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August 5th, 2024
Misconceptions

A magyar fordítást később megcsinálom (nem ígérem, hogy hamarosan)/Hungarian translation coming later (I can't promise soon)

I thought it would be good to share these with you. I'll try to do my best but I don't know the official English phrases so some parts might be weird.

"If I'm kind and nice I'll go to heaven"
The biggest misbelief. Many people think they can earn their place in heaven. But it's not true. You may have been thinking how good is "good enough". Is there a scale for that? No. These people confuse the cause with the effect. Good deeds aren't the cause you can go to heaven. It's the effect! How? Because the only way to be "good enough" is to accept the sacrifice of Jesus. It's a free gift and you only have to accept it. And good deeds come from gratitude for that. It's like getting a gift from your friend. What do you do? Pay for it? No! Be grateful instead and express it with your behavior!

"Christians are bigot"
Some, but not all. They aren't all the same. I know priests who know very well how the world (and young people) work. For example, one teached us that ramming everybody with the Bible and Jesus is contraproductive. It's much better to make the other curious so they want to seek themselves.

"If my conscience says it's okay then it must be okay, it's not a sin"
Sorry, but no. If you don't seek God's will and don't try to know Him better, you'll only appeal to humans. It's like buying a gift for someone you don't know and only considering your own preferences.
However, in my opinion if a believer genuinely try to walk on the right path and finds something they are unsure about, their conscience can be the deciding factor if they considered God's will first.

If you have questions, you can ask me in PM and I will do my best to answer.
Posted by tinshard | Aug 5, 2024 7:51 AM | 0 comments
It’s time to ditch the text file.
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