hopefulLandlord:
None cuz heaven is a figment of imagination

The Bible doesn't say much about what heaven is supposed to be like. Most of the claims about heaven are exaggerations of the Bible. The Bible says the Gates are made of pearl. What are the gates for? Are they made just as an excuse to irritate clams? Are the gates supposed to keep someone out or to keep souls from escaping?

it also says the streets are paved with gold but the only reason we actually like gold so much and we attach such values to it is because they are rare and difficult to extract. Gold is malleable and can be formed as needed for use in, among others, electronics, dentistry, medical tools, and the defense, aerospace, and automotive industries. Gold is durable and noncorrosive. However gold shouldn't be valuable at all in heaven unless we'd still need to use gold for those things in heaven too which actually makes heaven just another version of earth

The sales pitch for heaven is that there is only happiness and no sorrow. But it also says that many people's loved ones won't be there. Since they can't feel sorrow about that, are they ecstatic that their loved ones are being tortured forever? Either your memories are removed or your human empathy is removed. Is it really you that is left over once some parts of you have been removed?

If life matters to me now, it will always have mattered to me, even when I am gone. Death cannot change that.

Your best hope is to be locked in a gold cage with your memories of having an actual life being erased just so you can kiss ass for eternity.

Life is pleasant, death is serene. The transition might be troublesome but we all have to go through it. You shouldn't fear death so much. Heaven and hell are imaginary. You should reject the indoctrination. Life is much better that way.

To quote a friend: "Heaven's supposed to be this really great place, right? So how come a third of the angels got pissed off??"

you you manage to devote so much time to write such long empty articles is amazing...you comment on almost every Christian post but I have never seen you make sense in any of those comments.

I don't know where you belong, wether you are an atheist scientist, a confused somebody or something strange that is yet known to man

Many people including myself mistake going to church to Christianity. For one to be a Christian, the person most live the type of life that Christ lived while on earth.
What we have today as Christians are mostly church goers.

jesusjnr2020:
How Many Of Billions Of Christians On Earth Do You Think Would Make Heaven?

According to Wikipedia, there were approximately 2.4 billions Christians on earth.

That makes Christianity the world's largest religion.

Ordinarily that should be something worth shouting about for an adherent of the faith, however considering the fact that Christianity was not about what men see but about what God sees, how many of those billions of Christians do you think were actually known to God?

How many of them were actually saved and bound for heaven?

I saw a post a brother shared here not too long ago concerning the general overseer of RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye.

It was about what God once told him about the hundreds of thousands or even millions of people that would attend the Holy Ghost congress from every part of the country and beyond during one of those annual gatherings.

God told him He didn't know up to a hundred of them.

Now kindly take a deep breath and ponder on that saying, so the meaning could sink deeply to enable you grasp it fully.

Out of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, God said He knew less than a hundred of them.

That's less than 0.1 percent, which means that more than 99.9 percent of Christians attending that particular church program were bound for hell from God's own point of view.

So just imagine that compared to what many Christians believe.

Doesn't that already show how far they were from the reality of heaven?

The only reason many Christians will be surprised by that reality is if they allowed themselves to be deceived by doctrines and ideas of men in the church, and not abide by the Truth and Words of the Spirit which Jesus preached, because Jesus already taught us that the way that gate that leads to life was narrow and that which leads to destruction was broad.

Matthew 7:13-14 (KJV)

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

This is the reason why He asked us to strive to enter into the gate that leads to life, because it's not easy to enter into it as many have been misled to think but hard.

Luke 13:24 (KJV)

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

It's the gate that leads to destruction that's. not hard but easy to enter so you wouldn't need to stress yourself or strive to enter because it's broad.

That's why we shouldn't be deceived by the mammoth crowd gatherings in some churches, because most (not all) of them were broad as the gate that leads to destruction, in the sense of the gospel they preach, as it is that which was appealing to the flesh and what men want to hear, hence many go in, but the end thereof is death and destruction, because the flesh profits nothing. It's the Spirit that gives life.

