It's not about believing He exists, it's about accepting Him as Lord and Saviour. Salvation is a free gift that we receive from believing in Him.
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
The Bible is very clear on salvation, it's not based on how good you are. And once someone becomes a believer in Christ, that person is saved forever.
John 10:28
“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand."
If you believe you can lose your salvation by committing a wicked sin and not repenting afterwards, then you are trusting in your own works, and hence not trusting in Jesus.
Jesus paid the debt for all of my sins, even the sins that I commit in the future. I repent of my sins to avoid being punished, not to secure my salvation.
Repent of sins to get saved = works-based salvation. You must only trust in your faith and nothing else, or else you are not saved.
For that to track, anyone would just claim Jesus as their lord and savior...then go back to degeneracy the next day. Hey, it's a cosmic cheat code for morality!
For that to track, anyone would just claim Jesus as their lord and savior...then go back to degeneracy the next day. Hey, it's a cosmic cheat code for morality!
Christians who become wicked and sinful will be severely punished for their sins in this life, and may also lose their rewards in Heaven. However once someone accepts Jesus as their saviour, they are saved forever.
And then there's reprobates, who cannot get saved.
Jeremiah 6:30 King James Version
30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
Can you show me even one example, in the KJV bible, of a person losing their salvation after believing in God?
You can't, because once saved, always saved.
Salvation is by faith alone, and once saved always saved.
It is a free gift.
If you think it's not a free gift, and that you have to work for it, then you are calling God a liar.
You will end up in hell with all the catholics, lutherans, pentecostals, muslims, hindus, buddhists, atheists and all the other non-believers.
It's time for you to repent and turn to Christ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoDHCsF3n68
^ Watch this if you want to know how to go to Heaven.
Matthew 26:24 comes to mind, regarding the apostle who betrayed Christ.
As to hell, what do you even mean? Gehenna? Tartaros? Sheol? 14th century Italian political satire?
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