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What's wrong with not accepting Jesus?

I'm not talking about rejecting him, but not accepting him. The difference, the way I mean, is that rejecting is outright pushing him and his teachings away as a bad thing. I think there were many who heard about Jesus who thought that his messages are good, and that they may be doing most of them already as honest, spiritual, and ethical people. So why would Christians treat Jews, and others after Jesus' time, as damned. It's not up to Christians to judge who's eligible for heaven, no matter what the Bible says.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Without Yeshua/Jesus, there is NO HOPE. You take ALL Of Him OR NONE Of Him. John 3 (Amplified Bible) 16For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten ([d]unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.

    17For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.

    18He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation--he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.]

    19The [basis of the] judgment (indictment, the test by which men are judged, the ground for the sentence) lies in this: the Light has come into the world, and people have loved the darkness rather than and more than the Light, for their works (deeds) were evil.

    Source(s): The Holy Bible
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    1 decade ago

    Well, the bible says you are either for God or against God. By not accepting Him you are rejected Him because He wants you to love Him with all of your heart, mind, and soul. In the New testament Jesus said this is the biggest commandment. How can you love Him with everything if you don't accept Him into your heart? You've got nothing to loose. He died for your sins and loved you first so I encourage you to ask Him into your heart and let Him do a work in you. Especially if you know Him because the bible says to be either hot or cold. If you are lukewarm He will Spit you out of His mouth. (not literally it makes Him sick)

  • 1 decade ago

    It is no more wrong to accept or reject Jesus than it is to accept or reject Buddha, Mohamed, the Tao, or any other belief system.

    I believe that if you honestly search for truth, work to have a consistent set of moral beliefs, and respect the right of others to their beliefs, then you are far advanced over those who have accepted the ideas of others without question or thought.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Christians aren't the ones doing the judging. God's word is clear about how we are to regard Jesus. If you don't believe the Bible is the word of God, that's your business. But Jesus proclaimed the scriptures, as they have been collected in the Bible, as the word of God. And he proclaimed himself as the son of God, and as God himself. If you reject him in even the way you are speaking, you are blatantly rejecting the word of God.

    Now, if you don't believe the Bible is the word of God, I suppose you can believe rejecting Jesus is perfectly acceptable. But get it straight......Christians aren't proclaiming Jews to be damned. The scriptures- God's word- conclude that all who do not accept Christ are not going to see heaven.

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  • 1 decade ago

    If you read what is written in red in the bible, what Jesus supposedly said, it is quite a sales pitch. He is very compelling, and reading it you would feel that we should listen to this great master. He says if we don't accept his teachings, the darkness will be very dark. I simply do not know, what the whole story is, but one who can touch my heart so with a few words, anyone that can do that that is enough for me to listen, I have never heard such compelling words, from anyone else.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's not up to atheists,agnostics,liberals (including theological) and others that are antibible and anti bible believing christian what is OK to believe as christians and what parts of the bible are OK.Jesus is the one who decides (and Him only) what is OK.He decides who will go to heaven or hell.It doesn't matter what you want or I want.

    John 3:15-21

    James 2:19

    2 Peter 3

    1 Tim 4

    Romans

  • 1 decade ago

    Well..Jesus is the the Lamb who takes away the sins of the World. With out shedding of Blood, there is no forgiveness of Sin....and the wages of win is death, so with out accepting Christ Blood as your saving covering of your sins..then one will have to burn in the Lake of fire for their own.

    This is what will be very wrong if one does not accept this saving Grace. Now for the ones who have never had a chance to know Christ...then the measure of faith we are all born with...if they in their heart let the Holy Spirit water it, and they lived by the small faith they had at birth..God judges their heart...as He does for every one and will be Just and Fair as He Always IS..

    .And the ones who have the Love in their heart that what ever it takes to be saved, will be saved. I know my Jesus and I know the gift of Salvation. My righteousness is Christ alone for by myself, I have none. God be with us all in Love...missleslie

    Source(s): KJV, ESV Study Bible, The Strong's Bible Concordance
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Salam Alaikum Ouzibillahi Mina sytan Al Rajeem! Bismillah Al Rahman Al Raheem Allah SWT made him, so which you would be able to say what you like approximately him he grew to become right into an excellent guy, and Allah SWT made him, if he did do what you assert, then why are we nonetheless grasping and sinning and in no way in have faith and why is it that everytime a prophet got here unto thee you refuted him and tried such blunders that finally ends up in terror from the LEFT! my sturdy lord won't be able to you notice! InshAllah properly he did say you are going to be able to desire to no longer specially situations yet thats no longer your fault come decrease back to the mild inshAllah and you will discover the terrific direction to Jesus A.s. Aka Isa. A.s. he grew to become into the terrific well being care expert interior the entire existance different than the Quran Al Karim (the main style) So all of us understand from adventure that The Saints got here marching in, and properly they had to march did no longer they, it would not say the Saints got here in with nutrition ordinary coke and bag of chips did it? Or the place the Saints slumbering below a tree on a similar time as the King of Rome grew to become into finding for prosperous outdoors he quickly found out Allah SWT is larger than something interior the completed Existance unto thee. the celebrities above and the heavens under are guided in elementary terms by utilising one! it is absolutely the ONE! yet do no longer hear to me no person else does.. hahaa bypass instruct it! The day you stick to mankind that grew to become into no longer guided is the day you stick to them on your doom! it is named self oppression, and in case you could no longer have a physique, then you definately won't be able to instruct the case. Case closed like 2000 years in the past... i think it is the reason we shop having to unfastened an afternoon each and every twelve months and benefit an afternoon right here and there... or grew to become into that an HOUR! THE HOUR! hmmm humorous how the words from one e book bypass into the final appropriate e book from Allah :) like it!!!!! :)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    People are beings who always want to be right. With Christians it's either their way or your wrong, even though the Jews are technically the Chosen people.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Nothing. In fact I do not accept that Jesus was the actual son of God. But then again, I am a Unitarian. I do have a relationship with God, so I suppose I could be called a Theist.

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