That why we should follow the example of Jesus (the Narrow way) who preached the Word of the Spirit, regardless if it offended many of His false disciples and make them to leave because of His preaching. John

It better to have a few church members (200), and just 10% (20) who were bound for hell, than to have many church members (hundreds of thousands or million) and less than 0.1% of them were heaven bound.

God bless.

You are asking a question you yourself and you can't answer. That should not be ur problem do don't worry ur head over that. Your main concern should be am I going to make it check ur own self and work more out yourself by his grace. So don't help to determine who and who or how many churches should be. But if you still insist to find out ask goggle

ReacherSaidNoth:
I find it odd that Christians look forward to spending an eternity worshipping an insatiable praise hungry entity who will probably roast most of their loved ones, totally unappealing.

At least the Muslims heaven has 72 virgins to keep the body warm but the psychos have to blow themselves up first. Religion is just stupid.

senseless comment...

Ever8090:
you you manage to devote so much time to write such long empty articles is amazing...you comment on almost every Christian post but I have never seen you make sense in any of those comments.

I don't know where you belong, wether you are an atheist scientist, a confused somebody or something strange that is yet known to man

if it doesn't make sense to you then it's not meant for you (yet).

I'm an antitheist https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitheism

Do the right thing and forget about those that will make heaven, it’s left for God to decide

A lot

Jahsdaughter052:
It is only 144,000 that will go to heaven and rule with Jesus over those on the Earth.(Revelation 14:1-3) These ones were brought from the earth to rule with Jesus over those on the earth (Revelation 7:9) these ones are the great crowd that nobody was able to number. They will stay in the earth and enjoy the Rulership of Jesus and the 144,000
That time the Earth will be made A Paradise (Psalms 37:9-11,29) . Things like death, sickness,pain, suffering, hungry and everything making people to suffer will be more. Revelation 21:3,4) Then God's original purpose for this earth which is for Everybody to fill the earth and enjoy it will be fulfilled.

lies!

The 144,000 are members of the 12 tribes of Israel, not Jehovah witnesses.

ie 12 tribes × 12 members = 144,000 members of the tribes of Israel as at that time.

You mean does pastors dat are only enriching dem self

The day will shock those who think they are righteous

hopefulLandlord:
if it doesn't make sense to you then it's not meant for you (yet).

I'm an antitheist https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitheism

oh...you are one of those guys that beloved that, scientist, technicians, craft me, etc with higher intelligence designed and created every thing that existed outside of nature ( man made) but them themselves were not designed and created by a higher intelligence?...lol.

One thing I know is, there is no such thing like atheism, just some few confused set of people....

Heaven is a rather boring place to be.

Ever8090:
oh...you are one of those guys that beloved that, scientist, technicians, craft me, etc with higher intelligence designed and created every thing that existed outside of nature ( man made) but them themselves were not designed and created by a higher intelligence?...lol.

One thing I know is, there is no such thing like atheism, just some few confused set of people....

you don't even read no wonder you're still a Christian cuz you haven't read your bible. I'm an "antitheist"

but u always said jesus die for ur sins so for that every christian should go to heaven,as said by pastors.

hopefulLandlord:
None cuz heaven is a figment of imagination

The Bible doesn't say much about what heaven is supposed to be like. Most of the claims about heaven are exaggerations of the Bible. The Bible says the Gates are made of pearl. What are the gates for? Are they made just as an excuse to irritate clams? Are the gates supposed to keep someone out or to keep souls from escaping?

it also says the streets are paved with gold but the only reason we actually like gold so much and we attach such values to it is because they are rare and difficult to extract. Gold is malleable and can be formed as needed for use in, among others, electronics, dentistry, medical tools, and the defense, aerospace, and automotive industries. Gold is durable and noncorrosive. However gold shouldn't be valuable at all in heaven unless we'd still need to use gold for those things in heaven too which actually makes heaven just another version of earth

The sales pitch for heaven is that there is only happiness and no sorrow. But it also says that many people's loved ones won't be there. Since they can't feel sorrow about that, are they ecstatic that their loved ones are being tortured forever? Either your memories are removed or your human empathy is removed. Is it really you that is left over once some parts of you have been removed?

