Emeth
October 23rd 2004, 12:55 PM
Here are the introductory questions. ANy help on them or the format is appreciated, as I want to reach the widest range of "Bible Users" who "believe themselves to be Christian" as possible. Wordings like the opposite of heaven is hell are avoided as some who "call themselves Christians" don't believe in it. Answer the questions yourself and send me an e-mail of your answers. I'll e-mail you back just the subtopic list with the passages. Thanks, Mike
Before you take the survey, ask these things:
1.) Do you believe that the what the bible has to say about life after death issues is important?(If the answer is “no” thank them for their time, wish them well, & send them on their way, unless you have some material on the reliability of the bible, and they are willing to discuss that, continuing with this tool serves no purpose at all . For those who wish to make this study more palatable by reducing the number of scriptures given, this is exactly what almost every other study, from every other belief group, does to prove it’s beliefs true. This would make this paper just like every other one on the topic I would hate to give anyone half of the passages on a topic, and have them, for that reason, miss the truth of it. I would rather preserve the fullness of what God had to say, and have them reject it, because they did not want to go over everything God had to say, even when it was handed to them. When it comes to what God has to say on this issue, I do not want to present just a part of the truth.)
2.) If you missed what God stressed most in His word, on the topic of salvation, from an eternal perspective, what shape would you be in?
3.) If the religious group you associate with, misses what God said and meant on the topic of who gets to heaven and who doesn’t, even if you follow and believe, everything your religious experts teach, will it do you any good when you die?
4.) Can you think of a more important topic to know “ALL” of what God had to say on, than the topic of life after death?
5.) In recent surveys, over 80% of Americans Believe that they are Christians. (And almost all of them will agree with you that the gospel is simple, while they disagree with you as to what it is. Also, almost all of them believe that their belief group knows the truth, and that the scriptures support their beliefs, while proving opposing beliefs false.) (This includes Baptists, Mormons, Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Lutherans, …) Do you believe that, according to the scriptures, “everyone” who believes they are right with God with all their heart, mind, soul & strength, will get into heaven, regardless of what they may believe?
6.) The people who raised us stressed certain things “over and over”, while we were growing up, and certain things they barely mentioned. If you were to look at the things they stressed “over and over again”, and compare those to the ones they seldom mentioned, would you say that the ones they said over and over were the ones they felt were most important for you to learn, or the that the ones you rarely heard were most important? Knowing how important repetition is to training up children in the way they should go, do you think the things our heavenly Father said over, and over, and over again, were the issues He knew would be the most important for us to get correct and remember, or the least important?
With this in mind: “God gave us over 900 verses(over 300 passages), in the New Testament, to define what He says differentiates between those who “He says” are going to heaven, from those “He says” are not going to make it.
Think about the passages in the bible that say, “This group is headed for heaven” and “This group is not headed for heaven”. If you were to examine ALL of these passages, and break them down into key issues, what do you believe God stressed most often? Can you give me the top 10 things that God stressed over and over that “He says” distinguishes those who are going to get into heaven from those who are not?
Those are the questions. Normally, as they answered I would look up their answers on a sheet and hand them all of the major passages that supported their sub-topic. Most get around 5 total with 1-2 being in the top 10. They look at the subtopics left in my hand, and all the passages listed under them, and wonder what they missed. I then give them a copy of the entire study if they want one. Let me know what you think. Thanks again, Mike
Before you take the survey, ask these things:
1.) Do you believe that the what the bible has to say about life after death issues is important?(If the answer is “no” thank them for their time, wish them well, & send them on their way, unless you have some material on the reliability of the bible, and they are willing to discuss that, continuing with this tool serves no purpose at all . For those who wish to make this study more palatable by reducing the number of scriptures given, this is exactly what almost every other study, from every other belief group, does to prove it’s beliefs true. This would make this paper just like every other one on the topic I would hate to give anyone half of the passages on a topic, and have them, for that reason, miss the truth of it. I would rather preserve the fullness of what God had to say, and have them reject it, because they did not want to go over everything God had to say, even when it was handed to them. When it comes to what God has to say on this issue, I do not want to present just a part of the truth.)
2.) If you missed what God stressed most in His word, on the topic of salvation, from an eternal perspective, what shape would you be in?
3.) If the religious group you associate with, misses what God said and meant on the topic of who gets to heaven and who doesn’t, even if you follow and believe, everything your religious experts teach, will it do you any good when you die?
4.) Can you think of a more important topic to know “ALL” of what God had to say on, than the topic of life after death?
5.) In recent surveys, over 80% of Americans Believe that they are Christians. (And almost all of them will agree with you that the gospel is simple, while they disagree with you as to what it is. Also, almost all of them believe that their belief group knows the truth, and that the scriptures support their beliefs, while proving opposing beliefs false.) (This includes Baptists, Mormons, Catholics, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Lutherans, …) Do you believe that, according to the scriptures, “everyone” who believes they are right with God with all their heart, mind, soul & strength, will get into heaven, regardless of what they may believe?
6.) The people who raised us stressed certain things “over and over”, while we were growing up, and certain things they barely mentioned. If you were to look at the things they stressed “over and over again”, and compare those to the ones they seldom mentioned, would you say that the ones they said over and over were the ones they felt were most important for you to learn, or the that the ones you rarely heard were most important? Knowing how important repetition is to training up children in the way they should go, do you think the things our heavenly Father said over, and over, and over again, were the issues He knew would be the most important for us to get correct and remember, or the least important?
With this in mind: “God gave us over 900 verses(over 300 passages), in the New Testament, to define what He says differentiates between those who “He says” are going to heaven, from those “He says” are not going to make it.
Think about the passages in the bible that say, “This group is headed for heaven” and “This group is not headed for heaven”. If you were to examine ALL of these passages, and break them down into key issues, what do you believe God stressed most often? Can you give me the top 10 things that God stressed over and over that “He says” distinguishes those who are going to get into heaven from those who are not?
Those are the questions. Normally, as they answered I would look up their answers on a sheet and hand them all of the major passages that supported their sub-topic. Most get around 5 total with 1-2 being in the top 10. They look at the subtopics left in my hand, and all the passages listed under them, and wonder what they missed. I then give them a copy of the entire study if they want one. Let me know what you think. Thanks again, Mike