible Teach There Is A Second Chance In The Afterlife To Be Saved By Jesus?

The grave is not hell. Anyone in hell would want to come back. Noone wants to be in hell. If your a Christian you are made right with God by abiding in him, but if you are not a Christian you will not have salvation. It is one or the other. There are no playing games with God.
 
Alfred Persson said:
Prove it. Cite the text and the context it violated.
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I don't have time, but ask any Christian and what almost all Christian churches believe. You can't go to heaven if you don't have christ as lord. God's a jealous God like it says in the bible. If you die and are not a Christian you don't go to heaven. Noone goes to hell and then is like you know I don't really like it her maybe I will go back.
 
citrus said:
I don't have time, but ask any Christian and what almost all Christian churches believe. You can't go to heaven if you don't have christ as lord. God's a jealous God like it says in the bible. If you die and are not a Christian you don't go to heaven. Noone goes to hell and then is like you know I don't really like it her maybe I will go back.
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citrus said:
I don't have time, but ask any Christian and what almost all Christian churches believe. You can't go to heaven if you don't have christ as lord. God's a jealous God like it says in the bible. If you die and are not a Christian you don't go to heaven. Noone goes to hell and then is like you know I don't really like it her maybe I will go back.
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You are taking me out of context.

Belief or nonbelief in Jesus are the ONLY grounds for salvation or damnation, everyone born in this world must hear the gospel of Christ to be judged. Everyone born since Adam and Eve.

16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 "For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
21 "But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God." (Jn. 3:16-21 NKJ)

6 For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. (1 Pet. 4:6 NKJ)
 
Are we saying the same things? Something is off track. The whole bible talks about the eternal. It is exhaustive.
 
citrus said:
Are we saying the same things? Something is off track. The whole bible talks about the eternal. It is exhaustive.
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No, we are not. You misunderstand my position. Why not reread the OP, carefully.

NO ONE is saved apart from Christ, ever. Not in the past, not in the future. Even those who died before Christ under the law, are saved through Christ's ransom sacrifice.

Christ appeared "once" at the end of the ages, but His sacrifice applies even to Adam and Eve. That is why the dead must have the gospel of Christ preached to them, many died before Christ came. Many die now without Christ because of censorship etc.

24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another--
26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
(Heb. 9:24-28 NKJ)
 
Yes I have no problem with what you just wrote. I do however know hell is eternal. But once your there you don't come back. That's a given. That's not honoring or respecting God thinking well maybe I can live how I want, there are no eternal consequences. If i don't like hell ill be good and come back. Noone will like hell. The bible is clear on that. Matthew 3:12 and 25:41 Daniel 12:2 mark 9:44-45 revelations 20:10 Luke 16:23-24 2 thessalonians 1:9 revelations 14:10-11
 
citrus said:
Heaven and hell are forever not just a moment in time.
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No. There will be a new heavens created, and hades (hell) is cast into the lake of fire which symbolizes the second death, the death from which there is no return:

Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (2 Pet. 3:13 NKJ)

14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. (Rev. 20:14 NKJ)

You need to study your Bible, get past the "sound bites" and learn God's truth.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Tim. 2:15 KJV)
 
citrus said:
I know that made me sound smart. Lol. Auto correct
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Don't spam the board, put a cogent statement in one post and I'll answer. I don't have any idea what your question, or statement was in those posts.
 
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