If life matters to me now, it will always have mattered to me, even when I am gone. Death cannot change that.

Your best hope is to be locked in a gold cage with your memories of having an actual life being erased just so you can kiss ass for eternity.

Life is pleasant, death is serene. The transition might be troublesome but we all have to go through it. You shouldn't fear death so much. Heaven and hell are imaginary. You should reject the indoctrination. Life is much better that way.

To quote a friend: "Heaven's supposed to be this really great place, right? So how come a third of the angels got pissed off??"

You spoke just like human that you are. No human flesh is needed in heaven, needless to say you'd miss your loved ones. Only the spirit goes there. The spirit doesn't experience sorrow so, even if your loved ones missed it and you per chance made heaven, you'd not feel terrible because someone you loved didn't make heaven. When you're in your flesh, you feel sad, terrible, pain, hungry,emotional, etc, not when you're in the spirit.

Have you ever gone hungry and suddenly went to sleep, then only to feel same hunger as soon as you were awake? Have you ever had pain in your body and went to sleep and forgot you were in pain all of a sudden, only to begin experiencing that pain the moment you're awake? You could be dreaming being in several places in a short time, even places you couldn't have visited or covered in months while in flesh....its because your flesh was inactive during that period. Once your flesh or body is done away with in this world, your spirit goes to wherever you deserve to be, given how you lived your life while on earth and how you kept God's laws. Its your spirit that would be there, not your flesh that experiences pain,.hunger, sadness. Spirit doesn't go hungry or feels those things mentioned.

Being a believer goes beyond carnal thinking. I remember when I once said to someone here on NL about hearing from God clearly, just like someone talking beside you and the person said its not God that's speaking, but the person may be running mad or hallucinating. Whereas, God actually speaks to his people, loud and clear. He speaks via other means too... esp, dreams. These days, sins have taken over in most places such that, even to pray and receive immediate answers has become a problem. When you have a problem and you pray, response should be instant and when a bit delayed, God would have a reason for it and not because of your sin. He may be considering a better option or time for it to be fulfilled, when it would favour you the most. After all He makes all things beautiful in his own time and His ways aren't ours. But because even the so called men of God do unimaginable things, its become difficult for prayers to be answered immediately or at all. In oke ado, ibadan in the 1940s, a dead woman was raised to life after being abandoned for 4 days. She was also pregnant. Her name was Abeo. It's not a fallacy. The pregnancy of that time is still alive, a very old man of God. Those who were alive in the 40s could testify to this and this miracle led millions in ibadan to Christ. Those God used then could be on the prayer mountain for months without seeing a woman. Some would pray and fast for 30 days in marathon. How many men of God do these nowadays? Everyone is looking for money and how to ride prado jeeps. They're full of lies

One pastor was brought to my house sometime ago by my sister, just to say hello as they stopped by. My wife was wearing a white transparent knicker, hours before they came. My sister only called that they were coming from a function and would like to stop by and say hello. I now said were home. When they came, as my wife was trying to entertain them with drinks, this man's attention was on my wife's backside. I was wondering. I noticed my wife's panties was transparent, unknowing to her so I whispered to her to go wear another short or trouser which she quickly did. This man was wearing a pastor's collar in his neck. It was on a Sunday afternoon. We've heard of pastors raping church members. The bible says , if you look at a woman lustfully, you've committed fornication. If you see her once and discovered she's not dressed decently, commot eye and look the other way but how many men do that today? When you now pray, you expect instantaneous response? It doesn't happen that way. These are the reasons many people are losing faith nowadays. Sins have become a commonplace amongst us. If only we all can go back to God, He'd draw closer to us and we'd have a different perspective of Him, this world and heaven.

