[daniel1212]

And "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die [spiritually]. Believest thou this?" (John 11:25-26)

The redeemed are those who come to God as sinners knowing their desperate need of salvation - not as souls saved by their works or religious heritage, but as destitute of any means or merit whereby they may find salvation - and with a humble and penitent heart (that at least implicitly wants a new life following Christ) believe on the crucified and risen Lord Jesus - the Divine Son of God - who alone can save them on His account, by His sinless shed blood and righteousness. (Romans 3:9 - 5:1)

For the Father sent the Son to be the savior of the world. (1 John 4:14) And which faith is imputed for righteousness, (Romans 4:5)

And who are thus baptized to follow the Lord Jesus with persevering faith (John 10:27-29; Acts 8:12; Ephesians 1:7; 2:8-10) - and effectually repent when they find that they failed to do so. (Psalms 32:5, 6; 51:3; Hosea 5:15; 1 John 1:9)

And by which faith the redeemed soul is "accepted in the Beloved" and positionally seated with Him in Heaven, on His account, glory to God. (Ephesians 1:6; 2:6; cf. Phil. 3:21)

And those who die in that obedient faith will go to be forever with Him at death or His return (Phil 1:23; 2Cor. 5:8 [“we”]; Heb, 12:22,23; 1Cor. 15:51ff'; 1Thess. 4:17) In contrast to those who were never born of the Spirit or who terminally fall away. (Gal. 5:1-4; Heb. 3:12; 10:25-39)

Thanks be to God!

[daniel1212]

Ping

[Redleg Duke]

Waiting for the left to discredit this study as racist and homophobic.

[Bayard]

Well its interesting, but what if its only the kinds of people who have been doing healthy things like going to Church, which tells you to live well, and the people who don’t obviously don’t live well in general?

Church goers more integrated people in general, whereas those not going are less integrated in general?

[Bob434]

Is that a good thing ?

#1 you have to wait 6.5 more years to get the rest you desperately need if you are old and sick,

#2 you are old and sick, maybe stuck in a nursing home with no fami,iy visiting, being treated not so great by overworked nursing home peeps, have to eat cafeteria style food that they serve etc... not sure that will be pleasant.

If one is healthy, sure, that’d be nice, but it still means delaying heaven

Maybe I should take up smoking again to hurry the process a bit lol.

[RoosterRedux]

Reminds one of the Book of Deuteronomy's blessings (from following the Word of God--as presented by Moses) and curses (from not following the Word of God).

Not just longer life either. Living under God's curse isn't a life worth living.

[TexasFreeper2009]

since being gay can decrease your lifespan by 20+ years, that alone could account for a good chunk of the life span difference here. I assume most gays are not religious.

[Chicory]

I am just happy to have good news from Medical Express 😃

[spintreebob]

2 aspects: 1) The belief itself
2) Those who believe practice a different lifestyle than those who don’t.

Alcohol, drugs, promiscuity shorten lives. Kneeling to pray does not.

[dragonblustar]

Makes you wonder who Soros believes in?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

No, it will extend your life forever.

[Savage Beast]

...and if you don’t, you’ll be very happy with the afterlife.

[ConservativeMind]

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[joma89]

I expect to reach 100 years old and faith is definitely part of that possibility.