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We don't want to be like the theologian who after death was given the choice between going to Heaven or going to a lecture on Heaven and chose the lecture.

God has made salvation through Christ uncomplicated - not a lecture or theological discourse. No decision can be made for salvation after death according to scriptures: Romans 10: 9,10 if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." There is no choice once we die to follow Christ. We either accept Jesus now and have our sins forgiven and eternal life or choose death and hell - John 3:16,17 Jesus said, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whomsoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but thhat the world through him might be saved.

He that believes on him is not condemned; but he that believes not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten son of God." Did I misunderstand your post on the theologian who was given a choice between heaven and going to a lecture? There is no such choice after death according the the scriptures.

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We don't want to be like the theologian who after death was given the choice between going to Heaven or going to a lecture on Heaven and chose the lecture.

God has made salvation through Christ uncomplicated - not a lecture or theological discourse. No decision can be made for salvation after death according to scriptures: Romans 10: 9,10 if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." There is no choice once we die to follow Christ. We either accept Jesus now and have our sins forgiven and eternal life or choose death and hell - John 3:16,17 Jesus said, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whomsoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but thhat the world through him might be saved.

He that believes on him is not condemned; but he that believes not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten son of God." Did I misunderstand your post on the theologian who was given a choice between heaven and going to a lecture? There is no such choice after death according the the scriptures.

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I think the statement was made in humour! Simply to indicate that some people are more interested in intellectualism than in knowing God and being in His presence.

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God created us with intelligence, some greater than others.

Others will not find intel talk interesting, some will. Each of us is created in such away, where we all can learn from each other. the problem with the church is that in many cases, they take one extreme and make it the rule.

Paul talked about such a thing, when they made such ado about speaking in tongues and, neglecting the other gifts. Intellectual people are mean to study the various topics of the world, Literature to history and everything in-between. When we fail to learn, we fail to grow, we learn to fear.

Knowledge dispels fear, as we learn, we can understand and not give into our emotions.

I am a big supporter of this.

Since some are born with such intelligence, some are not, some could careless about such things, but they have their own intelligence, it maybe a more hands on intelligence, verses a brain intelligence. Give me a book on a subject i am interested in and I will shine. Put me in front of a machine and I am lost. Give me the opportunity to be by myself and I will shine, put me in a place with a lot of people and I will shrink.

I know this because, I know myself.

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God created us with intelligence, some greater than others.

Others will not find intel talk interesting, some will. Each of us is created in such away, where we all can learn from each other. the problem with the church is that in many cases, they take one extreme and make it the rule.

Paul talked about such a thing, when they made such ado about speaking in tongues and, neglecting the other gifts. Intellectual people are mean to study the various topics of the world, Literature to history and everything in-between. When we fail to learn, we fail to grow, we learn to fear.

Knowledge dispels fear, as we learn, we can understand and not give into our emotions.

I am a big supporter of this.

Since some are born with such intelligence, some are not, some could careless about such things, but they have their own intelligence, it maybe a more hands on intelligence, verses a brain intelligence. Give me a book on a subject i am interested in and I will shine. Put me in front of a machine and I am lost. Give me the opportunity to be by myself and I will shine, put me in a place with a lot of people and I will shrink.

I know this because, I know myself.

I quoted scriptures to back up my view, can you do the same?

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