Heaven is super real, apart from the way the bible described it and i said it here a few days ago , narrating my childhood's experience when he had an accident and saw his spirit leave his entire body immediately, then passed. He now found himself in a flower garden with unimaginable cool breeze and saw people of different races coming from left right and centre in large number every second, and nobody was talking to one another as everyone was going their separate ways, both young and old and the entire place was quiet. There's heaven and only your clean spirit goes there

jesusjnr2020:
That's why setting attendance targets, among other such worldly practices in many church today, which makes people start preaching rubbish (the words of the flesh), which people want to hear instead of the Gospel of Christ which may not be so appealing to men, is very wrong, because it may fill up the church building with souls, but it will also make the church to be full of souls bound for hell fire instead of heaven.

God bless.

it's not for me to estimate the population that will make heaven, that's for God to know mine is to work out my salvation in fear and trembling following Jesus Christ.

only 144000 jehovahs witnesses go make heaven. .................

argue with ur ancestors biko

None I mean not even one person will make it. I for talk pikin way dey die at age 5 but God knows their fate if they survive. They will still not make it. Oga don't deceive yourself their is nothing like heaven. Na greediness dey worry Una and laziness. After living on earth u want to go to heaven and be lazy there just singing praise and be doing absolutely nothing. I dont want afterlife this life wey I dey don teach me enuf lesson.

ReacherSaidNoth:
I find it odd that Christians look forward to spending an eternity worshipping an insatiable praise hungry entity who will probably roast most of their loved ones, totally unappealing.

At least the Muslims heaven has 72 virgins to keep the body warm but the psychos have to blow themselves up first. Religion is just stupid.

this is the best comment i have read in nairaland,both religion are scam,real big scam

Eriokanmi:
You spoke just like human that you are. No human flesh is needed in heaven, needless to say you'd miss your loved ones. Only the spirit goes there. The spirit doesn't experience sorrow so, even if your loved ones missed it and you per chance made heaven, you'd not feel terrible because someone you loved didn't make heaven. When you're in your flesh, you feel sad, terrible, pain, hungry,emotional, etc, not when you're in the spirit.

Have you ever gone hungry and suddenly went to sleep, then only to feel same hunger as soon as you were awake? Have you ever had pain in your body and went to sleep and forgot you were in pain all of a sudden, only to begin experiencing that pain the moment you're awake? You could be dreaming being in several places in a short time, even places you couldn't have visited or covered in months while in flesh....its because your flesh was inactive during that period. Once your flesh or body is done away with in this world, your spirit goes to wherever you deserve to be, given how you lived your life while on earth and how you kept God's laws. Its your spirit that would be there, not your flesh that experiences pain,.hunger, sadness. Spirit doesn't go hungry or feels those things mentioned.

Being a believer goes beyond carnal thinking. I remember when I once said to someone here on NL about hearing from God clearly, just like someone talking beside you and the person said its not God that's speaking, but the person may be running mad or hallucinating. Whereas, God actually speaks to his people, loud and clear. He speaks via other means too... esp, dreams. These days, sins have taken over in most places such that, even to pray and receive immediate answers has become a problem. When you have a problem and you pray, response should be instant and when a bit delayed, God would have a reason for it and not because of your sin. He may be considering a better option or time for it to be fulfilled, when it would favour you the most. After all He makes all things beautiful in his own time amd His ways aren't ours. But because even the so called men of God do unimaginable things, its become difficult for prayers to be answered immediately or at all. In oke ado, ibadan in the 1940s, a dead woman was raised to life after being abandoned for 4 days. She was also pregnant. Her name was Abeo. It's not a fallacy. The pregnancy of that time is still alive, a very old man of God. Those who were alive in the 40s could testify to this and this miracle led millions in ibadan to Christ. Those God used then could be on the prayer mountain for months without seeing a woman. Some would pray and fast for 30 days in marathon. How many men of God do these nowadays? Everyone is looking for money and how to ride prado jeeps. They're full of lies

