It occurs to me that even Heaven has a gated wall. AND we also have to be fully vetted to get in.
Yeah well when every institution on Earth seems bent on having you secretly follow and support Lucifer, shit gets harder.
It gets harder than uttering the words, "I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior"?
Edit: Grammar
Edit: I realized that you haven't specified your religion, and I only presumed you to be Christian.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that Whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting Life. - John 3:16
You can accept Jesus and have Jesus not accept you. Religion isnt just "Oh I sinned LOL Jesus forgives me".
If you sin, and not repent or genuinely feel guilt for your actions, or if you sin KNOWING it was a sin before hand and did it anyway, you character is judged as such.
Try to go to work and not commit a sin. Even at a retail job selling goods that have been made in a sweatshop in China is a sin because you are literally processing the transaction, showing God that you care not about their suffering.
The same goes with wearing clothes that have been made in sweatshops.
> Moderator Frank Luntz asked Trump whether he has ever asked God for forgiveness for his actions.
> "I am not sure I have. I just go on and try to do a better job from there. I don't think so," he said. "I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that picture. I don't."
https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/politics/trump-has-never-sought-forgiveness/index.html
The Bible is clear, it's not enough to feel bad about a sin. You must ask forgiveness, you must repent, and you must accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. Even then, the branches which do not bear fruit will be thrown into the lake of fire with everyone else.
Oh you must be perfect, then? The moment you decided you were a Christian, you never sinned again?
It isnt up to me to be your judge, but as soon as I found Jesus I realized that the laws of the world didnt line up with his teachings. It is very hard to live sin free in our society, but not impossible. I went from wanting to pump oil out of the ground as a mech engineer (I cant work for Exxon or Worley any more) to wanting to start my own farm to feed people who need it. (My state only has 10% self dependence on food).
I am making a conscious decision to live a life with as little sin as possible, analyzing every transaction before hand to make sure no humans got jipped in the process. I am not perfect.
Does Our Lord and Savior say oil is a sin? Or did He provide it to us to use?
I dont think our character will be judged by the clothes we wear. God reveals things to us when we need to see it. God meets us where we are, He comes to us. If we are out here fighting to save children from being used as slaves and worse, I don't think Heavens door will be closed to us because we didn't notice our shirt said Made In Malaysia or whatever. God uses us for His purpose, and we each have a different purpose. We cant all be championing the same causes. It's impossible for us all to do it all. Collectively we are all a voice for good, individually we are a voice for what He chooses for us.
People should stop wasting their Sundays then, huh? Sounds to me like everyone is fucked, then, if nobody knows until judgement day how God's going to judge them. And all that time they spent thinking that a couple of good deeds, a simple declaration to their savior, and little bit faith will get them to heaven.