I had an exchange in comments with what I will call Christian Gatekeepers. They gate keep the country when they want to turn away immigrants and asylum seekers, and they use Heaven as justification saying Heaven has a strict immigration policy. Sounds cool, but this is also gate keeping.
My response is heaven is open to everyone. Yes, absolutely everyone.
There is only two simple requirements. That you Love God, and Love your neighbor.
But then they say: “No! What about Jesus!”
Well it’s Jesus himself who said this, so I’m going to add here for people who are easily confused:
When Jesus said these things allow you to enter life he knew he was talking to a believer, In the same way it goes without saying you need belief in Jesus to enter life.
Think about it, the commands are to Love. And God is Love, Jesus is God.
If Love is in your heart, that’s Jesus!
If there is no love in your heart, where does that put you with respect to Jesus?
Now here is a part, try to understand…. This love is “Agape” in Greek. That’s totally committed self sacrificing Love”,
And so many christians, that push back on.. “You gotta Love”, don’t understand what Christian Love is. They think of it in emotional terms. It’s not that. Emotional Love, in many ways is self serving, it’s an internal feeling.
Agape Love is Active, Proactive. It’s constructive, supportive and yes.. it’s is transformational. It transforms the loved, and it transforms the lover.
How can I say this? Because God is Love, that’s why.
John 3:16. For God so Loved the world he gave his only Son so that whosoever believes in him shall have eternal Life. That’s Agape in action! Jesus is Love and the Life.
So this is why it’s so important when Jesus said, what you did for the poor and needy you did for Me.
It’s not for us to say “Get a job!” to them, or say “It’s not my problem take care of yourself!” We need to Agape them.
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