One pastor was brought to my house sometime ago by my sister, just to say hello as they stopped by. My wife was wearing a white transparent knicker, hours before they came. My sister only called that they were coming from a function and would like to stop by and say hello. I now said were home. When they came, as my wife was trying to entertain them with drinks, this man's attention was on my wife's backside. I was wondering. I noticed my wife's panties was transparent, unknowing to her so I whispered to here to go wear another short or trouser which she quickly did. This man was wearing a pastor's collar in his neck. It was on a Sunday afternoon. We've heard of pastors raping church members. The bible says , if you look at a woman lustfully, you've committed fornication. If you see her once and discovered she's not dressed decently, commot eye and look the other way but how many men do that today? When you now pray, you expect instantaneous response? It doesn't happen that way. These are the reasons many people are losing faith nowadays. Sins have become a commonplace amongst us. If only we all can go back to God, He'd draw closer to us and we'd have a different perspective of Him, this world and heaven.

Heaven is super real, apart from the way the bible described it and i said it here a few days ago , narrating my childhood's experience when he had an accident and saw his spirit leave his entire body immediately, then passed. He now found himself in a flower garden with unimaginable cool breeze and saw people of different races coming from left right and centre in large number every second, and nobody was talking to one another as everyone was going their separate ways, both young and old and the entire place was quiet. There's heaven and only your clean spirit goes there

nothing like heaven MR MAN. Your spirit leaves the body the same way energy leaves the body that is why they say death is sweet. Some might be painful through accident or gunshot some through sleep which is the sweetest as Old age. Immediately your energy leaves you feel no pain. Ever think while as you age your energy decreases. Nothing like heaven as soon as your spirit energy leaves your body that is the end. All this after life na fable. The woman who rised up after death might be she fell into a state of coma where Una no know. Fabrice muamba of Bolton case was like that in 2012 for 2 hours cardiac arrest. Abeg make Una dey reduce una lie.

I asked my daughter this question and she replied "11". So only 11 christains are going to heaven, the rest of u are heading to hell.

pdppower:
Are you, Mr poster also sure you will make that heaven?

how can he when he's both the Op and the FTC.

All of them! If they are believers.

jesusjnr2020:
How Many Of Billions Of Christians On Earth Do You Think Would Make Heaven?

According to Wikipedia, there were approximately 2.4 billions Christians on earth.

That makes Christianity the world's largest religion.

Ordinarily that should be something worth shouting about for an adherent of the faith, however considering the fact that Christianity was not about what men see but about what God sees, how many of those billions of Christians do you think were actually known to God?

How many of them were actually saved and bound for heaven?

I saw a post a brother shared here not too long ago concerning the general overseer of RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye.

It was about what God once told him about the hundreds of thousands or even millions of people that would attend the Holy Ghost congress from every part of the country and beyond during one of those annual gatherings.

God told him He didn't know up to a hundred of them.

Now kindly take a deep breath and ponder on that saying, so the meaning could sink deeply to enable you grasp it fully.

Out of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, God said He knew less than a hundred of them.

That's less than 0.1 percent, which means that more than 99.9 percent of Christians attending that particular church program were bound for hell from God's own point of view.

So just imagine that compared to what many Christians believe.

Doesn't that already show how far they were from the reality of heaven?

The only reason many Christians will be surprised by that reality is if they allowed themselves to be deceived by doctrines and ideas of men in the church, and not abide by the Truth and Words of the Spirit which Jesus preached, because Jesus already taught us that the way that gate that leads to life was narrow and that which leads to destruction was broad.

Matthew 7:13-14 (KJV)

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

This is the reason why He asked us to strive to enter into the gate that leads to life, because it's not easy to enter into it as many have been misled to think but hard.

Luke 13:24 (KJV)

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

It's the gate that leads to destruction that's. not hard but easy to enter so you wouldn't need to stress yourself or strive to enter because it's broad.

