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Default RE: If there was no eternal life in heaven - 06-06-2002, 11:34 AM

>We shall reep what we saw.It is evident in the bible.Your question seem to have sidelined that.If you knew that you will not reep >anything from your Maizefeild would it be worth being a farmer??????? Would it be worth going to school if you knew you would not >gain knowlegde.{{It would probably even not worth donating for you in a harambe to go to USA(Assumption)}} It should therefore >be clear to you that it is through your
>actions that eternity is guaranteed ofcourse through true worship

This is my point exactly.Is Christianity just another reward system where if you do this or say this God will give you this and that or else He will do this and that.

I spent sometime yesterday reading the book of Job ,not just chapter 1 and the happy conclusion , but each of Jobs arguments and his friends counterarguments.

This is was what I gathered.
1) Job main complaint is this..I havent sinned I have been righteous and upright all my life, yet God has in turn given me all this problems. God has wronged and since he is not Man I have no one to mediate between us.

2) His friends reply is this. Job wacha uwongo you must have done something to deserve this(Your Kidos too). Why? God rewards our Righteousness and punishes us for our Sins thats the way the system works

3) When God appears on the scene He doesnt even explain why these things happened to Job. In a nutshell all he does is ask this question(s), How can a mortal man understand my ways?

With this in mind I throw the question back ..(Teejay)

Is Christianity held together By the promise of Eternal life in heaven or hell??