I surely do not want to try and bluff my way past Him, by telling Him I am worthy of Heaven.
When the Son of Man comes in His glory and sits on His glorious throne (Matthew 25:31-46), we will not be telling Him anything, let alone bluffing our way past Him.
When He separates the sheep from the goats, we will at that moment each be either a sheep or a goat. To be a sheep, we need to have faith in God and follow His commandments. (Matthew 19:16-17; Mark 10:17-18)
What are His commandments?
The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17)
The Great Commandment (Matthew 22:36-40; Mark 28-34; Luke 25-28)
The New Commandment (John 13:34-35; John 15:12-17)
We shouldn’t have to stress and strain to follow these commandments if we have surrendered ourselves to His will. All we need to is to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind, and love each other as Jesus loves us, and the rest will follow.
Regarding your mention of the term Limbo. It was a speculative idea that has fallen out of use. It has never been official doctrine.
My parents sure believed in Limbo, and they said they both hoped to go there. They felt they were not good enough to go to Heaven, but hoped they were good enough to go to Limbo. Not one person ever keeps the commandments. Not one, so I am still left wondering how I am going to bluff my way past God, into Heaven. I think I will have to make it some other way.
“All we need to is to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind, and love each other as Jesus loves us, and the rest will follow.”
So we need to do is keep his commandments and love God with all of our heart, soul, and mind, and then love each other as Jesus loves us? So the Beatles were right when they sang “all we need is love?” That’s it? That’s all God demands? I wish I had known that a long time ago. For decades I’ve been going around believing we had to do something hard.
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FRiend, the Bible tells us the law is a curse (Deuteronomy 27:26, Galatians 3:10) That’s because the Bible tells us if we offend the law at only one little point we are guilty of breaking the whole law (James 2:10). Men who attempt to keep the law for salvation quickly realize the utter futility of their task. No mere man can possibly keep the whole law perfectly, but that is precisely what our Holy Holy Holy God demands. And you know what, that is a wonderful thing! Because of where it leads us, we should love God’s law! Galatians 3:24 teaches the law is a schoolmaster designed to drive us to Christ by faith.
“The Law was our schoolmaster, to bring us unto CHRIST, that we might be justified by FAITH.” (Galatians 3:24)
It sure terrified enough parents into getting their babies baptized ASAP.
What are ROME's commandments?