That's why we shouldn't be deceived by the mammoth crowd gatherings in some churches, because most (not all) of them were broad as the gate that leads to destruction, in the sense of the gospel they preach, as it is that which was appealing to the flesh and what men want to hear, hence many go in, but the end thereof is death and destruction, because the flesh profits nothing. It's the Spirit that gives life.

That why we should follow the example of Jesus (the Narrow way) who preached the Word of the Spirit, regardless if it offended many of His false disciples and make them to leave because of His preaching. John

It better to have a few church members (200), and just 10% (20) who were bound for hell, than to have many church members (hundreds of thousands or million) and less than 0.1% of them were heaven bound.

God bless.

if they are all believers all of them will be in heaven.

sprints1:
nothing like heaven MR MAN. Your spirit leaves the body the same way energy leaves the body that is why they say death is sweet. Some might be painful through accident or gunshot some through sleep which is the sweetest as Old age. Immediately your energy leaves you feel no pain. Ever think while as you age your energy decreases. Nothing like heaven as soon as your spirit energy leaves your body that is the end. All this after life na fable. The woman who rised up after death might be she fell into a state of coma where Una no know. Fabrice muamba of Bolton case was like that in 2012 for 2 hours cardiac arrest. Abeg make Una dey reduce una lie.

So, if your spirit leaves you, it goes nowhere, right ? Omg!

...and someone who's already smelling with flies perching on her lifeless body could be said to be in a state of comma? Hmmm! I don't want to argue on your comment. It's not necessary

There are no billions of Christians in the world.
Don't mistake churchgoers for Christians.

Eriokanmi:
So, if your spirit leaves you, it goes nowhere, right ? Omg!

...and someone who's already smelling with flies perching on her lifeless body could be said to be in a state of comma? Hmmm! I don't want to argue on your comment. It's not necessary

proof it. You people can't prove it.no dey tell me fable abeg. Na greed dey disturb u religious people.

MisterBanny:
I'm not sure anybody would make Heaven. And if any, maybe Two or three. I have had a lot of terrible encounters with Many pastors and self acclaimed Prophets, what I have seen so far aches my head, it saddens me. I'm not judging anyone, but if what the bible says is real, the rules of making Heaven are too stringent

No you are wrong, it's so much easy as ABC.
It is simply by having FAITH in the finished work of CHRIST. Lobatan! So easy my brother.
Read John 3:16

sprints1:
proof it. You people can't prove it.no dey tell me fable abeg. Na greed dey disturb u religious people.

Grab the bible and read , but I doubt you ever will. Your comment is a proof. I only pray God meets you the way He met Saul who later became Paul. I'm sure your heart isn't as hardened as Saul's cos you've not gone to the extent of killing those who believe in God as Saul he did.

Iyasaburi:



No you are wrong, it's so much easy as ABC.
It is simply by having FAITH in the finished work of CHRIST. Lobatan! So easy my brother.
Read John 3:16

The kind of sermons I hear from pastors scare me a lot

Day time Christians and nighg time flying creatures. I wonder if they do fly consciously or subconsciously.

Akpabio may likely loose the position of Senate President to a Muslim member of APC whom opposition will vote for to counter Tinubu's influence over the Senate (Saraki no. 2 loading). I don't see PDP or LP voting for Akpabio. So all that opposition needs to do is vote enmass against Akpabio with a little splinter of APC and someone like Yari former Governor of Zamfara will emerge Senate President and Uzor Kalu Deputy Senate President. Opposition PDP and LP don't want someone that will be " Yes sir " to Tinubu like the useless Ahmed Lawan led Senate was that led to them approving all manner of loans to Buhari. The implication of opposition plot will be very devastating to APC who will be tainted with the brush of an Islamist party with President, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of House of Rep ,(Tajudeen Abbas tentatively) and Chief Justice of Nigeria all Muslims.