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The individuals Augustine criticized held that one is saved by faith alone and that God's future judgement for Christians only consisted of temporal punishment and reward; hell was out of question. Thus, they held that deeds such as repentance and good works were not necessary to enter heaven. [41] [42]
The Last Judgment [a] [b] is a concept found across the Abrahamic religions and the Frashokereti of Zoroastrianism. Christianity considers the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to entail the final judgment by God of all people who have ever lived, [1] resulting in the saving of some and the damning of most.
That the word of God alone is our standard of judgment in spiritual things; that it can be explained only by the Holy Spirit; and that in our day, as well as in former times, he is the teacher of his people. The office of the Holy Spirit I had not experimentally understood before that time.
In the beginning, God pronounced judgment upon the whole race, as a consequence of the fall of its representatives, the first parents (Genesis Genesis). Death and the infirmities and miseries of this were the consequences of that original sentence. Besides this common judgment there have been special judgments on particular individuals and peoples.
Predestination of the elect and non-elect was taught by the Jewish Essene sect, [5] Gnosticism, [6] and Manichaeism. [7] In Christianity, the doctrine that God unilaterally predestines some persons to heaven and some to hell originated with Augustine of Hippo during the Pelagian controversy in 412 AD. [8]
Confidence of spending eternity with God is possible for every Christian since God justifies through faith alone and provides eternal security. [93] [1] Rewards and discipline: All Christians will undergo judgment by Christ based upon their works and degree of conformity to Christ's character (or lack thereof).
Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization. “But things ...
Purity of intention, which seeks to fulfill God's will in everything, knowing that it alone will lead to the true end of man. Purity of vision, "external and internal", disciplining the thoughts and imagination to reject those that are impure. Prayer that recognizes the power of God to grant a person the ability to overcome sexual desires.